mental health days

SFU should follow in Oregon’s footsteps and grant mental health absences to students

By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer For students suffering with mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, university — and life in general — can be extremely overwhelming. As someone with an anxiety disorder, there have been multiple days when I wished that time would just stop so that I could breathe for a minute. For students like myself who find they also need a much needed break, school-sponsored mental health days can help.  A new state law passed in Oregon allows students “up to five excused absences within a three-month period” for mental health-related reasons. Rather than simply skipping school and…

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