How to Promote Student Mental Health

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Help your students navigate mental wellbeing on- and off-campus with these free tools and podcasts

How often do your your students come to you with questions about their mental health? Make your classroom a comfortable place to have open conversations about mental health challenges and maintaining mental wellbeing with these insightful podcasts and effective course tools from two Sage authors.

Podcasts

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Podcast with Krisstal Clayton, PhD

Podcast with Dr. Dawn McBride

Tools for You and Your Students

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Students: What can you do to nurture your mental health?

These on- and off-campus resources will help your students evaluate the state of their mental health—and where to go for assistance when they need it.

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Instructors: What can you do to nurture your students’ mental health?

This list of action items can help you build an inclusive environment where students feel comfortable talking about mental health—and reaching out for help when they need it.

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Assignment for your course: Bulleted Journal and Self-Reflection Assignment

This assignment will provide your students with a means for reflection about their daily practices, schedule, and how they “treat” themselves over the course of one week.

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