Page 34 - Active Minds News Today

About a fifth of students visiting Mercer’s Office of Counseling and Psychological Services have sought counseling specifically because of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on their life, data kept by CAPS shows, underscoring the additional mental health challenges COVID-19 has caused at colleges across the nation. “The anxiety that is associated with COVID — whether they are a student or not — has put us at a different baseline,” said Emily Piassick, director of CAPS. Piassick hold...

February 11, 2021 4:41 pm London-based studio Our Design Agency (ODA) has rebranded Relish, with an identity that hopes to engage the feelings of people living with dementia. The work includes a new name for the company (previously Active Minds) as well as a visual identity that rolls out across Relish’s website, social media, app, products and packaging. Established in 2010, Relish creates products in collaboration with patients and carers which aim to improve the wellbeing of people who l...

A popular Texas-based jewelry brand is making mental health awareness a strong philanthropy pillar for the company this year and will be bringing that focus to...

Updated: 12:19 PM CST January 28, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Great things always start small, like a voice that only gets louder with time, effort, and care. Alex Lindley and Danny Kerth, a pair of St. Louis natives, along with a team of dedicated friends, wanted to honor their late friend, Ryan Joseph Candice. Ryan was only 20 years old when he took his own life while attending The University of Missouri, Columbia in 2014, something that sent shockwaves through his group of friends and...

Kendra Scott and Active Minds Partner on $100,000 Grant and Mental Health Resource Initiative Active Minds named as the official non-profit partner of the Kendra Scott Gems program News provided by Share this article AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Today, Kendra Scott announces a new partnership with Active Minds - the nations leading non-profit promoting mental health for young adults. Active Minds will become the official non-profit partner of the Kendra Scott Gems, the brands ...

Boise State News January 26, 2021 Bronco Welcome, photo Patrick Sweeney The reasons to live in Idaho are many — a strong community spirit, dizzyingly beautiful landscapes and a proud heritage of free thought. Nonetheless, the state faces profound challenges. According to Mental Health America, Idaho ranks 48th out of 50 states and Washington D.C. when it comes to providing access to mental health services. And Idaho, like other states in the Intermountain West, contends with some ...

Highlander Post Views: 1,546 Mental health concerns have increased for college students across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic as they have adapted to life behind a screen. At UCR, students are lending their time to promote mental health amongst their peers while also maintaining their own. Ryan Poon / The Highlander UCR’s Active Minds is run under The Well, and it is one of 400 student-led campus chapters nationwide dedicated to providing resources and mental health advoca...

WICHITA, Kansas — Spring break is canceled. Public universities in Kansas made the call early in the fall as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19. They reasoned that during a pandemic it’s just not a good idea to give students a week to spend in South Beach, or even just travel to see family. Yet Kansas State University students said they need at least some time off because of another health crisis — the damage to their mental health posed by a semester without a pause. K-State agreed a...

Mid-South school district makes it easy for students to ask for help with mental health with daily check-in Arlington Community Schools introduced a digital daily wellness check-in for students this semester making it easier for them to get help. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:21 PM CST January 21, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Isolation, stress and fear from the pandemic have exacerbated mental health concerns over the last year. The Arlington Community Schools ...

Northern Star DeKALB – Cassandra Kamp, senior psychology and rehabilitation and disability services major, was unanimously confirmed as the Student Government Association’s election commissioner. SGA Senator Clayton Schopfer was also confirmed as the sergeant-at-arms Sunday at the virtual SGA meeting. The duties of the election commissioner are to hold candidate meetings for the Senate and executive elections, meet with the board of elections regularly, hold debates for the candidates, admi...