There was a discussion about this on the Tulane Parents FB page. Most parents feel that the University should not be involved in long term mental health counseling. CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services)is necessary and adequate for minor adjustment type issues and crisis interventions, but when it comes to serious psychological issues parents need to be proactive in seeking out off campus therapists. Especially for students who are coming into college with known mental health diagnoses. That support system needs to be put in place before the semester starts not when a crisis occurs. The idea of CAPS providing a list of local psychologists and psychiatrists and what insurance they accept was brought up. President Fitts has written that this is an important issue he will be addressing. I also read an article recently in the Boston Globe about how the suicide rates at MIT and Harvard are above the national average.