UNLV students have received 13,000 counseling sessions through the Student Wellness center and its resources, ever since the December 6 tragedy. A team of two dozen UNLV counselors are ramping up mental health resources ahead of the December 6 memorial and the end of the Fall semester.

The Rebel Recovery Program will offer several scheduled and pop-up mental health events.

One month and two days after a shooting that rocked the UNLV campus community to its core, some faculty and staff members returned to work on Monday.

Close to 1,000 people utilized crisis counseling in the days following the December 6 shooting. Thousands more are expected to need resources.

This week, there will be a community conversation about mental health and meeting people where they are. News 3 went to the campus of UNLV to learn more about how to support students and the greater community.

Campuses are competing with hospital systems, private practices, and the burgeoning telehealth industry to recruit and retain counselors

Across the country, college students are seeking mental health therapy on campus in droves, part of a 15-year upswing that has spiked during the pandemic. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in December issued a rare public health advisory noting the increasing number of suicide attempts by young people.

Demand for food and mental health care has increased considerably during the Covid-19 crisis. Experts say the need will only increase during economic recovery. On this Nevada Week, experts give us updates on the “state of” now, and what the future may bring as we head into recovery.

More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems.

More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found.

More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found.

Young adulthood is a time of growth, learning, and exploration—a time to start building a life of your own and get excited about the future. Yet for some of our nation’s 21 million college students, the transition into adulthood is a time of significant change and intense challenge to their emotional health and well-being.