Student’s Mental Health
Excellent Idea! Kudos to Elon University of North Carolina for creating a website for students about mental health. Especially critical is the section on stigma - how stigma of mental illness can hurt suffers who fear to seek help - and how students can begin shattering this stigma by becoming aware of words describing mental illness. The section on fighting stigma asks students to “Be aware of your own actions and words.”
There is a movie clip that brings the message of mental illness stigma to ask, “With so many people affected, is it fair to uphold so many negative images of mental illness?” The website has information about depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, eating disorders, personality disorders, self-harm, and suicide.
There is also a link about treatments to give students introductory information on options and need for support. The website also has a fledgling discussion forum that I hope becomes populated with questions and messages of support and hope.