Life Stages · College
College and emerging adulthood
Active Minds, the largest college mental health network, on the transition years that produce the highest first-onset rates of psychiatric conditions.
Active Minds7 min read
Active Minds runs chapters on more than 1,000 U.S. campuses and is the major peer-led mental health movement in higher education. Their resource hub covers how to access campus counseling, what to do when it isn't enough, and the V-A-R (Validate-Appreciate-Refer) framework for peer conversations.
Worth pairing with The JED Foundation's campus work, which focuses on the systems-level side (counseling capacity, postvention, lethal-means restriction in dorms).
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A note on this article
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