mental health
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May 3, 2021
Focus on connections for Mental Health Awareness Month
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, university health and well-being experts encourage building belonging and support.
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March 25, 2021
Depression Center renaming recognizes Eisenbergs’ $30M in giving
The Board of Regents has approved renaming the U-M Depression Center for Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and their family, in recognition of their $30 million total giving to depression research and scholarship.
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March 22, 2021
Committee seeks input on improving student mental health
A 12-member committee examining how to improve student mental health and well-being is seeking feedback from the university community through a series of upcoming virtual town halls.
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March 3, 2021
Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids
Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children’s home education and anxiety, a U-M study suggests.
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February 25, 2021
Students saw record levels of anxiety, depression last fall
College students last fall reported their highest levels of depression and anxiety of any prior semester, according to U-M’s Healthy Minds Study, an annual web-based survey looking at mental health.
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February 8, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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December 10, 2020
Faculty encouraged to use student well-being statement in syllabi
A new Syllabus Statement for Student Well-Being that is more comprehensive than the older mental health syllabus statement, and offers more campus resources to assist students is now available.
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November 6, 2020
Plans announced for winter semester academics, housing, increased testing
The university has announced plans for the 2021 winter semester that include more remote courses, fewer undergraduates living on campus and more widely available COVID-19 testing.
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October 5, 2020
2016 election affected Muslim college students’ mental health
The 2016 presidential election was linked to considerable mental health declines among Muslim college students, with religious Muslims seeing the largest declines, a U-M researcher says.
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September 30, 2020
Graduate Student Mental Health Task Force issues first-year report
A task force charged with identifying changes to better support graduate student mental health at U-M has released its first-year report, outlining 10 recommendations for individuals, programs and the university.
