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Prioritizing Mental Health After Tragedy with a School-Wide Mental Health Field Day

Active Minds

We held meetings to come up with ideas for fighting the stigma of mental health and making sure that everyone on campus has access to the support they need, knows how to find it, and never feels alone. Our advisor wrote a grant to the KyleCares foundation and before we knew it we had an Active Minds chapter at Whitman-Hanson.

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Solutions in Action: Breaking Down Barriers to Student Success

Timely MD

Vice President for Student Success, Well-Being and Belonging at Hollins University, and Angela Stowe, Ph.D., Director of Student Counseling Services and Chair of the Suicide Prevention Leadership and Implementation Team at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Brown, Ph.D., ” Angela Stowe, Ph.D.

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How to Fight Mental Health Stigma in Schools

Thrive Alliance Group

Yet those students are still suffering and can benefit from short-term counseling and/or learning coping mechanisms that can help them do better in school. The bigger issue here, with much higher stakes, is the students with severe issues who lack access to information and help.

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How to promote healing with physical trauma-informed practices

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

How do you ensure your classes are accessible to those who have experienced trauma? Do you encourage students to rest and take classes at their own pace? If you or someone you know has been affected by gender-based violence (GBV), please feel free to access any of the resources listed below. Serves all Johns Hopkins students.

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Work That Makes You Smile - Dr. Terah “TJ” Stewart

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stewart began teaching as a tenure-track assistant professor at Iowa State in August 2019, after going back to school to receive a doctorate in college student counseling and personnel services. One of his biggest achievements yet in his scholarship is being recognized and honored for his book on college student sex work.

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Sexual pleasure after sexual trauma

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

You can also schedule an appointment with one of the following services: Counseling Center : 410-516-8278 (Press 1 for the on-call counselor). Serves all full-time undergraduate & graduate students from KSAS, WSE, and Peabody, as well as on-campus SOE students. Counseling Center Sexual Assault Helpline: 410-516-7333.