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Demand for mental health services up at college campuses
Aerial of Main Quadrangle looking northwest including Foellinger Auditorium, Gregory Hall, Lincoln Hall, the English Building, Henry Administration, the Illini Union, Harker Hall, Noyes Laboratory, Davenport Hall, Foreign Language building.
College campuses across the state saw a spike in demand for mental health services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, university leaders and advocates told lawmakers Wednesday, citing long social isolation, "virtual burnout" and other factors.