"Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among Americans ages 15 to 24," according to the CDC.
Suicides "among college students nationwide are second only to traffic accidents," with approximately 1,000 college students taking their lives every year. Previous research has indicated that "about 15 percent of people between 18 and 24 experience mental health challenges such as depression and bipolar disorder. About one-tenth find life unbearable enough to consider ending it."
In one survey, nearly half of the respondents "were deemed 'so depressed [that] they found it difficult to function.'"
Another survey of "300 counseling center directors [found that] about 80 percent said that students have more psychological difficulties than just five years ago."
However, campus counseling centers "are responding with a growing number of mental health services and programs on campuses nationwide."
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