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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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Bringing Mental Health to Middle Schools (And to the Fairway)

Active Minds

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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Robeson Community College Partners with TimelyCare to Offer Free Mental Health Support to Students and Employees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has partnered with higher ed virtual health company TimelyCare to offer students and employees free access to mental health support and medical care, starting this fall, The Robesonian reported. Robeson Community College (RCC) in Lumberton, N.C.,

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The Impact of Bullying on Mental Health, From a K-8 Expert

Active Minds

But let’s be honest: especially when it comes to the impact of bullying on mental health, we know that this is far from true. While not the only factor, self-talk plays a key role in our mental health, and when we suffer from negative self-talk our well-being will deteriorate as well.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recruits develop cognitive skills that facilitate trust, legitimacy, and policing practices. Surprisingly, understanding behavioral health needs and communication was identified, but sparsely. This was an unexpected finding given the public awareness directed toward mental health behavior and treatment.

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Addressing Massive Disproportionality in Youth Arrests Should Not Be Option

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I propose the following policies and strategies to disrupt this pipeline: Embed Mental Health Counseling into Early Intervention Programming Early intervention is crucial for at-promise students to prevent behaviors that may lead to arrest and involvement in the criminal justice system.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts.

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