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U5 Mental Health College is a Risky Time for Students Mental Health BY MAYA RHODAN UPDATED:AUGUST 31,2016 2:29 PM ET 1 Dana hadnt had any prior experiences with mental illness when her son Oliver went back to school at Kenyon College,but just three weeks into his winter semester he suffered from a mental breakdown.2 The signs were there.As a student athlete,Oliver was still participating in the schools track program,but after training hed retreat1 to his room instead of heading off to class.He wasnt hanging out2 with his friends and stopped answering calls from his mom.And later in a conversation with TIME,he recalled that he started to hear voices.“I started forming those out-there ideas3,”says Oliver,who asked not to include his last name.“I started thinking a neighbor in my dorm was trying to kill me.”3 Because Oliver was 18,his mother wasnt immediately notified about the change in his behavior.His friends and dorm mates were also ill-informed about the warning signs of a pending4 mental health crisis,so Oliver said there was no formal intervention5 until he got into an argument with members of the schools lacrosse6 team.After that incident,he was admitted to a hospital and later transferred to its psychiatric7 ward.And it was then,despite trying to reach out to Oliver on a number of occasions and calling his track coach,that his mother became aware of his problem.“I didnt receive any information until the hospital called me,”she says.4 What happened to Oliver and Dana is not at all uncommon.Though mental illness may not be at the forefront of parents and students minds when they go off to college,young adulthood is a critical period for mental health.Seventy five percent of mental illnesses occur by age 24 and 43.8 million adults,about one in five,experienced a mental illness in 2012,showed the study of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration8.5 Mental illness occurs across a spectrum,all aspects of which are represented on our nations campuses.According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health9 located at Penn State University10,which collects data from students who interact with mental health services on campus,anxiety,depression,and academic stress are the main issues that drive young people to seek on-campus mental health services.1 retreat rtrit v.后退；退缩 2 hang out 闲逛；闲荡 3 out-there ideas 非常怪异的想法 4 pending pend adj.待定的；即将发生的 5 intervention nt(r)ven()n n.干预；介入；调解 6 lacrosse lkrs n.长曲棍球 7 psychiatric sakitrk adj.精神病的；精神病学的 8 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 药物滥用和心理健康服务管理局 9 Center for Collegiate Mental Health 大学生心理健康中心 10 Penn State University 宾夕法尼亚州立大学 新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 6 Awareness around mental health on college campuses has increased in recent years,in part because of a spate11 of high-profile suicides and tragedies that have centered around mental health crises.One of the worst cases was the massacre12 at Virginia Tech University13,where a gunmen shot and killed 32 students and faculty and then committed suicide.Yet the experiences students and parents have in dealing with mental illness can vary greatly from campus to campus,making it important for people to gain knowledge about what to expect,and what to look out for,imperative.7 “College is a stressful time and its a major transition time in life,”says Darcy Gruttadaro,the director of advocacy and public policy at the National Alliance on Mental Illness14,or NAMI.“Students are under high amounts of stress and they are also exposed to a culture that they may have been sheltered from of drinking and marijuana15 use.Besides,theres a lot of social and academic pressure.”Some evidence also shows that those who need counselling16 do not always go for it.A survey from the American College Health Association found while students reported suffering from significant bouts17 of anxiety and depression,only 12%went counselling.8 “We are not talking enough about mental health,”says Gruttadaro.“Unfortunately its still a taboo topic.”9 Last week,NAMI,in partnership with the Jed Foundation18,released19 a guidebook for students and parents that outlines20 warning signs for mental illness,resources available to students,and information parents need to know about getting access to their childrens health condition.Their goal is to spark21 conversations between students and their families around mental health issues,and also equip folks with the tools they need to intervene or seek help if necessary.10 Sonia Doshi recently graduated from the University of Michigan22 where she made working to erase the stigma23 that surrounds mental illness a personal goal.As a student advocate24,she hosted an event called“Mental Health Monologues25”where a small group of students shared their personal experiences with mental illnessfrom obsessive compulsive disorder to depression to post-traumatic26 stress disorder.She made a point of27 having the voices of people heard who 11 spate spet n.一连串 12 massacre msk(r)n.屠杀；残杀 13 Virginia Tech University 弗吉尼亚理工大学 14 National Alliance on Mental Disease 全国精神病联盟 15 marijuana mrwn n.大麻；大麻毒品 16 counselling kans()l n.咨询；辅导 17 bout bat n.一阵；一场；（疾病的）发作 18 the Jed Foundation JED 基金会 19 release rlis n.发布；发行 20 outline atlan v.概述；略述 21 sparksp(r)k v.引发；触发 22 the University of Michigan 密歇根大学 23 stigma stm n.耻辱；羞耻 24 advocate dvkt n.拥护者；提倡者 25 Mental Health Monologues 心理健康独白 26 traumatic trmtk adj.外伤的；创伤的 27 make a point of 特地；强调 新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 are parts of heavily stigmatized28 communities including students of color,student athletes,and those under high academic stress who may feel a pressure to appear as if all is well.After her first show,when her parents wondered aloud to her why they didnt treat visiting a therapist29 like going to the doctor,she knew they were on to something.“In the Indian community,and communities of people of color in general,mental health is not talked about in an open way,”she says.“Just to hear them say that made me feel like we were doing some good.”11 The most recent report of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health,released in 2015,did find an increase in students seeking mental health services over the past six years,which Gruttadaro says is a good sign.In fact,the study shows that students are making counselling appointments at a rate seven times greater than the rate of enrolment at institutions.The increased utilization30 of mental health centers on campus,says Ben Locke,the executive director of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health,shows that federal intervention efforts like the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act31,which funds suicide prevention programs,have worked in getting people referred to facilities that can help them.12 While students are able to get referred to services,what they receive when they get there varies;many schools lack the resources to help all students that need help.In Olivers case,his mother says he had an appointment to see a counsellor,but the facility was far away from his dorm and he never went.Earlier this year,legislation32 was introduced in Congress that would increase funding for mental health services on college and university campuses.13 At Michigan,while the monologues helped foster33 conversations,they also helped Sonia realize the importance of mental health awareness among her peers34.Gradually,some students came to her for advice,expressing worry that they didnt know how they would respond if someone they knew told them about their experiences.“If we make everyone a first responder on our campus to mental health crisis,that could really do something to change the environment,”she says.Likewise,NAMIs new guidelines also hope to give students and parents the tools to help one another in a more effective way.14 Dana said had something like this existed for her son,whos doing well nowand getting mostly As at a community college in their areashe cant help but wonder if his episode35 would have been intense as it was.15 “If we had known the warning signs and what to look for,it could have been different,”she adds.(https:/ stigmatize stmtaz vt.诬蔑；诋毁 29 therapist erpst n.（某治疗法的）治疗专家 30 utilization ju:tlaze()n n.利用；效用 31 Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act 加勒特李史密斯纪念法案 32 legislation ledsle()n n.立法；法律；法规 33 foster fst(r)v.促进；鼓励 34 peer p(r)n.同辈；同龄人 35 episode epsd n.插曲；（人生的）一段经历 新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 Exercises for U5 I.Useful Chunks Please find the English equivalents for the following Chinese expressions.1.经历过心理疾病 2.精神崩溃 3.（心理疾病的）病症显而易见。4.产生幻听 5.入院治疗 6.被转入精神病科 7.绝非罕见 8.处于最前列；放在第一位 9.心理健康的关键期 10.心理疾病的形式各异。11.寻求校园心理健康服务 12.对大学校园内心理健康的意识 13.高调的自杀现象及种种悲剧 14.自杀 15.各校间大相径庭 16.人生重要的过渡期 17.前去咨询 18.不时受到重度焦虑和抑郁的困扰 19.禁忌的话题 20.心理疾病的种种预兆 21.可为学生所用的资源 22.获悉孩子们的健康信息 23.强迫症 24.创伤后精神紧张性障碍 25.说出内心的疑惑 26.把心理咨询视作求医问诊 新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 27.有所领悟 28.预约（心理）咨询 29.联邦干预计划 30.资助自杀预防项目 31.被引导去接受服务 32.增加对心理健康服务的资助 33.促进交流 34.对心理健康危机迅速做出反应 II.Translation Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1.His friends and dorm mates were also ill-informed about the warning signs of a pending mental health crisis,so Oliver said there was no formal intervention until he got into an argument with members of the schools lacrosse team._ _ 2.And it was then,despite trying to reach out to Oliver on a number of occasions and calling his track coach,that his mother became aware of his problem._ _ 3.Yet the experiences students and parents have in dealing with mental illness can vary greatly from campus to campus,making it important for people to gain knowledge about what to expect,and what to look out for,imperative._ _ 4.Students are under high amounts of stress and they are also exposed to a culture that they may have been sheltered from of drinking and marijuana use._ _ 5.Their goal is to spark conversations between students and their families around mental health issues,and also equip folks with the tools they need to intervene or seek help if necessary.新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 _ _ 6.Sonia Doshi recently graduated from the University of Michigan where she made working to erase the stigma that surrounds mental illness a personal goal._ _ 7.She made a point of having the voices of people heard who are parts of heavily stigmatized communities including students of color,student athletes,and those under high academic stress who may feel a pressure to appear as if all is well._ _ 8.The increased utilization of mental health centers on campus,says Ben Locke,the executive director of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health,shows that federal intervention efforts like the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act,which funds to suicide prevention programs,have worked in getting people referred to facilities that can help them._ _ 9.Dana said had something like this existed for her son,whos doing well nowand getting mostly As at a community college in their areashe cant help but wonder if his episode would have been intense as it was._ _ III.Comprehension Questions Answer the following questions in your own words.Q1:Why does the author write this essay?_ _ Q2:What does Oliver and Danas case tell about college students mental health problems?_ _ Q3:What are the causes of mental health crisis among college students?新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 _ _ Q4:What efforts have been made to cope with mental health crisis on campus?_ _ Q5:What are the benefits if people know and do more about college students mental health?_ _ IV.Writing Tasks Task 1:Summary writing.Write a summary essay of the passage._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 新导向大学英语二 厦门大学外文学院 Task 2:Essay writing.Write a 3-paragraph essay on“What if I were undergoing mental health crisis?”_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Sample answers to the four tasks have been provided for you in the lecture of Reading for Writing.)