The effect stigma and discrimination can have on a student’s experience of education can be devastating. It impacts on confidence, self-belief and self-stigma – and also reduces attainment, retention and can potentially have financial implications. It can exacerbate mental illness and add to an already challenging situation. The majority of university and college staff and …
Guides, Toolkits & Templates
SAMH Student Mental Health Toolkit
This toolkit provides you with the following: • A guide to campaigning for better mental health support in your college or university. • A guide to campaigning for better national mental health support for students. • A space to record the support and services available to you. • The back pocket of this toolkit also …
Self-Management Resource
Self-management is about an individual and any applicable services working together in an effort for that person to live with a long term condition (including depression and anxiety). For students with lived experience of mental illness this means finding and using tools, techniques and skills to manage their mental health which allow them to achieve …
