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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Dec. 17, 1959
More Men Treated at Clinic
By Jane Boyd
(Editor's Note: This is the last article in a series on the Mental Health Clinic.)
in a series on the Mental Health Clinic Generally speaking, society considers that females through adolescence and college have more emotional problems than men. This is a false assumption.
More men are treated at the clinic than women. However, the ratio of men to women treated is approximately the same as the ratio of men to women on the campus so that the incidence of emotional problems is about equal.
From July 1, 1958 to July 30, 1959, the staff at the clinic treated 215 men and 79 women. There are 6511 men and 2292 women enrolled.
Including men and women the percentage of individuals who come to the mental Health Clinic because of emotional problems within any one school year are:
Freshmen, 2.63; sophomore, 3.58; junior, 2.70; senior, 4.67; graduate, 3.08, and special student, 2.36. Thus, for the college career there are 13.58 per cent of the enrollment seen at the current level. The staff said the percentage would probably be at least 20 per cent as the clinic functions stabilize.
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SERCEEED for Scholarship The staff explained that the high percentage of the senior class was due to the additional number of students who are seen for scholarships screening examinations.
The percentages for each school during the same period were:
Journalism, 6.25; pharmacy, 5.00;
liberal arts, 4.11; medicine, 3.92;
education, 3.84; graduate, 3.08; fine arts,
2.28; engineering, 2.22; business,
2.09, and law, 1.46.
Dr. H. G. Whittington, director of the clinic, in commenting on the percentages of various schools said:
"The attitudes in sub-cultures of various schools partly explain the differences in the percentages in the students using the clinic.
The staff said the high percentage of journalism students who are treated at the clinic does not necessarily mean the students at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information are more emotionally upset than the student population of the other schools.
The staff said journalism students are perhaps more aware of the problems of society and people and are more ready to admit they need help.
They also said thoughtful,weightful and sensitive people whose values in life are humanistic rather than materialistic avail themselves of psychiatric help more rapidly.
Could Advise Faculty Members
However, the staff said with additional members the Mental Health Clinic could advise the faculty on the symptoms of emotional disturbances in students. In this way, the
clinic could reach more students in the developmental stages of their problems and begin treatment before the illness became acute.
Dr. Whittington said:
"We work almost entirely on evaluation and treatment of "emotional casualties." Our work isolates us from the University except for the (neurotic) students we see."
William A. Binns, psychologist at the clinic said:
"We are tied down with the clinical load and we do not have time to attempt to create healthier conditions on campus."
Staff members said faculty members do call the clinic to ask questions, but too often staff members cannot spend time interpreting finding and recommendations for the faculty members because of the patient load.
Has Applied for Funds
The clinic has applied for funds from the National Institute of Mental Health, which would provide for another psychiatrist for a research project in "Preventative Psychiatry."
The additional psychiatrist would work in consultation with the faculty to help them to assist the average student in personality growth development. A portion of his work would be to answer questions most
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.—Horace Greeley.
often asked by faculty members, such as: "How do I tell a student I think he needs professional help?" or "When is the proper time to tell a student he should get help?"
The patient load at the clinic could be compared with the teaching load of the University. Neither group has received additional funds to cope with the increase in the number of people they have to deal with.
Between July 1, 1958 and June 30, 1959 the clinic experienced a 33 per cent increase over the previous year in the number of patients treated. There was no increase in budgeted staff positions during the same period.
The clinic is financed by student fees and a portion of the Watkins Memorial Fund for maintenance. There are no funds from the state.
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