Featured Posts Remembering Brian: Twenty-Five Years Later At twenty five years, it’s about all the things he has missed. It’s the longing for everything that didn’t happen, the things that couldn’t happen, because he’s no longer here. Grief has been a strange road, one that cannot truly be explained. It started with being all-consuming, a disbelief that… Healing with Send Silence Packing Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness. Meet the Interns: A Look Back at Summer and Forward to the Fall Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness. View all the latest blog posts
Healing with Send Silence Packing Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness.
Meet the Interns: A Look Back at Summer and Forward to the Fall Through fun, welcoming events that encouraged real participation, we set out to bring our campus and local community together around a cause that matters: mental health awareness.
All Posts My Life with Bipolar Disorder and Journey to Recovery Sarah Berendt is currently studying social work at Lourdes University in Sylvania, OH. She is founder and president of Active Minds at Lourdes University and a member of the Student Advisory Committee. It was the second time ever that I was sitting across from a therapist;… Read More 7 Ways to Practice Self-Care During Summer Break For some people, summer means fun in the sun, outdoor barbecues, far-away vacations, no homework, and plenty of time to relax. But for many other people — especially students — summer can be an extremely stressful time of transition. At college, students have their friends, classes, extracurricular activities, and other things keeping… Read More 5 Things You Might Not Know About Borderline Personality Disorder May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month! Stacy Pershall, a member of the Active Minds Speakers Bureau who has a diagnosis of BPD, shares 5 things you should know about this oft-misunderstood disorder. Bring Stacy to your campus to speak today! 1. Read More 10 African & African American Psychologists You Should Know It’s Black History Month and we’re excited to bring you this list of important African and African American psychologists who have conducted critical research and contributed to the field of psychology in so many ways. 1. Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005) Contributions: Work essential in case of Brown v. Board… Read More #EDAW: How to Be There for Someone with an Eating Disorder National Eating Disorder Awareness Week is February 22-28. All week long, we’re bringing you blog posts specifically on eating disorder awareness and recovery. Eating disorders are complex mental health issues that have serious physical health implications. No one deals with their eating disorder in the same way, but here are… Read More Chapters 101: February Fundraising Ideas February is the perfect time to get your fundraising efforts off the ground for this semester. Eating Disorder Awareness Week is held February 23 – 28 and Valentine’s Day (as we all know) is coming up on February 14. Here are two ideas to raise awareness and funds in February. Restaurant… Read More Why I Support Active Minds: My Daughter Came Home “Dear Treating Physician: Thank you for the opportunity of seeing Emily Lerman in consultation. Her major depression has been complicated by extremely high levels of anxiety, exhaustion, muscle pain, nightmares and night sweats. I would suggest consideration of the following treatment….” So began the letter of Dr. Robert M. Read More The Best Decision of My College Career I took a year-and-a-half off from college. It was — and is — the best decision I’ve made during my time in school. It wasn’t an easy decision, don’t get me wrong, but it is the decision that saved my life and allows me to tell my story to hopefully save others. Read More 49 / 49
My Life with Bipolar Disorder and Journey to Recovery Sarah Berendt is currently studying social work at Lourdes University in Sylvania, OH. She is founder and president of Active Minds at Lourdes University and a member of the Student Advisory Committee. It was the second time ever that I was sitting across from a therapist;… Read More
7 Ways to Practice Self-Care During Summer Break For some people, summer means fun in the sun, outdoor barbecues, far-away vacations, no homework, and plenty of time to relax. But for many other people — especially students — summer can be an extremely stressful time of transition. At college, students have their friends, classes, extracurricular activities, and other things keeping… Read More
5 Things You Might Not Know About Borderline Personality Disorder May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month! Stacy Pershall, a member of the Active Minds Speakers Bureau who has a diagnosis of BPD, shares 5 things you should know about this oft-misunderstood disorder. Bring Stacy to your campus to speak today! 1. Read More
10 African & African American Psychologists You Should Know It’s Black History Month and we’re excited to bring you this list of important African and African American psychologists who have conducted critical research and contributed to the field of psychology in so many ways. 1. Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005) Contributions: Work essential in case of Brown v. Board… Read More
#EDAW: How to Be There for Someone with an Eating Disorder National Eating Disorder Awareness Week is February 22-28. All week long, we’re bringing you blog posts specifically on eating disorder awareness and recovery. Eating disorders are complex mental health issues that have serious physical health implications. No one deals with their eating disorder in the same way, but here are… Read More
Chapters 101: February Fundraising Ideas February is the perfect time to get your fundraising efforts off the ground for this semester. Eating Disorder Awareness Week is held February 23 – 28 and Valentine’s Day (as we all know) is coming up on February 14. Here are two ideas to raise awareness and funds in February. Restaurant… Read More
Why I Support Active Minds: My Daughter Came Home “Dear Treating Physician: Thank you for the opportunity of seeing Emily Lerman in consultation. Her major depression has been complicated by extremely high levels of anxiety, exhaustion, muscle pain, nightmares and night sweats. I would suggest consideration of the following treatment….” So began the letter of Dr. Robert M. Read More
The Best Decision of My College Career I took a year-and-a-half off from college. It was — and is — the best decision I’ve made during my time in school. It wasn’t an easy decision, don’t get me wrong, but it is the decision that saved my life and allows me to tell my story to hopefully save others. Read More
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