The college mental health crisis

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We hope this research provides practical strategies colleges and universities can use to help students intervene when they recognize a friend is struggling with mental health issues. This topic seems especially timely given the high rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation on many college campuses.

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I believe that equipping college students with the knowledge and skills to help a friend struggling with their mental health will make a major positive difference in the college mental health crisis. College students eat together, study together, hangout together, and even sleep in the same dorm rooms together. If a student is struggling with their mental health, chances are that a friend will recognize it before it's too late. Our goal for this project was to create a concise online activity that will better equip students to help their friends. We hope that our promising results encourage colleges to take a similar approach to address the college mental health crisis. Working on this project was so eye-opening and rewarding!

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