Thank you all for responding to my original posting. Your responses have been fascinating.
The reason I posted this question is because I am doing some work on personal tutoring. Through interviews with academics, I am picking up on differences in the types of support needs. For example, arts students seem to be more emotional and need to talk more about pastoral matters with staff. I wondered if this was a combination of the personality traits of this group of students coupled with the fact that their work often draws on their emotional life (i.e. it rakes things up!). A conversation with a counsellor also revealed that certain subjects had clusters of mental health issues (psychology and depression, maths and Aspergers, medicine and bipolar disorder). Interesting stuff.
Cheers
Sharon
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