The mental health crisis on campus - 10 facts

- Janis Whitlock found 7.5 per cent of students who started university with no history of mental illness developed some symptoms.
- About five per cent who did have a previous history of mental illness saw symptoms increase while at university.
- After motor vehicle accidents, suicide is the leading cause of death in Canadians aged 10 to 24
-  In July, the unemployment rate for Canadians aged 15 to 29 was nearly 12 per cent
- found that 15 per cent of students had cut, burned or otherwise injured themselves.
- Of 525 respondents, 20 per cent said they’d used stimulants non-medically at least once in their lifetimes
- About 51 per cent reported that, within the past 12 months, they’d “felt things were hopeless.” 
- Children are put in Summer school to focus on getting the best grades possible rather than going to work
- Older women say they wouldn't trade their lives to become young again
- A mental health issue can peak on their first years alone