At a session Tuesday here at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, experts in legal affairs and mental health urged colleges to do all they can to get students who are threatening to harm themselves into treatment, or to get them off campus if the situation continues to deteriorate.

As the number of college students with mental illness issues has increased, college administrators have had to deal with serious concerns, including potential liability for harm to students that occurs on campus. Self-harm is a major concern.

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"We're getting students that wouldn't have been here 10 years ago," Morales says, "because they're on antidepressants or antipsychotic medication, and they're functioning fairly well." But it can be a big challenge for colleges when these students have crises, he says.

National epidemiological studies confirm that what Morales is seeing is happening on campuses nationwide, irrespective of the type of college or its size.

A serious, ongoing problem for sure! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...14055588&ps=rs