World Mental Health Day 2018: SMaRteN's future retrospective
On world mental health day, we invited a panel of experts to imagine that it was 2030 and asked them to reflect on what student mental health will be like in a little over a decade's time. Our panel discussed their thoughts on student mental health in the future and the actions that the higher education sector need to take, as a whole, in order to improve student mental health. The panel was opened by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences and included:
For those of you who missed this event, catch up by watching the video below.
On world mental health day, we invited a panel of experts to imagine that it was 2030 and asked them to reflect on what student mental health will be like in a little over a decade's time. Our panel discussed their thoughts on student mental health in the future and the actions that the higher education sector need to take, as a whole, in order to improve student mental health. The panel was opened by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences and included:
- Sherene Howard-Walker, Positive Peer
- Jo Levy, Head of Counselling, Outreach and Training
- Salman Shaheen, KCL Peer Supporter
- Rosie Tressler, CEO of Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity.
- Meg Zeenat Wamithi, Founder and Director of My Mind Matters Too
- Anne-Marie Henderson, Specialist Student Adviser for Vulnerable Students
For those of you who missed this event, catch up by watching the video below.