Mental Health

Description

Elevate mental health awareness and support at USC

Goals

  1. Increase awareness, knowledge of, and sensitivity towards mental health issues in the USC community
  2. Educate the community about all existing mental health resources both on and off campus
  3. Provide meaningful programming to create avenues for open communication about mental health across USC workplace settings
  4. Identify barriers to accessing services, reduce stigma associated with mental health services, and find solutions to common barriers, with a special focus on underrepresented community members
  5. Advocate for policies to improve access to quality mental health and well-being services for all employees

Co-leads

Chantal Young
Director, KSOM Office of Well-being; Director, Medical Student Well-being; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Education & Psychiatry,
Keck School of Medicine

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Cynthia Ryan
Associate Director, Clinical Services,
USC WorkWell Center