As Students Grapple with Leave of Absence Challenges, Manuals Aim to Offer a Better Way Forward

• By: Jacob Kamaras Ruderman Family Foundation
• January 4th, 2022
• college, depression, leave of absence, mental health, self-advocacy, students, wellness
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David Mink finished the spring semester of his freshman year at Macalester College in Minnesota with a 0.0 GPA, amid a process in which he would take a semester of classes, withdraw, and try again. “I just kept banging my head into the wall and felt like nothing was working,” Mink says....

Navigating America’s Unprecedented Mental Health Winter of 2020/2021

• By: Jay Ruderman Ruderman Family Foundation
• January 1st, 2021
• COVID-19, depression, election, innovation, isolation, mental health services, stigma, stress, winter 2021 issue
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As the dust settles on one of the most polarizing and emotionally charged presidential races in the United States’ history, the country finds itself in the midst of a mental health crisis of historic proportions. The mental health aftershocks of the 2020 election will be felt for months...