As higher education institutions began to cancel the spring 2020 semester and some even through this upcoming fall semester, a huge...
Financial Strains of COVID-19 on College Students
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Steven Walker: on “Mental Health, Death, and Unemployment in the Black Community”
*Mr. Walker is a member of the MHAV Board of Directors. We invited him to write about his personal experience. Views, thoughts, and...
Remote College Education & Mental Health
Since the onset of COVID-19, college students have faced a huge shift in their educational experience. As colleges and universities...
High-Risk People in COVID-19: Physical & Financial Implications of the Pandemic
I would like to preface this blog post by mentioning that I am not a person with lived experience with a compromised immune system or...
Eating Disorders and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders** I would like to preface this blog post by mentioning that I am not a person with lived...
Depression & Anxiety During COVID-19
It is no secret that a large percentage of high school and college students suffer from mental health issues; most notably,...
Xenophobia and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Racial/Ethnic Violence** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a U.S.-born citizen who attends...
Substance Use Disorders in College Students and COVID-19
Last semester at the University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, I researched how individuals and society prejudice...
College Sexual Violence Survivors and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence/Assault** In September 2017, Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, began the process of rescinding...
LGBTQIA+ Youth and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Transphobia/Homophobia and Violence** June is Pride Month! Happy Pride to all. I would like to preface this post...
Racism and Mental Health
**Trigger Warning: Racial Violence / Police Violence ** I would like to preface this post by mentioning that I am a white person who...
Abusive Homes and COVID-19
**Trigger Warning: Violence/Abuse** During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns of college students reentering abusive home environments...
College Mental Health and COVID-19
When the University of Richmond announced that learning would switch to entirely remote education due to COVID-19, my heart sunk as I...
Proposed State Budget Great Opportunity for Mental Health
[Condensed from our opinion column published March 2, 2020 in the Richmond Times Dispatch.] Virginia ranks 37th out of 51 states and...
Advocacy Day 2020
There was a mother who lost her son to addiction and suicide. A Navy veteran described not being able to find help when discharged...