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In addition to counseling and wellness services, UML also offers prevention and education resources to support students, faculty and staff.

• Mental Health First Aid Training: The university is offering 12 free trainings on mental health first aid this year to students, faculty, staff and students鈥� families. More than 700 members of the campus community 鈥� including all residence advisors 鈥� have been trained since 2019. 鈥淲e want everybody to recognize the symptoms of a mental health crisis, know what resources to share and know how to start the conversation,鈥� says聽Melissa Wall, director of Prevention & Education.聽
• Campus Advocates for Prevention Education, or CAPEs: These students are trained to go to classrooms, clubs and campus events to talk about mental health, substance use and聽sexual violence prevention. They also can meet with students one-on-one by appointment or during 鈥渙ffice hours鈥� in the libraries and with staff from:
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  • Multicultural Affairs,听
  • Honors College
  • International Students & Scholars Office.
• : This online platform has information on a range of mental health issues, and it includes some screening tools. If you鈥檙e wondering, 鈥�Is this just normal worrying, or do I have anxiety?鈥� or 鈥�Am I just sad, or do I have depression?鈥� 鈥� this is a good place to start, Wall says.
• Togetherall: This is a safe, online community where you can anonymously share your feelings with other people and get support 24/7. Licensed mental health providers known as 鈥渨all guides鈥� reach out proactively to offer support and evaluation to anyone with concerning signs of depression, anxiety, self-harm or suicidal thoughts, and they can connect students with an on-call clinician or UML emergency services when needed.聽
• Faculty Mental Health Advocates: One or two faculty members in each college are trained to share resources with students and other faculty, including information on how to recognize signs of a mental health crisis and ways to support students.
• UMatter2 Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention: 51视频 is a JED Campus alumnus that embraces a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. Students share mental health and wellness tips on聽, and faculty are encouraged to include information about mental health resources in their course syllabi. A link to mental health resources is also included in the Blackboard online learning system for every class.