{"id":19945,"date":"2019-08-18T09:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T09:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=19945"},"modified":"2019-08-18T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T09:32:42","slug":"inclusive-activities-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/inclusive-activities-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive activities break stigma on mental health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

A joint project between several student clubs at Indiana University and the not-for-profit organization Bring Change to Mind has resulted in several inclusive activities to help break the stigma surrounding young adults with mental health issues.<\/b>
\nAccording to a <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> done after the initiative began, these inclusive activities helped students and faculty on campus to form contacts and relationships with their mentally ill peers, which resulted in a change in attitude for many of the young adults. <\/span>
\nThe study asked the graduating class of 2019 to submit their opinions when they were freshmen and again this year before they graduated. The results of the study were stunning.<\/span>
\nActivities during the initiative included fashion shows and regular club meetings open to all students on campus.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Inclusive activities\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mental health is a significant subject, and educational institutions have a long way to go. <\/span>However, <\/b>statistics<\/b><\/a> show that college presidents are increasingly making efforts to better the environment for students with mental health issues.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\nIn addition, more than seventy percent of survey respondents say that there has been an increase in the amount of funding allocated for improvements related to mental health.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThere is an excellent development in the United States in terms of acceptance levels and forward-thinking when it comes to mental health in the educational system.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Mental health in education around the world<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mental health is becoming a significantly more critical aspect of school life. Unfortunately, in some cases, the school environment is a leading cause of mental health issues among students.\u00a0<\/span>
\nFor example, <\/b>statistics<\/b><\/a> show that more than thirty percent (30%) of students in South Korea have had suicidal thoughts at least once.<\/b> According to experts in the mental health sphere, these thoughts were provoked by conditions like depression and anxiety.<\/span>
\nIn spite of such worrying statistics, the general trend around the world is that mental health issues are getting better recognized by leading figures in education.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A joint project between several student clubs at Indiana University and the not-for-profit organization Bring Change to Mind has resulted in several inclusive activities to help break the stigma surrounding young adults with mental health issues. According to a study done after the initiative began, these inclusive activities helped students and faculty on campus to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[351,737,910,1327,1501],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}