Abusive Homes and COVID-19

**Trigger Warning: Violence/Abuse** During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns of college students reentering abusive home environments arise. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spanned over the past three months, entire families are quarantining together. As I discussed in my...

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 from service. The Occupational Therapist spoke of overwhelming workloads providing early intervention support for...

College Student Mental Health

“We’re overwhelmed.” I heard this over and over from college counselors who stopped by our exhibit table at the Virginia Counselors Association conference last month. At both public and private universities, in rural and urban areas of Virginia, the number of students...

A Victory for Mental Health

Gray O’Dwyer received the Mental Health Advocate Champion of the Year Award from Mental Health America of Virginia at our “Victory for Mental Health” dinner on September 26th at the Westin Richmond. The Honorable Brian Moran, Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and...

Have fun for your health

Fun and games are good for your health. Our free Game Time for Mental Health event on May 23rd is one way we are reaching out during Mental Health Month with the message: mental health is part of everyone’s overall health, and doing something physical, even small...