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By John MacPhee As we enter 2026, young people are growing up in systems that are fragmenting, automating, and, in some cases, withdrawing human care.
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August 11, 2020
The new study, published by Morneau Shepell and The Jed Foundation (JED), showed that access to different kinds of mental health support modalities...
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August 10, 2020
By DORIS IAROVICI, MD Psychiatrist & JED Subject Matter Expert When much of the US–and the world–went into lockdown this spring, most of...
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August 8, 2020
Back to school season has never carried so much uncertainty. We welcome experts Dr. Victor Schwartz, the Chief Medical Officer at JED, and...
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July 30, 2020
This episode of The Green Room joins Jenna Andrews in conversation with Emily Kinney and JED Campus Advisor Erica Riba, L.C.S.W, discussing mental...
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July 29, 2020
Activism and speaking up against racial injustice can be a protective factor for the mental health of college students, but can also have...
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July 27, 2020
Erica Riba, Director of Higher Education and Student Engagement at The Jed Foundation, discusses how her work has been impacted by COVID-19 along with tips and...
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July 22, 2020
First-of-its-kind effort launched by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is being guided by a Steering Committee, led by the Director of...
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July 14, 2020
JED Storyteller Arthur Emery shares the story of when he found a suicide note on his little brother’s computer. Arthur followed crisis management...
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July 1, 2020
In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Month, Sofia Pertuz, Ph.D., JED’s chief diversity & inclusion officer, facilitated a Facebook Live discussion on mental...
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June 30, 2020
This episode of The Green Room joins singer Jenna Andrews in conversation with singer Sophia Messa and JED’s Diana Cusumano, L.M.H.C., N.C.C., Director...
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June 27, 2020
Sofia Pertuz, Ph.D., chief diversity & inclusion officer, and The Steve Fund’s Jan Collins-Eaglin, Ph.D., moderated a live briefing on four of the Equity in Mental Health...
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June 24, 2020
Studies show that queer-spectrum students and trans-spectrum students reported lower levels of agreement on all measures of campus climate when compared to their...
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