Tag: mental health

Numerous higher education institutions have offered mental health resources amidst the trial for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty...

The University of Texas at Austin Police Department (UTPD) recently launched a crisis intervention team to respond to mental health calls, KXAN reported this...

When colleges and universities closed their doors last spring amid rising COVID-19 cases, many vulnerable student populations were left without critical campus resources. Being unable...

For more than a decade, Kansas State University (K-State) has held a yearly drag show sponsored by the Student Governing Association, K-State Union Program...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created a range of challenges for many professionals, college and university faculty face unique stressors during this time of...

Researchers have known for decades that the legal profession is riddled with mental health crises and substance abuse issues. The problem has even been...

The glaring racial inequities in coronavirus cases and deaths have brought international attention to health disparities for African Americans. Steven Starks, MD, clinical assistant...

More than a thousand students at Texas A&M University (TAMU) will walk across campus tonight bearing signs that read, “Someone cares about you,” “There’s...

An experimental program to reduce stigma around mental health issues has proven successful at Indiana University Bloomington (IU), according to researchers. National nonprofit organization Bring...

In August 2017, just as the Houston Community College System’s 20 campuses were poised to start the fall semester, Hurricane Harvey dumped more than...

The World Health Organization (WHO) approved several major revisions to its list of diagnosable medical conditions, known as the International Classification of Diseases and...

Students attending college right out of high school face the daunting reality of taking on new challenges at an age when mental health issues...

U.S. suicide rates have increased dramatically in the last two decades — almost 30 percent, according to a recent report from the Centers for...

According to a joint report by The Steve Fund (TSF) and The Jed Foundation (JED) — two national nonprofit organizations that seek to promote...

African American and Hispanic students are not only more likely than their white peers to feel overwhelmed in college, but are also less inclined...

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is proud to announce its partnership with The Steve Fund (TSF), a national nonprofit that supports the mental health and...

Civil rights groups, health experts, and state officials are warning that the Trump administration’s decision last Wednesday to reverse Title IX protections for transgender...

In the past five years, student demand for mental health services on college campuses in the U.S. has grown at more than five times...

In a recent article we wrote, titled “Reimagining Critical Race Theory in Education: Mental Health Healing and the Pathway to Liberatory Praxis,” we argue...