{"id":240553,"date":"2024-05-03T07:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=240553"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:13:08","slug":"how-can-sph-support-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/how-can-sph-support-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can SPH Support Wellbeing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-left has-text-position-y-bottom has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2492\" height=\"1779\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Team Sunflower presenting before a panel of BU wellbeing professionals\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2.jpg 2492w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-2048x1462.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-1401x1000.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-900x642.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-1920x1371.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/carol-dolan-class2-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2492px) 100vw, 2492px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Students on Team Sunflower take questions and comments from the panel on their idea for a series of political roundtables intended to address sociopolitical stress at SPH.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner has-opacity-60\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">wellbeing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow Can SPH Support Wellbeing?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Students in Carol Dolan&#8217;s mental health course identified a variety of strategies to promote student wellbeing, including a first-year mentorship program and a series of political roundtables, and had the opportunity to pitch their proposals to a panel of BU and SPH wellbeing professionals.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 3, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/authors\/megan-jones\/\">Megan Jones<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>With <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/about-mental-illness\/mental-health-conditions\/#:~:text=1%20in%2020%20U.S.%20adults,and%2075%25%20by%20age%2024'\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> indicating that 75 percent of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 24, colleges and universities have a crucial role to play in providing the necessary resources to support student mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston University has acted to address this imperative need through its <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentwellbeing\/what-is-wellbeing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Wellbeing Office<\/a>, offering grants of up to $2000 to fund programs, events, and initiatives led by faculty, staff, and students aimed at promoting wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing an opportunity to foster a culture of wellbeing within the School of Public Health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/carol-dolan\/\">Carol Dolan<\/a>, a clinical professor of community health sciences at SPH, introduced the grant criteria to students in her course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/sph\/courses\/sph-sb-780\/\">Mental Health and Public Health: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Perspective<\/a> (SB780). Dolan then asked the students to come up with their own ideas for supporting wellbeing at the School. She emphasized that they be evaluated not only on the evidence-based rationales for their ideas, but also on their proposed budgets, implementation timelines, and other practical considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Carol Dolan (right) and Moneesha Dasgupta (left), Dolan's teaching assistant\" class=\"wp-image-240565\" width=\"265\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-1000x1334.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-755x1007.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Carol-DolanTA-Moneesha-Dasgupta-edited-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><figcaption>Moneesha Dasgupta (right), teaching assistant for SB780, and Carol Dolan (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On a recent Friday morning, the students gathered to present their proposals, which they collaborated on in groups throughout the semester. While varied in their approaches, all four teams (which Dolan named for the flowers hydrangea, lilac, rose, and sunflower) landed on strategies intended to improve social wellbeing through community-building initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe knew that students enter [SPH] from different places and stages in life and may feel socially isolated in their first semester on campus,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/habincho\/\">Habin Cho<\/a>, a member of Team Lilac and an MPH student studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mph-functional-certificates\/health-communication-and-promotion\/\">health communication and promotion<\/a>. Together, Cho and the other members of Team Lilac proposed \u201cFirst Year Connections,\u201d a mentor-mentee program that matches more senior students with first-semester students to foster a sense of belonging and social connectedness on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1400x1000.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1920x1372.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_04-1-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Team Hydrangea describes the characteristics of the SPH community before diving into their pitch for a pod model of community building.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a similar vein, Team Hydrangea suggested the School adopt a pod model to connect students with other likeminded members of the SPH community. Each pod would contain nine \u201cpeas,\u201d eight newly enrolled and current students and one faculty or staff member. To distinguish the program from academic advising, participants would be encouraged to meet regularly as a group to exchange general life advice, such as pointers for finding housing, recommendations for recipes, and other \u201cadulting\u201d tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommunity is key,\u201d says Dolan, who also teaches the course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/sph\/courses\/sph-sb-832\/\">Trauma, Trauma-informed Care, Recovery and Resilience<\/a> (SB832) and directs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mph-context-certificates\/mental-health-and-substance-use\/\">Mental Health and Substance Use context certificate<\/a>. \u201cThis project was designed to enhance understanding of mental health issues in higher education, but also to shift the frame away from mental health to wellbeing. I wanted to give students an opportunity to practice building community because it is difficult, but important to overall wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240574\" width=\"363\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-755x566.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/Team-Lilac-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>Team Lilac presents the timeline for the implementation of their pitch &#8220;First-Year Connections,&#8221; a mentor-mentee program.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to BU Student Wellbeing, wellbeing is not so much a state that one achieves, but a lifelong process of learning how to feel balanced and satisfied regardless of life\u2019s ups and downs. While the foundation of an individual\u2019s wellbeing is having their core survival needs met\u2014think food, shelter, and safety\u2014wellbeing also encompasses seven other dimensions of life, including social, emotional, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, and even spiritual needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in the semester, Dolan invited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/melissa-paz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melissa Paz<\/a>, the assistant director of mental health promotion at BU Health Promotion and Prevention (HPP), to visit the class and familiarize students with the types of programs her office offers. Paz later returned with her colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/nilagia-mccoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nilagia McCoy<\/a>, a marketing and communications manager at HPP and part-time MPH student, to hear the students\u2019 proposals and participate in the panel of BU wellbeing professionals Dolan assembled to ask the students follow-up questions and provide them feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240573\" width=\"356\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1400x1000.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1920x1372.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_03-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption>BU wellbeing professionals discuss the students&#8217; pitches. From left to right: Pedro Falci, Nilagia McCoy, and Melissa Paz.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Team Lilac, Team Rose also focused on supporting new students; their program, \u201cSocial Pulse,\u201d would bring together first-year students with similar interests for events and activities, such as sports games and coffee chats, led by senior peers. The idea was attractive to panelist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/maria-mccarthy\/\">Maria McCarthy<\/a>, director of advising and career in SPH&#8217;s Career and Practicum Office, who commented, \u201cIt is often so hard to get student engagement, but who better to get it than students themselves?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reinforce McCarthy\u2019s point, the students from Team Sunflower initiated a fervent discussion amongst the panelists and their peers with their proposal to host a series of political roundtables where students, faculty, and staff could come to freely share their perspectives and practice tolerance of diverse political viewpoints. Dolan suggested introducing the art of debate to syllabi across the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Team Rose begins their pitch for &quot;Social Pulse,&quot; a social cohesion program, with a description of the challenges facing students at SPH.\" class=\"wp-image-240570\" width=\"377\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-755x503.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2024\/05\/04192024_Dolan-class-wellbeing_05-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>Team Rose begins their pitch for &#8220;Social Pulse,&#8221; a social cohesion program, with a description of the challenges facing students at SPH.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/mary-murphy-phillips\/\">Mary Murphy-Phillips<\/a>, assistant dean of students&nbsp;at SPH, says she noted the idea for the Graduate Student Life office to consider as they plan programming for the fall. The students\u2019 focus on sociopolitical climate is \u201ccritically important,\u201d she says, particularly as the as the country approaches election season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLoneliness and isolation have unfortunately persisted beyond the COVID lockdown era,\u201d says <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentwellbeing\/about-student-wellbeing\/meet-the-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro Falci<\/a>, the managing director of BU Student Wellbeing and another panelist. \u201cWe have been tracking the monthly metrics on the Student Wellbeing site, and the webpage on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentwellbeing\/what-is-wellbeing\/social-wellbeing\/\" target=\"_blank\">social wellbeing<\/a>&nbsp;is consistently one of the most visited pages on our site month after month. So, to hear students pitch concrete ideas for mentorship and advising programs to boost the sense of community and belonging at SPH resonated strongly with me. I thought all four groups identified a true are of need within SPH but introduced unique solutions on how to boost that sense of belonging. If any groups are interested in pursuing their ideas beyond Dr. Dolan\u2019s class, I would invite them to apply for a Wellbeing Grant for real!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-two sphnews-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/04\/center-for-trauma-and-mental-health.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shadow of a person visible on wet and oily ground\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>mental and behavioral health<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/sph-launches-new-center-for-trauma-and-mental-health\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">SPH Launches Center for Trauma and Mental Health<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">April 28, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/04\/influencing-600.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Man filming himself on a phone held by a tripod\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>adolescents<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/influencing-the-influencers-how-tiktok-can-promote-positive-mental-health\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">&#8216;Influencing the Influencers&#8217;: How TikTok Can Promote Positive Mental Health\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">April 12, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With research indicating that 75 percent of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 24, colleges and universities have a crucial role to play in providing the necessary resources to support student mental health. 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