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Achieve Racial Justice in Mental Health Care at CaPS Students at CMU and throughout the US are calling on our institutions to take an active role in racial justice. This applies to all parts of CMU, including CaPS. As CaPS has noted in their public statement on racial justice, racism is a mental health issue: the trauma of racism is a cause of racial....

Your voice is your power. Take some time today to check in with yourself and start a conversation with someone you trust about your mental health. 🥰

A Double Life: The Thoughts of a First-Generation College Student - Active Minds As a first-generation college student, not a single day goes by that I do not think about my family and consider their sacrifices. For my family and I, attending college is the highest honor. While some may say “no pressure” when it comes to grades and coursework, that’s simply not true. There...

Black Lives Matter. Black Human Rights Matter. Black Mental Health Matters.

Active Minds acknowledges and stands with those demanding justice and seeking equality. We will be muted across all platforms today in solidarity with and to .

If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please visit activeminds.org/gethelp.

Thank you to Mental Health America for compiling the following list of accounts to follow for BIPOC mental health:
The Steve Fund
AAKOMA PROJECT
Therapy for Latinx
Therapy For Black Girls
Dr. Alfiee
Kojo Sarfo
Healing Black Women
Well For Culture
Don't Die Afraid
BLKHLTH
Melanin & Mental Health
Black Girls Smile

Black Lives Matter. Black Human Rights Matter. Black Mental Health Matters.

Active Minds acknowledges and stands with those demanding justice and seeking equality. We will be muted across all platforms today in solidarity with and to .

If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please visit activeminds.org/gethelp.

Thank you to Mental Health America for compiling the following list of accounts to follow for BIPOC mental health:
The Steve Fund
AAKOMA PROJECT
Therapy for Latinx
Therapy For Black Girls
Dr. Alfiee
Kojo Sarfo
Healing Black Women
Well For Culture
Don't Die Afraid
BLKHLTH
Melanin & Mental Health
Black Girls Smile

Black Men Are Giving Themselves A Space To Talk About Mental Health Kid Cudi's post prompted black men to ask each other " ?"

Please join us next Tuesday (March 28) for the March State of the University discussion, presented by the Carnegie Mellon Community Advisors. We will be meeting from 4:30-6:30 in Porter Hall 100 to explore Mental Health at Carnegie Mellon University and how it impacts the Carnegie Mellon experience.

Pizza will be provided!

Fences, Black Men, And Depression How the movie Fences illustrates the challenges of depression.

“It is time to have honest conversations with each other about the importance of mental health."

This Woman's Instagram Series Aims To Educate Everyone About The A To Z Of Mental Health "'Get over it' is not how it works and I think being more aware and acknowledging mental health will help us make a start in the direction towards kindness and empathy."

What exactly IS Peter Pan Syndrome? An interesting perspective...

Why This Generation Suffers From Peter Pan Syndrome And How To Fix It We almost become addicted to the search rather than the result of “finding ourselves” – because we do not actually want to.

This approach is a step closer to not just managing PTSD, but actually curing it.

We train soldiers for war. Let's train them to come home, too Before soldiers are sent into combat, they're trained on how to function in an immensely dangerous environment. But they also need training on how to return from the battlefield to civilian life, says psychologist Hector Garcia. Applying the same principles used to prepare soldiers for war, Garcia i...

Chance The Rapper Speaking Out About Mental Illness In The Black Community Is A Game Changer The unstoppable Chance the Rapper is having a great start to 2017. With three Grammys under his belt, an adorable daughter taking over his social media, and what he considers an official debut album on the way, the Chicago MC appears to be on cloud n