{"id":68179,"date":"2004-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/sen-jack-reed-co-sponsors-mental-health-legislation\/"},"modified":"2004-11-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-08T00:00:00","slug":"sen-jack-reed-co-sponsors-mental-health-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2004\/11\/sen-jack-reed-co-sponsors-mental-health-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Jack Reed co-sponsors mental health legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站\u2019 Counseling Center, other centers could benefit nationwide<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. –November 8, 2004 — Recent studies show a national trend toward more serious mental health needs on college campuses. For example, a 2002 national survey of 274 directors of counseling centers found that more than 80 percent reported that the number of students with severe psychological disorders had risen over the last five years. In addition, the American College Health Association reported in 2000 that 10 percent of college students\u201412.8 percent of women and 6.2 percent of men\u2014had been diagnosed with depression sometime in their lives.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cDepressed adolescents are at risk for school failure, social isolation, promiscuity, self medication with drugs and alcohol, and suicide, which is now the second leading cause of death among 10 to 24 year olds,\u201d according to Jim Campbell, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Counseling Center. \u201cThis year at 溏心vlog免费B站, we have seen a large increase in the number of students seeking services and in urgent requests for services. It is taxing our ability to meet the need.\u201d Shown here: Jim Campbell, director of 溏心vlog免费B站’s Counseling Center (left) and 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers (right) thank Sen. Jack Reed for co-sponsoring legislation, which is intended to help create or enhance suicide prevention programs on college campuses.<\/i> <\/p>\n


\n\tRhode Island Sen. Jack Reed and his colleagues Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), Gordon Smith (R-Oregon), and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) responded to this national mental health concern by authoring a bill that will help college students gain increased access and enhanced mental and behavioral heath services.<\/p>\n


\nThe Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, named for Sen. Smith\u2019s son who committed suicide, authorizes the government to award $22-million in grants to college mental health centers over a three-year period. The competitive grants will help create new suicide-prevention programs or enhance existing ones. The bipartisan act passed both the House and Senate in September and was signed by the president last month. Given the federal deficit and Congress\u2019 unfinished spending for the 2005 fiscal year, it remains unclear whether the funds will be appropriated anytime soon.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe funds that could actually end up going to counseling centers will be modest,\u201d says Campbell. \u201cHowever, I believe the process has educated our senators and congressmen, and their staffs, about college mental health. This may have benefits down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nCampbell worked closely with Reed and legislative members of the American Psychological Association to create the legislation. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Counseling Center hosted a reception last month attended by counseling directors from Brown University, Johnson & Wales University, and Roger Williams University, to honor the senator for his efforts. Campbell presented Reed with a plaque given by the American Psychological Association with gratitude. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere is surprisingly high interest among the public and among policy makers regarding college mental health,\u201d observes Campbell. \u201cI think most counseling center directors and counselors see advocating for mental health as part of their role on campus. Perhaps we should see ourselves as advocates on the larger public policy stage as well.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019 Counseling Center, other centers could benefit nationwide KINGSTON, R.I. –November 8, 2004 — Recent studies show a national trend toward more serious mental health needs on college campuses. For example, a 2002 national survey of 274 directors of counseling centers found that more than 80 percent reported that the number of students with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}