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TexasTowelie

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Sun Mar 6, 2022, 10:26 PM Mar 2022

Colorado universities strain to keep up with students' ever-increasing demand for mental health reso

Kori Heidelberg’s bulimia worsened during her freshman year at Colorado State University.

The first-year college student was assured her student fees paid for a wide range of mental health supports on campus, so she called the CSU Health Network and explained she was struggling with an eating disorder.

“I was excited that I didn’t have to go through my parents. I could just do it myself,” Heidelberg said. “But when I called, they said they didn’t really have the resources for helping me with an eating disorder, and they recommended me to an off-campus treatment center. But that didn’t end up taking my student insurance.”

Heidelberg emailed the CSU president’s office, explaining she didn’t get the help she had needed for her eating disorder on campus. She never heard back.

Two years later, during her junior year, Heidelberg was hospitalized for her mental health twice. She checked herself into a local hospital in October, and again in November after a suicide attempt. Heidelberg said the hospital alerted CSU about her stay there, but said the college didn’t reach out for a counseling appointment until weeks later.

Read more: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/03/06/counseling-mental-health-resources-colorado-university/

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Colorado universities strain to keep up with students' ever-increasing demand for mental health reso (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2022 OP
Try funding mental healthcare! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1
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