6 things parents should know about mental health before sending a kid to college
NBC: Sarah Cain Spannagel, clinical instructor in the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, said that many parents do not realize that once kids are older than 18, privacy laws limit colleges in what they can communicate to parents about their students’ mental health. In some cases, she said, parents might want to submit signed documents from their students giving the colleges more freedom to tell them if their children suffer a medical issue on campus, either mental or physical.
