Vol. 4, No. 3 (Spring 2008) | 36 pages | PDF (1.7 Mb)
Background
Editor’s Message (Sarah Hamid-Balma)
Mental Health and Wellness: Does your school make the grade? [guest editorial] (Jeff Thompson)
The BC Campus: Where futures begin? Or a site for risky substance use? (Tim Dyck and Nicole Pankratz)
Pressures of Student Life Demand Awareness and Support (Daniel Frankel)
When Being Yourself Makes You Sick: Special student groups at higher risk of mental illness (Megan Dumas) [Online Only]
Experiences and Perspectives
Student Mental Health at Simon Fraser University (Pam Whiting)
Beyond Cleaning Up Your Own Barf (Kelli Hewins)
Graduating from Panic U (Brittany Davis)
Kwantlen Counsellors: Encountering a new wave of student mental health difficulties (Wendy Belter)
When Expectations Crumble: A mother’s look at her son’s post-secondary experience (I.B.)
The Mind Shaft (Suzannah Kelly)
From Cutting to Creating Change on My Campus (Amanda Pierce)
An Unexpected Education—What I Really Learned in University (Tamsin Bosko) [Online Only]
Interview from halfofus.com (Pete Wentz) [Online only]
Alternatives and Approaches
Communities Practising Care: The BC Campus Project (Sarah Wiebe)
Dreaming Big: Envisioning a campus-wide suicide prevention strategy (Jonathan Morris and Jennifer White)
Accommodating Students with Ongoing Mental Health Issues: Lessons from York U’s Psychiatric Dis/Abilities Program (Enid Weiner)
Building Connections Beyond Undergrad: A unique support group for grad students (Jennifer Lund)
Alcohol: Dispelling misperceptions using the social norms approach (Maria Locacciato)
Let a Friend Help You Through Stress (Saman Khan) [Online Only]
Regional Programs
A community response to student mental health at TRU (Megan Dumas and Cathy Tetarenko)
Are You Going Bananas? (Paula Tognazzini)
Shifting the Focus: Recruiting parents to help reduce harmful alcohol use (Paweena Sukhawathanakul and Bonnie Leadbeater)
“Hello, this is SFU Nightline...”: We’re here to listen! (Rohene Ishmail and Sonu Purhar)
Recovery From Psychosis is Expected (Rene Corbett)[Online Only]
Rethinking Drinking: TRU students develop a binge drinking toolkit (Sarah Harrison and Marcia Vergilio) [Online Only]
