Physical & Mental Health

A former UCLA physician charged with sexual battery is only the latest in the string of cases in which trusted medical professionals are accused of preying on college students.

Despite restrictive abortion legislation adopted in Georgia and other states, local abortion-rights advocates are making sure college students understand the new ban is not yet in effect and encouraging them to join efforts to fight the prohibition.

In their new book, a professor and a counseling center director show how being outdoors can improve students' mental health at little cost to colleges.

If colleges focus more on connection, we may find we already have more of the resources we need to tackle many of the challenges our students face, argues Gary Glass.

University of Iowa will require all new students to learn techniques to help peers who are suicidal. Officials say it's the first program of its kind in the country.

Officials have diagnosed more than 100 probable and confirmed cases of the disease, which has largely been eliminated in the United States.

Colleges must understand their distinct needs and consider creative ways to lend support, write Merav Fine Braun and Jenna Citron.

Caralena Peterson initially wrote it off as a superficial cliché, but now as a recent college graduate, she believes it should be considered a major mental health concern.