Student mental health: the situation is more nuanced than it seems

There has been much publicity and concern about student mental health in recent months. This partly reflects the rise in students accessing university welfare support and counselling services, with most services experiencing a large increase year on year.

A significant proportion (between 5-10%) of the student community at universities in the UK uses the counselling services, according to the Heads of University Counselling Services (Hucs). However, it would be incorrect to accept overly simplistic explanations for this phenomenon.

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