At one university, a third of undergraduates are absent and some are even scared to take the bus. As term starts a lecturer asks: is self-diagnosis the real crisis
"It’s not unusual to turn up to class and find at least 30% of students absent — but not because they’ve been out all night partying. Instead, students claim to be dealing with a startling number of wide-ranging mental health issues, many self-diagnosed.
"Some of my students tell me they find even getting on a bus to come to classes overwhelming. Some won’t speak in class and others don’t come in because of panic attacks.
"This is the real scandal that is sweeping through our universities: that enabling students to self-diagnose mental health issues does them a disservice by leaving them unprepared for adult life, promoting fragility to their detriment."
Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/my-students-say-theyre-too-anxious-to-learn-i-dare-not-question-it-lzh93zrrqutm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1728197261
"It’s not unusual to turn up to class and find at least 30% of students absent — but not because they’ve been out all night partying. Instead, students claim to be dealing with a startling number of wide-ranging mental health issues, many self-diagnosed.
"Some of my students tell me they find even getting on a bus to come to classes overwhelming. Some won’t speak in class and others don’t come in because of panic attacks.
"This is the real scandal that is sweeping through our universities: that enabling students to self-diagnose mental health issues does them a disservice by leaving them unprepared for adult life, promoting fragility to their detriment."
Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/my-students-say-theyre-too-anxious-to-learn-i-dare-not-question-it-lzh93zrrqutm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1728197261
