Depressed young student with face mask sitting and studying on floor back at college or university, coronavirus concept. When Dr. Sarah Lipson, a Boston University Professor and Associate Director of ...

Data on high school students from the Centers for Disease Control is dark. 29 percent experience poor mental health, and 42 percent have persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. One in five has ...

There is strong interest on college campuses for scaling up peer support as a mental-health resource for students. But more research is needed to establish guidelines for the programs — in light of ...

As a first-year student at Boston College in 2020, Ella Snyder recalls feeling isolated and being anxious about the university’s restrictions to decrease spread of the coronavirus. “I was very worried ...

Thank you for your interest in the Division of Financial Aid Peer Counselor program at Purdue University in West Lafayette. We will be hiring new Peers to begin working in May 2026. We are looking for ...

Harvard’s five undergraduate peer counseling groups have seen a steady influx of student visitors this semester after resuming full in-person operation. The College’s peer counseling groups include ...

One year after the traditional first-year unit system was reorganized to distribute counselors' workloads more evenly, administrators are considering revamping the peer counseling program. The Office ...

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON to hit some bumps in life, especially as people get older. Seniors have to adapt to challenging new situations, including isolation, grief, and health problems. One resource at such ...

As schools look for new ways to address student mental health amid the Covid pandemic, more are turning to a practice that costs almost nothing and, if done well, can lead to life-changing results for ...

One in five undergraduates uses peer counseling for mental health support, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 U.S. college students. Two-thirds say they have faced a mental health challenge ...