JED Campus

JED CampusIn January of 2022, Sacred Heart University demonstrated its commitment to creating a supportive campus environment and culture of emotional well-being by signing on to become a designated JED Campus.

JED Campus is a nationwide initiative of The Jed Foundation (JED) designed to guide schools through a collaborative process of comprehensive systems, programs and policy development with customized support to build upon existing student mental health, substance misuse and suicide prevention efforts. JED Campus schools embark on a strategic partnership with JED that assesses and enhances existing work and helps to create positive, lasting, systemic change in the campus community.

The SHU JED Campus Team, comprised of faculty, staff and students, is working to research, design and implement these changes within the JED Comprehensive Approach model.

Information to followStrategic Planning: JED Comprehensive Approach

  • Develop life skills
  • Promote social connectedness
  • Identify students at risk
  • Increase help-seeking behavior
  • Provide mental health & substance abuse services
  • Follow crisis management procedures
  • Restrict access to potentially lethal means

Resources

Check out these free resources that support college student mental health offered through JED.

Mental Health is Health

“Mental Health is Health” is an MTV Entertainment Studios initiative rooted in the reality that we all have mental health and need to take care of it like we do our physical health. The initiative aims to normalize conversation, create a connection to resources and inspire action on mental health.

Press Pause

Press Pause is a project from The JED Foundation and powered by PINK to help us get creative, curious, and consistent about taking care of our mental health. Sometimes we think of mental health only as the difficult things – stress, anxiety, or conditions like depression. Mental health is actually the full range of our feelings, thoughts and emotions — from struggling to thriving and everything in between. And there are simple things we can do to help protect our mental health and boost our moods whenever we need to. This site contains tips and video experiences that can help us do that…anywhere, anytime.

Seize the Awkward

Starting a conversation about mental health does not need to be uncomfortable, and it can make all the difference.  Check out these resources to learn how to support a friend - or get help yourself.