Student Housing Companies Create College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition to Help Destigmatize Mental Health Issues
October 03 2022 - 11:29AM
Business Wire
Together with the Hi, How Are You Project, Coalition to
launch new annual Thriving College Student Index on World Mental
Health Day surveying more than 800,000 college students
Twenty-four of the nation’s leading college student housing
providers are coming together to form the College Student Mental
Wellness Advocacy Coalition to support students' mental
wellness during their college years and help them thrive.
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College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy
Coalition forms to support mental health with the Hi, How Are You
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The newly-formed Coalition’s first initiative will be to launch
an annual Thriving College Student Index on Monday, October
10, 2022 -World Mental Health Day- with a mental health focused
nonprofit, Hi, How Are You Project (HHAYP). The survey will
be conducted in collaboration with Ipsos, a world leader in
research, to poll more than 800,000 college students across the
U.S. With actionable data, HHAYP and Coalition members will develop
industry-wide peer-to-peer staff training programs, effectively
connect residents to established campus resources, and promote ways
to manage stress and anxiety in college.
The Coalition’s start comes at a time when one in four college
students report being diagnosed with a mental illness and one in
five have had thoughts of suicide, according to a study by
Depression and Anxiety Journal. And according to the Mayo Clinic,
up to 75% of struggling students are reluctant to seek help, which
increases the risk of harmful outcomes such as dropping out of
college, poor academic performance, suicide, and substance
abuse.
“The college experience should be one in which all people
thrive, learn, and develop in healthy, safe, and positive
environments,” said Dr. Sonia Krishna, a board-certified physician
in Austin, Texas specializing in child, adolescent, and adult
psychiatry and Hi, How Are You Project board member. “More
than ever before, college students face challenges that make it
difficult for them to achieve their optimum mental wellness. Thanks
to the support of this new Coalition, the Hi, How Are You Project
has a partner in obtaining crucial information to best inform how
to help college students thrive personally and academically.”
Charter members of the Coalition include:
- American Campus Communities
- Asset Living
- Balfour Beatty
- CA Student Living
- Caliber Living
- Campus Advantage
- Campus Apartments
- Campus Life & Style
- Cardinal Group Management
- Core Spaces
- Dinerstein
- Greystar
- Landmark Properties
- Michaels Student Living
- PeakMade Real Estate
- Pierce Education Properties
- The Preiss Company
- Redstone Residential
- lRise
- RPM Living
- Student Quarters
- The Scion Group
- University Partners
- Yugo
The Coalition is committed to helping improve the startling
statistics associated with mental health issues among college
students by understanding its residents, encouraging open dialogues
and raising public awareness about the importance of mental health
as students work to realize their full potential along their
college journey and beyond.
One of The Hi, How Are You Project’s signature initiatives is
creating mental health training for staff and residence life
programs for college-aged young adults, with national support from
American Campus Communities (ACC). For the past four years, the
nonprofit and ACC have conducted a College Student Fall Mental
Wellness Survey. The Coalition will build on the learnings from
this past survey and training experiences to provide new, leading
resources for members.
“By uniting as an industry, we have a unique opportunity to help
remove the stigma associated with mental health discussions and
change the dynamic that can lead to heartbreaking loss among
students at the universities we serve,” said Bill Bayless, chief
executive officer at American Campus Communities (ACC). “Together
as a Coalition, we will use actionable data to prioritize mental
wellness and expand our work with the Hi, How Are You Project and
other mental health organizations to provide our residents with
information and education, including ways to help them effectively
engage and ask questions, starting with ‘Hi, how are you?’”
Given the worsening youth mental health crisis, the Coalition is
also collaborating with The JED Foundation (JED), a leading
national nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents
suicide for teens and young adults. The Coalition and JED intend to
use the survey data to create initiative benchmarks aimed at
strengthening university resource connections—ultimately, creating
a mental health safety net to help save lives.
To learn more about the new College Student Mental Wellness
Advocacy Coalition, please visit
www.thrivingcollegestudents.org.
About the College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy
Coalition
Founded in 2022, the Coalition envisions a world where all young
adults thrive thanks to the support of their residential
communities that are dedicated to promoting and advocating for
mental wellness to facilitate personal fulfillment and academic
success. Composed of 24 college student residential housing
companies across the U.S., the Coalition is committed to better
understanding residents, encouraging open dialogues and raising
public awareness about the importance of mental wellness and its
impact on students as they work to realize their full potential
along their college journey and beyond.
.www.thrivingcollegestudents.org
About the Hi, How Are You Project
The Hi, How Are You Project (HHAYP) is an Austin, TX-based 501c3
nonprofit organization with the mission to remove the stigma around
mental health, one conversation at a time. The organization aims to
educate people worldwide about the importance of mental health and
well-being while promoting a culture of inclusion
.www.hihowareyou.org
About The JED Foundation
JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents
suicide for the nation’s teens and young adults. It partners with
high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health,
substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. The
organization equips teens and young adults with the skills and
knowledge to help themselves and each other. It encourages
community awareness, understanding, and action for young adult
mental health. https://jedfoundation.org/
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