Maggie Phelps

Sep 5, 2024 | kentucky.com | Ali Costellow |Maggie Phelps

READ MORE Across Kentucky, colleges and universities are facing growing needs related to the mental health of the students enrolled, and nationally, instances of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts have steadily increased in the past decade. Expand All The student bodies at Kentucky’s community colleges look vastly different from the traditional makeup of four-year universitiesThat means the mental health needs of students are unique, too, administrators say.

Sep 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Daniel Kehn |Alexis Baker |Ali Costellow |Maggie Phelps

On many college campuses, mental health support begins immediately when students step foot on campus. With that approach in mind, schools over Kentucky have in recent years begun expanding their reach to students through partnerships with outside companies and organizations that expand beyond the scope of a school. The partnerships, university officials say, have improved what schools can offer students.

Sep 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | MONICA KAST |Kendall Staton |Ali Costellow |Maggie Phelps |Daniel Kehn |Alexis Baker

As college students across the nation face mental health struggles, Kentucky universities are ramping up the resources they offer. Nationally, instances of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts have steadily increased among college students in the past decade. The percentage of students reporting depression and anxiety has doubled since 2013, according to the Healthy Minds Survey, a national survey that looks at the mental health and well-being of college students across the country.

Sep 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | MONICA KAST |Kendall Staton |Alexis Baker |Maggie Phelps |Ali Costellow |Daniel Kehn

Monica Kast, Kendall Staton, Alexis Baker, Maggie Phelps, Ali Costellow, Daniel KehnSeptember 4, 2024 at 5:00 AM·3 min readOver the course of eight weeks, a group of Lexington Herald-Leader reporters and interns set out to look at the mental health needs of Kentucky college students, and how colleges around the state are addressing those needs.

Sep 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | MONICA KAST |Daniel Kehn |Maggie Phelps |Ali Costellow |Alexis Baker |Kendall Staton

Samuel Cotthoff has always tried to be as independent as possible. He filled out his college applications himself, and his scholarship forms, too. But in October of his first year at Centre College, he was alone in his dorm room, struggling with what he later realized were undiagnosed body image issues he had never fully confronted. Cotthoff completed a screening on Centre’s counseling website, and he learned he likely had an eating disorder.