What Does Mental Health Mean to The Daily?

What does mental health mean to The Daily?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s also, coincidentally, a month often jam-packed with midterms, projects, darties and cursed group projects. Stanford students often bemoan the fast-paced crush of stress that is school under the quarter system. In this listicle, we take a moment to share the ways students cope, look after our mental health and find the beauty amidst the chaos. Chloe Shannon Wong ’28  For me, sunshine and good mental heal…

Finally, a program to support Black student mental health

By Anissa DurhamWord in BlackA new initiative is transforming mental health support for Black and Brown college students, reaching over 50 campuses nationwide — and it’s just getting started. The Excellence in Mental Health on Campus program is spearheaded by The Steve Fund, a national organization that works to support the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.With the rates of mental health illness, overdose and suici…

Treatment by Us, for Us: The Critical Need for Black Psychiatrists - Dallas Weekly

By Dr. Eboni WooleyThere is no way around it: If you want to address the Black mental health crisis in America, we need more Black psychiatrists. America has been dealing with the devastating effects of declining mental health for decades, and Black Americans are affected disproportionately. Black adults are more likely than white adults to report chronic symptoms of emotional distress, such as persistent depression and generalized anxiety disor…