
NewsProvincial
Sask. universities face rise in mental health problems among students
Source: Greg Basky, CBC News, January 6, 2019
More students seeking counselling services and academic accommodations
Mark Everett attempted suicide the winter after his first year at the University of Saskatchewan.
He had been diagnosed with anxiety and depression after a particularly rough term in 2015. He was working on prerequisites he needed to get into the University of Regina’s Bachelor of Social Work program.
“I’d been having problems prior to that, but kind of always had the mentality of like, ‘Oh, I’ll fix this myself. I can do it myself.'”
Image Source: Chanss Lagaden/CBC
For the latest information and for more updates on everything Kindersley ‘Like’ the Kindersley Social Facebook page below…