INSIDE OUT: MENTAL
HEALTH FORUM
What’s the Problem?
As with many other college campuses around the
nation, William and Mary has a major problem with
the mental health of our students. With the academic
rigor of our school and the social pressures that go
along with college many students found the resources
available at William and Mary to be lacking. This was
made apparent by a sit-in that protest held in front of
the Wren building by a large contingent of students.
RHA’s Mission: To distill the FEAR!
The Mental Health Forum took place on October
29th at 7 PM, in Tidewater Auditorium. It was a
resource, provided by RHA for students of the
college to get to know more about mental health
problems as well as the resources William and
Mary does offer for their students. This event was
free to students and cost nothing out of the RHA
budget.
The Big Event!
At the event, a panel of widely respected mental health professionals
from the William and Mary Counseling Center answered questions
from students.
Panelists:
Thomas Le is a junior double majoring in Psychology and English.
He is the President of the Mental Health branch of Health Outreach
Peer Educators and a member of the Counseling Center Student
Advisory Board.
Dr. Chris Conway: The assistant Assistant Professor in the
Psychology department. His research examines anxiety and
depressive disorders, and he teaches courses at W&M related to
abnormal psychology.
Rachel Delbos: Instructor in mindfulness meditation and yoga at the
college through the counseling center
Carina Sudarsky-Gleiser: The director of training at the W&M
Counseling Center. She got her Ph.D in counseling Psychology from
Ohio State University and has worked in the counseling center for
18 years.
How did They feel?
Overall, the mental health forum was a success. There
were about 70 people in attendance an many thought
provoking questions were brought up by members of
the audience. Overall, the mental health forum made
those in attendance aware of the problems that we
have on campus as well as the next steps on working
with the administration to solve those problems.