Student Voices: Fighting Stigma on College Campuses
Kimberly Collamore, Auburn University Active Minds Secretary, Crisis Text Line Crisis Counselor, explores ways college campuses can help fight stigma around mental health.
Kimberly Collamore, Auburn University Active Minds Secretary, Crisis Text Line Crisis Counselor, explores ways college campuses can help fight stigma around mental health.
Sara R. Abelson, Ph. D., MPH, co-investigator and lead for diversity, equity and inclusion projects, Healthy Minds Network, discusses the ways online peer-to-peer platforms help elevate equity and inclusion.
By Evan Ozmat. Evan Ozmat is working as a Recovery Support Navigator at the University at Albanyâs Collegiate Recovery Program. His work is aimed at supporting students in recovery and creating and promoting a Recovery Ready Community at the University at Albany.
Megan Kennedy, director of the Resilience Lab at the University of Washington, discusses the role resilience can play in college studentsâ mental health management â from everyday life, to COVID-19 stressors, racism, and more.
What could lead to mental health challenges for the LGBTQ+ community?
COVID-19 has propelled leadership and faculty through several isolation âcrash coursesââadding layer after layer of considerations that need to be addressed for the health of students and the entire campus community.
With the ability and responsibility to significantly influence their campus community and the world beyond, colleges and universities often discover that various components of their mission are intertwined and working in tandem.
The theme for this yearâs World Mental Health Day is âmental health for all.âÂ
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures that have come with it have had a profound impact on the world we live in.
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