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Friday, September 12, 1975
University Dally Kansan
Anxiety treated at clinic
By SARA HOLLAND
Students with emotional problems should seek help at Watkins Mental Health Center before they get into deep trouble, according to director Sdvnev Schroeder.
"Students who visit the patient suffer from depression or have personal problems that are upsetting to them," Schroeder said Tuesday.
When a student first visits the clinic he is asked to fill out two forms. One form is a confidential information sheet for the clinic and another is a form for the Multibasic Parenancy inventory test.
The test is a paper and pencil test that merely provides a basis of information and some clues that a staff member should look for when interviewing the student.
After the forms are filled out, an appointment is made for the student with a staff member. The staff at the clinic includes a psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist or psychiatric social workers and a graduate student from the School of Social Welfare.
Students enrolled in six or more hours are entitled to four free visits. If more visits are necessary, then a modest fee between $30 and $50 may be payable to pay does not preclude further treatment
Dean Kerkman, senior psychologist, said the two most common complaints made by students at the clinic are anxiety and depression.
Schroeder said it was hard to categorize problems. However, problems with girlfriends, boyfriends, marital relations and difficulties concentrating on studies are typical problems dealt with at the clinic, he said.
Students with vocational problems usually go to the University Counseling Center in Bailey Hall, although patient centers are also available. Two counseling centers, Schroeder said.
Alcoholism and drug problems are sometimes seen at the clinic, Schreeder said, but students with those problems are generally referred to other agencies specializing in drug and alcoholism therapy.
Kerkman said the causes of problems vary from student to student.
One cause might be hereditary factors, said Schroeder, but usually there is an interest in it.
According to Kerkman, many students are still afraid to come to the clinic.
"Students don't want to let anybody know that they have problems because the think tank is telling them not to."
Schroeder voiced the same opinion that some students were afraid of how they would be looked at by other students. Other students, like the clinic and admit that they have problems.
"Admitting you have a problem is one of the big steps in solving problems," she wrote. "It is impossible to do something about problems if you don't admit that he has a problem."
Some students are worried about the confidentiality of their records, Schreeder said. Confidentiality is an important concern of the clinic.
"Information doesn't go out of the office," Schroeder said.
The only way information can be released
from the clinic is if the patient signa a release authorizing it. Schroeder said that was rarely done and usually only if the patient signed an agreement where needed his records transferred.
Sometimes a release is signed by the student, said Schroeder, if the student's prospective employer needs the information. Schroeder said that usually only a brief statement by the clinic was sent to the prospective employer.
Although some students are worried about the stigma attached to visiting the clinic, 618 students visited the clinic during a visit to the clinic in May and a slight increase over the previous year.
Schroeder led the largest number of students visited the clinic when the draft
The average number of visits for the students who used the clinic, Schroeder said, was 7.8. He said the number of visits to the clinic was only a visit only to a visit every week for a year.
Kerkman said more marriage counseling was being done at the clinic but he wasn't sure whether the staff preferred giving or not. He also or if more students were asking for it.
Medications such as tranquilizers or antidepressants may be prescribed to students as part of the therapy given at the clinic. At a visit, the physician will ask who visited last year received medication.
Schroeder said there was really no way to evaluate the therapy at the clinic. The only way to evaluate the clinic is by how well and how many students utilize it, he said.
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