Active Minds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For many of us, mental health has become intertwined into our everyday conversations — chatting with our friends about daily stressors, reading social media posts about managing anxiety, and meeting with a therapist when things feel out of control. The good news?

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Working as the policy manager at Active Minds , the importance of mental health advocacy is prominent, especially for those who’ve served our nation. Two transformative policies that have the power to greatly support veterans’ mental health include The Brandon Act and H.R. 3011 — DOD Task Force on Mental Health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

These student concerns over mental health were also found to somewhat carry over into their decisions to even go to college. The survey reaffirmed that mental health among youth in general persists as an issue. A very notable half of students (54%) also cited affordability as a potential hurdle to them going to college.

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Active Minds

MARCH 26, 2024

With feelings of persistent sadness and anxiety at an all-time high for teen girls in what has been identified as a crisis , girls’ mental health has never been important to discuss and understand. This data implores us to consider what the contributing factors are to this mental health epidemic teen girls are facing.

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Active Minds

MARCH 4, 2024

The Active Minds Mental Health Conference is unlike any other. As a result of my time at the Conference, I have had many opportunities and abilities to use my voice for change through networking with other mental health leaders. I found community in my peers who shared my values. And most importantly, have fun.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I was fourteen years old when I was introduced to the space of mental health advocacy. Without this psychoeducational and stigma-reducing program, I would have never pursued professional help for my own mental health or a professional career in mental health.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The mission of Active Minds is centered around mobilizing youth and young adults to be the mental health change in their schools and communities. While truly redefining accessible mental health will take massive shifts in public policy, there are still ways to find support that won’t break your budget.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. Then, we can start to address equity from that lens," said Dr. Shawnté Elbert , chief health equity officer at Columbus Public Health.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As we adjust to a new routine and, at times, a new environment around the holidays, it can also be difficult to navigate the mental health challenges we may be facing or bringing back home with us. These mental health conversations with family can often be met with silence, discomfort, or even misunderstanding.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Welcome to our spring 2024 interns, our biggest advocates for mental health awareness! We’re thrilled to see all the work our interns will do during these coming months and their contributions toward mental health awareness. My dream job is to be a psychiatrist and global mental health researcher.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

American Education Week provides a crucial opportunity to shed light on an issue that continues to be ignored: the need to support the mental health of both students and educators. The American education system needs to be full of mental health champions. And it can be.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

Taken place at the Atlanta University Center’s Woodruff’s Library, the “Changing the Paradigm” symposium began its two-day conference with a discussion on mental health. Kimbrough , Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants the symposium to dive deeply into mental health and how it affects Black men and their communities.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Vote Early Day, a national movement created in 2020, is a chance for you to take action on important mental health initiatives and become an active member of our political process. These elections hold equal, if not greater, importance, as they determine how laws are enacted, especially in areas like mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2023

New England College (NEC) is partnering with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to address workforce shortages in mental health services, the Concord Monitor reported. The school created a community mental health B.A. Students will work 20 hours a week for approximately $20 an hour.

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Student Minds

APRIL 5, 2024

Madeleine describes how it feels to make the decision to start a masters with a mental health condition and how she reached this choice. This was not a decision I took lightly, as someone whose mental health illness is triggered by stress, I was worried I would be unable to face the pressure a masters would entail.

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Active Minds

MARCH 15, 2023

We are proud to announce that thanks to their support, we are bringing our proven peer-to-peer mental health model to middle schools nationwide. To kick this exciting announcement off, Active Minds students met with Optum Ambassadors at The Players Championship this weekend to talk about mental health on the golf course.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Getting involved in mental health advocacy in our youth is not easy, but with the emergence of bills like the Student ID Bill (a proposal for schools to print mental health hotline numbers, such as 988, on the back of student ID cards), opportunities for upcoming generations are there.

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Active Minds

JULY 25, 2023

Mental health awareness and access to treatment have grown immensely in the past few decades. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reported that 47.2% adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021. On top of this stigma lies a history of negative mental health care experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

While shootings on campus are extremely rare, said Williamson, the mental health and wellbeing of students, faculty, and staff can be deeply impacted by these events, which is why it is crucial that institutions of higher education respond to these incidents. Training helps build your confidence in what to say and how to say it.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Addressing racial inequality is one of the key components of this effort to ensure marginalized communities have access to the same opportunities and resources as others and recognize the unique challenges faced by different marginalized groups, especially when it comes to mental health.

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Active Minds

JULY 28, 2023

Being Asian and Filipino, it was so challenging to talk about my mental health, particularly due to the stigma in my family and community. This kept me from exploring mental health issues and even dealing with my own. This prompted me to write a dissertation on language use and mental health for my Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over the past decade, campus mental health has bloomed into a crisis, with rates of depression and anxiety symptoms more than doubling. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

John Dunkle, senior director of learning and knowledge at the JED Foundation (JED), a non-profit focusing on young adult mental health and suicide prevention. Heinze thought that some portion of the increases could be attributable to better measurement of mental health and a decrease in the stigmatization of mental health problems.

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Active Minds

MAY 1, 2023

First, we needed to open up the conversation about mental health — stigma was incredibly pervasive, and far too many people were struggling in silence. That’s why, for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Active Minds is working directly with Gen Z. passionate about creating lasting mental health change, and c.)

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Self-Centeredness vs. Selflessness in Mental Health appeared first on Active Minds. In times when it feels easy to deprioritize yourself in favor of managing everything else going on in our hectic lives, remember that showing up for yourself is just as important as showing up for others. You deserve it. The post Is Self-Care Selfish?

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Student Minds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Alice shares her experience of struggling with her mental health whilst being at university and that it's okay to reach out and get support. I went to college with high hopes that I’d remain that way, but my mental health had other plans. You can do it, and it doesn’t have to be at the expense of your mental health.

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Active Minds

APRIL 4, 2023

At Active Minds, we believe policy is key to enacting lasting mental health change – and students play a huge role in facilitating this change. As you begin to familiarize yourself with these policies, you may wonder: how can you influence the public conversation and get involved with mental health advocacy?

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Active Minds

MARCH 13, 2023

Are you a high school student looking to become more involved in mental health advocacy in your community? Well, allow me to tell you some amazing news: the Active Minds Mental Health Advocacy Academy is gearing up to take on its next class of mental health advocates!

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Research shows that peer-to-peer outreach is the best way to reduce the stigma that surrounds mental health and to encourage people to seek help if they need it. Jade’s bold, authentic, and unapologetic approach to addressing mental health is admired and respected by many.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Editorial Team are here to kickstart 2024 with their mental health 'ins and outs'. Whether you are looking for support for your own mental health at university or supporting a friend, help is available. Student Minds Blog Editorial Team ⭐ Our 'ins and outs' for 2024 ⭐ ? Madeleine: ?

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Student Minds

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ellen explores the importance of mental health during one's university years as well as strategies to nurture and maintain it. At the same time, it can be a period of intense stress and mental health challenges because you are about to start something new. This is what helps you to survive at university.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s no surprise that school counselors play an important role in supporting student mental health, well-being, and academic success in K-12 schools. They are making a difference in the daily lives of our K-12 students and changing the conversation about mental health in their schools.

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In the face of a youth mental health crisis, the urgency for inspiring mental health change has never been more apparent. Murthy has sounded the alarm, highlighting that a youth mental health crisis is already brewing. Undoubtedly, we are in a youth mental health crisis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

More than half of college students (58%) accessed mental health care during their K-12 years, according to data from TimelyCare, a virtual health and well-being company for higher education. Not having representation in mental health providers can be a barrier to entry right from the outset of seeking help, Street said.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I’ll be honest: talking about mental health and Active Minds with Rory McIlroy was not on my 2022 bingo card. Their work is unparalleled – they are young adult-focused and led, and believe strongly in Gen Z’s lived experiences around mental health being a catalyst for change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University, alleging systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities, CNN reported. Monica Porter, attorney with Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, said that Yale’s campus mental health issues were “a particularly egregious example.”

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Active Minds

AUGUST 9, 2023

Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, declared that mental health challenges had devastating effects on younger populations. Since then, The Biden Administration has shown a keen interest in addressing the mental health crisis in America through policy. In 2021, U.S.

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