Giving Compass' Take:

• Despite the stigma associated with mental health issues, BBC News reports that more college students in the UK are seeking help for their mental health because they face many problems affecting their school work.

• How are we addressing mental health issues among students here in the U.S.? In what ways can we provide more counseling and support throughout the system?

• Here's how one organization is trying to change the mental health conversation on college campuses.

The number of students seeking mental health support while studying at university has increased by more than 50% in five years, analysis suggests.

The BBC asked universities across the UK for the numbers of students seeking some form of support.

Of 83 universities that provided five years of full data from 2012 to 2017, the number of students seeking help rose from 50,900 to 78,100. The number of students going to university dropped slightly over the same period.

At the same time, budgets towards mental health services increased by more than 40%.

Eva Crossan Jory, the National Union of Students (NUS) Vice President, said: "There is a growth in demand [for mental health services] over the last decade, in part, because the reality of studying in the UK has changed so much.

"Many are balancing work, study and caring responsibilities. With fees so high, and the job market so competitive, students feel they have to continually push themselves, perhaps more so than before."

Read the full article about mental health by Grace Spitzer-Wong at BBC News.