The invisible problem? Improving students’ mental health
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Students are less happy and more anxious than the general<br />
population, including other young people, and a minority<br />
suffer from serious <strong>mental</strong> disorders.<br />
It is stressful to live away from home without access to past<br />
support networks, while learning in new ways, taking on large<br />
debts and facing an uncertain future.<br />
Many universities have effective support services in place<br />
but demand is outstripping supply. This report by an<br />
undergraduate student reveals the true state of <strong>students’</strong><br />
<strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> and recommends better support, including:<br />
• letting students be registered with a GP<br />
at home and at university;<br />
• increasing funding for university counselling<br />
and support services; and<br />
• encouraging universities to adopt their<br />
own <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> action plans.<br />
HEPI was established in 2002 to influence the higher education debate with evidence.<br />
We are UK-wide, independent and non-partisan.<br />
September 2016 ISBN: 978-1-908240-18-7<br />
Higher Education Policy Institute<br />
99 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6JX<br />
Tel: 01865 284450 www.hepi.ac.uk<br />
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