Student Mental Health and Funding Constraints: A Delicate Balance

Abstract

A wide range of serious psychiatric disorders that would be progressive if untreated was observed during the first 9 months of a 1-year psychotherapy fellowship at the student health center of a major New England university. This finding underscores the cost benefits, in both human and financial terms, of having a multidisciplinary mental health center staff on campus to provide timely, intensive, and comprehensive interventions.

Key Words:

• cost benefits
• managed care
• mental health
• psychiatric disorders
• university students

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Cathy Jo Lore

Cathy Jo Lore is a child psychiatrist with Chelsea Memorial Health Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts.