And here’s a particularly problematic statistic: according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, while 7 percent of parents reported their college students experiencing mental health issues, fully 50 percent of students rated their mental health below average or poor. In other words, even those closest to college kids often have no clue how they’re really feeling. The data, the papers, the surveys—they go on for hundreds of pages. And they all point to the same conclusion: a serious mental health issue exists on our college campuses.
