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Survey: Faculty and Staff Observe Increasing Demand for Mental Health Support Among Online Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. It's not why they chose the online education in the first place.”

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Mental Health Care Is Expensive: A Guide to Finding Affordable Services

Active Minds

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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Simple Ways to Bring Mental Health Conversations to Your School This Year

Active Minds

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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Three Tips for Navigating School with Mental Health-Related Disabilities

Active Minds

Different diagnoses, conditions, and disabilities, both mental health-related and physical, can strain a student’s ability to succeed in an educational setting. Under those two federal laws, mental illnesses that limit one or more major life activities (i.e. Remember you are not alone.

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Manhattan College to Launch School of Health Professions in July

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school will offer in Fall 2023 pre-existing undergraduate programs in physical education, allied health, exercise science, nuclear medicine technology, radiation therapy technology, health care informatics, public health and graduate programs in marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and school counseling.

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Turn Passion into Profession: A Guide to Planning Your Future in the Mental Health Field

Active Minds

Three Tools for Planning Your Future in the Mental Health Field Connecting courses to careers The work you do in your classes prepares you for the workplace. Mentorship Mentorship is vital for career success in the mental health field and as a professional overall.

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How My PTSD Diagnosis Helped My Childhood Self Heal

Active Minds

Because trauma and mental health support were not something I understood nor had access to growing up, I didn’t learn about PTSD until I took psychology classes in college. My culture did not regularly discuss PTSD; however, those around me normalized substance and physical abuse as a way of coping and discipline.