I caught this useful set of advice via a link on IHE. One striking point a former Dean of Students here made was that the very significant improvements in the treatment of mental illnesses, in particular, over the past thirty years (in terms of both cognitive-behavioral therapy for symptom management and amelioration, and pharmacological interventions) means that there are now far more students with psychological maladies pursuing higher education than was true a generation ago.
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