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For the second consecutive year, junior Christopher Biehn is launching a photo challenge to raise awareness about mental illness.

Dior Vargas, a Latina, feminist mental-health advocate, spoke at Ithaca College on Sept. 28 at the invitation of PODER, an IC Latino organization.

Ithaca College senior Courtney shares her story to grow confidence in her gender and racial identity.

“LGBT people, POC and other marginalized groups are here too, and their/our mental health is important and should be talked about more both in general and within those communities,” Lopez said.

“I think, even though we’ve come a long way, even in places like Ithaca College, where we’re very liberal and we are very open-minded to a lot of ideas, mental illness is still considered taboo, and there’s still a large stigma surrounding it that prevents people from being open to talking about it,” he said. “I think if we get the conversation going, it might spread.”

Junior Matt Hirsch uses stand-up comedy as a method for sharing his experience with mental illnesses.

For six years, Ithaca College student Molly struggled with an eating disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder.
She shares how her recovery process has inspired her to take active roles in the college community.

Hannah, alumna of Ithaca College, battled depression and anxiety throughout her college career. Now she uses her mental illnesses as encouragement for excelling in her job.

Low levels of anxiety that come with worrying can boost your cortisol just enough that it is beneficial to your overall state.

The private sector has greater funding and does not have to jump through government hoops, but its research can also be less available to the public.

Pilots should be required to complete certain mental health inventories to identify potential problems.

Using social media will improve outreach and will, hopefully, prompt more people to get the help they need.