Active Minds
JUNE 23, 2025
This decision represents a significant and dangerous step backward in our collective commitment to prioritizing mental health for all young people and will result in the termination of a vital support system for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults by July 17.
Active Minds
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
I founded Active Minds in 2003, following the loss of my brother. Active Minds was born as an organization of young people mobilizing in mental health and through it, Brian’s life and legacy have inspired, helped, and spoken to thousands across the world. He was my other half, and every day I wish he were here with me.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
in 2003 – and 7.5% Latino adults with mental illness receive treatment each year, a noticeable gap from the national average, 46.2%. Addressing this requires culturally sensitive, early interventions involving families and communities and educational efforts to improve mental health access and awareness within the U.S.
Active Minds
DECEMBER 8, 2023
I founded Active Minds in 2003 , following the loss of my brother Brian to suicide. We inherited the Active Minds Speakers Bureau in 2010 from the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign and have proudly brought speakers to more than 1,000,000 youth and adult audiences in the years since. Surgeon General this fall.
Supporting Student Success
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Postsecondary educators have been increasingly focused on supporting positive student mental health over the past decades. Additionally, poor mental health and toxic stress have a detrimental impact on learning and academic performance. Stress, Mental Health and Learning. times that of their peers.
The University Innovation Alliance
DECEMBER 1, 2023
There are a lot more behavioral and mental health issues, a lot more concerns about isolation. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003, after working at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles. We intended to start this earlier, but COVID came, and it got put off.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Katie Mitchell-Dodge is a Doctoral Student in Counselor Education & Supervision at the University of Arizona “When I think of Black youth mental health, my first thought is that we don’t talk about it enough….And This report challenged misperceptions regarding Black youth, mental health, and suicidality.
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