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Youth take charge to improve mental health and housing pressure
“It’s not just housing. It’s investing in the whole human and not just the body on the sidewalk.”
How colleges can learn from the peer support movement
Students want peer support programs, and much of the campus pushback can be addressed with decades of insight from the peer support community.
Webinar: Sharing and building power with youth mental health leaders
Members of MHA’s 2021-2022 Young Mental Health Leaders Council discuss their recent report on intergenerational collaboration in mental health.
Higher education must listen to students with disabilities, mental health concerns
40% of college students considered dropping out in the past six months due to mental health concerns.
The funds will support their collaborative project on identifying research priorities focused on college campus mental health.
5 ideas for building youth-centered mental health programs
Youth mental health programs greatly impact the outcomes of struggling young people, but far too often, youth voices are shut out of the design.
Our programs and reports in the news
To solve the youth mental health crisis, stop looking to adults
When youth are brought in and supported, real and meaningful change happens.
The case for mental health in our social change worlds
Integrating positive mental health practices is the only way for social change leaders to maximize the incredible potential of their organizations and the communities they serve.
More states are allowing students to take mental health days off
In a 2020 Mental Health America survey of young people's greatest mental health needs, the top responses from 14- to 18-year-olds were access to mental health professionals and mental health absences or breaks as part of school or work.
How to ease the transition to college when mental health is a concern
Especially since the pandemic began, conversations about mental health have become more common, so students should find a person they feel safe to talk with about their concerns.
Actor Chris Wood spearheads summit in partnership With Mental Health America
The summit was born out of findings from a recent study from Mental Health America, which Wood shares showed that young people want to get involved in mental health, but don’t know where to begin.
Mental health needs rise with pandemic
A mountain of troubling data about rising mental health problems has health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling students and the ability of colleges to provide it.
alumni making waves
As the 2023 undergraduate winner, Jose has dedicated himself to giving everyone in his community a chance to talk openly about their journeys with mental health.
The event will explore critical psychiatry, a rapidly evolving field of inquiry that is committed to understanding how mental health care might be reformed.
California bill aimed at penalizing social media companies for harm to children moves forward
Sophie Szew, a first-year student at Stanford University, was present at Tuesday's committee meeting and was among the people testifying in support of this bill.
As a college athlete, Marcus Alston realized that there wasn’t a support network for coaches and players to deal with mental health issues. So he started one.
Alum takes his LGBTQ and mental health advocacy to the White House
Juan Acosta was one of 30 youth advocates invited to Washington, D.C., for a national forum on young Americans’ mental health.
Students push SDUSD to make mental health part of core curriculum
The students wrote a resolution and presented it to the board asking that it make mental health wellness a top priority and embed it into the curriculum.
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