The Ithacan

Host Sobeida talks about mental health in this episode with Active Minds’ co-president, Kelly Madden.

Soft, soothing music plays as members of the Ithaca College Mindfulness Club color mandalas and drink tea.

It’s hard to feel comfortable when there aren’t many people who look like you. 

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the same month as the birthday of my father who took his own life.

The introduction of around-the-clock mental health and crisis support on campus is a necessary measure to support struggling students.

Ithaca College is tasked with balancing the support structures it has created with the high costs that come along with them.

The Center for Counseling and Psychological Services is developing a new service to increase the accessibility of mental health services.

Media covering mental illness is often touchy.

I think it would be beneficial if Ithaca College put wellness into the curriculum.

Bright red berries, small purple flowers and long brown roots — they may sound like typical plant parts, but when they are made into extracts, tinctures or teas, they can possess a variety of healing properties.

Keeling and Associates found that health services on the college’s campus are not organized effectively and do not have up-to-par operational effectiveness.

I think, as a community, we really need to encourage one another to take care of ourselves and ask for help when we need it.