Mounting student depression taxing campus mental health services

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More college students may need treatment for depression at a time when colleges and universities do not have the resources to meet that need. The percentage of college students who needed mental health counseling increased from 21% in 1988-1992 to 41% in 1996-2001, according to one survey. College life coincides with the peak onset of mental health symptoms in the general population, which usually occurs between 15 and 19 years of age.

Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder)

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As AIDS cases increase, health experts warn against missed prevention opportunities

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Doctors should ask their HIV patients about any behaviors they have that may transmit the virus to another person or cause them to become re-infected. It is especially important to ask gay and bisexual patients, because there has been a resurgence of HIV infection in this population. The number of gay and bisexual people diagnosed with HIV infection increased 18% between 1999 and 2002.

United States, HIV infection, HIV infections

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Campus tragedy prompts closer look at mental health of college students

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The tragic shootings in Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University, in Blacksburg raised concern among parents as how students' mental health care is being monitored and if school are well equipped to see their students' mental well-being and education.

Virginia, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Mental health

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