Welcome to UC Berkeley's Graduate & Professional Schools Mental Health Task Force, back in action for the Fall semester!
Below are some updates & a bit of unfinished business from last semester.
>>> mental health awareness day
UHS is planning a mental wellness day on October 4th as part of a Mental Health Awareness Week. We need a few people who might be interested in distributing flyers, etc.. for the Mental Health Task Force! Email the list if interested? gradhealth [at] lists [dot] berkeley [dot] edu
>>> posters & bookmarks
We have purchased but not yet designed or printed 2 posters and 1 bookmark (in quantities of approx. 500 each). Our idea was to create a clear, simply-designed outreach campaign to inform fellow grad students about mental health issues in our community (suicide, depression, anxiety, etc). Maybe this is the semester to get this project out of the stable, so to speak ?!??
>>> campuswide mental health committee
This committee (approved by the Academic Senate and, provisionally, by the Chancellor) has yet to be convened, though there has been ongoing work over the summer to move it forward. Perhaps this semester the MHTF could write & sign a letter to the Chancellor, requesting an update on progress with the committee... ?
>>> grad mental health survey
Jenny Hyun submitted a paper outlining the survey results to an academic journal, and it should be published soon! This is one of the many successes to result from the MHTF's work-- congratulations.
>>> grad mental health resources
We discussed preparing materials for new UC Berkeley grad students (especially int'l grad students), identifying mental health resources on campus and explaining how and when to use them. I think that Thais & Deborah were going to work on this over the summer... how did it go?
Does anyone else have updates?
Has the CPS Grad Mental Health Advisory Committee met this semester?
Posted by temina at September 11, 2005 07:24 PM