To be fair, as the article does point out, college programs don’t have the resources. Neither do programs for adults, programs for children, etc.
We don’t have answers for people in crisis. We aren’t even coming up with anything new. It’s time for new ideas.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/06/mental-health-college-students/
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