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Breaking Down the Biden Administration’s New Accessibility-Focused Mental Health Policy

August 9, 2023 — In 2021, U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, declared that mental health challenges had devastating effects on younger populations. Since then, The Biden Administration has shown a keen interest in addressing the mental health crisis in America through policy. And progress has been made — including expanded crisis response services and mental healthcare access in schools. […]

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Breaking the Cycle: Challenging Mental Health Taboos In India

August 2, 2023 — When I was 10 years old, my aunt used to take me for a walk to the nearby park, and before going there, I was always warned not to go near this lady. My aunt told me she had some “special unnatural problems.” Before learning about the different problems people may have due to their […]

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Combatting Stigma Surrounding Asian American Mental Health Using Language

July 28, 2023 — Being Asian and Filipino, it was so challenging to talk about my mental health, particularly due to the stigma in my family and community. As a college professor currently visiting the United States (but who was raised in the Philippines, a dominantly Catholic country), I observed from a young age how mental health issues, such […]

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Taking Up Space: A Mental Health Accommodations Guide for Students

July 27, 2023 — Being a student is no joke. Between classes, activities, work, and social life, things get overwhelming fast. And if you also live with a mental health condition like anxiety, depression, or ADHD, it can feel impossible to keep up. But you’ve got this! Resources exist to support you — accommodations for students managing their mental […]

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Three Actions You Can Take to Support BIPOC Mental Health

July 25, 2023 — Mental health awareness and access to treatment have grown immensely in the past few decades. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reported that 47.2% of U.S. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021. Slowly but surely, actions are being taken to change the culture around mental health, but to continue we must address the […]

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Your Perfect Self-Care Day: Expectation vs. Reality

July 24, 2023 — A peek online will expose you to a seemingly unlimited number of self-care routines, tips, and advice. But take a second look, and you’ll see a disconnection between what internet influencers portray as self-care and what a self-care day actually looks like. What does it mean to care for yourself? Is it popping a different […]

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How to Support the Mental Health of First-Generation Students

July 19, 2023 — Isolation. No one ever told me how hard it would be to navigate my mental health as one of the many first-generation students entering college each year. I sat in my single dorm room for 48 hours after my guardian moved me in to avoid interacting with the people living on my floor. I sat […]

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Five Reasons to Attend the Active Minds Mental Health Conference

July 15, 2023 — For many months I worked with the Active Minds team to prepare for the first in-person Mental Health Conference in almost three and a half years. The months leading up to the Conference felt like an eternity in anticipation, but once it started, the two days at the Conference flew by. Looking back at those […]

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New Research on BIPOC Mental Health Debuted at Active Minds Conference

July 14, 2023 — Our Emerging Scholars Fellowship, generously supported by the Scattergood Foundation, allows young adults nationwide to expand the research and discourse surrounding BIPOC mental health through an antiracism lens. Over the past six months, our Emerging Scholars worked tirelessly to collect and analyze data and grapple with topics that profoundly impact the livelihood of the BIPOC […]

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How My PTSD Diagnosis Helped My Childhood Self Heal

June 27, 2023 — Trigger Warning: Discussion of physical and sexual abuse.  I wasn’t diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) until a couple of years ago. There was no real point that I recall where the symptoms started because in reality, for me, living in fight-and-flight mode was the way I’ve lived as long as I could remember. My […]

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