Salient. An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23. No. 7. Monday, August 8, 1960.
Varsity Life Not Worry-Free
Varsity Life Not Worry-Free
College life is not the worry-free, good time it is believed to be by most people, claims Dr. Melvin L. Selzer, University of Michigan psychiatrist. He said that few people are aware of mentally disturbing problems from which many college students suffer, Responsible for the public's lack of knowledge on this subject la the myth that everyone in college is having a wonderful time and that campus life is a series of parties and games attended by a carefree and irresponsible student body. He commented that because of this myth many of the students' problems are attributed to "social," "academic" and "family" factors instead of to symptoms of emotional illness. Of 506 students interviewed at Michigan, 35.4 per cent. were deemed to be psychoneurotic, 24.5 per cent had personality disorders, and 21.7 per cent were schizophrenics.