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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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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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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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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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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

Timely MD

A recent nationwide survey found nearly 60% of Gen Z college students have received mental health care before arriving on campus – during their K-12 years. Released in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month, this alarming statistic underscores the urgency of warnings from the CDC to the U.S.

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Meet our Fall 2023 Interns and Learn About Their Passion for Mental Health

Active Minds

Welcome our fall 2023 interns, some of our community’s biggest champions for mental health! I am attending Boston University and pursuing an MPH with an emphasis in community health, mental health, and substance use. This semester, I hope to grow as a designer, colleague, and advocate for mental health!