Active Minds

What is Active Minds?

Active Minds is the nation's only nonprofit organization dedicated to utilizing the student voice to raise mental health awareness among college students. Active Minds empowers students to speak openly about mental health in order to educate others and encourage help-seeking. Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and create a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues on campuses nationwide.

 

Why Active Minds?

In a 2015 study by the American College Health Association, nearly one third of all college students reported having felt so depressed in the past year they couldn't function. While it is clear that students are suffering, it is not nearly as clear to students and friends that it is okay to talk about these issues, and that resources are available for those who need professional help. Active Minds works on the level of the students to educate the entire campus about mental health, so students who are first experiencing symptoms understand what they are going through, know it's not their fault, and get the help they need. Active Minds works with hundreds of students on campuses every year to build a new generation of leaders who are more in tune with their mental health and the needs of others who live everyday with mental health disorders.