Dr. Jessi Gold:
There's definitely structural points to it.
So we talk about, how is mental health included in everything that we're working on in college campuses, right? So, things leave policies, if someone's really struggling, how do we make sure that, when they leave, they feel comfortable asking for help, that they feel comfortable coming back on campus, that they're able to do that?
That's really important. There's mental health in everything that we're doing. But it's also, how do students feel comfortable talking to faculty to begin with, to know that those faculty feel comfortable even talking to those students?
Because I see faculty too, and they don't — they haven't had training in mental health. They're not psychiatrists. And they're often the first people that come to students. And they're supposed to support them through their mental health experiences as coaches, as faculty members, as administrators. And they need the support to be able to do that too.
So how do we make it easier for faculty to talk to students, for students to feel comfortable talking to faculty, for them to notice stuff, so they get seen earlier, so then they come to me and they can talk to each other earlier too?
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