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This adaptable resource published by BC Campus covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It can be used for online or in-person training, or for self-study.

This guide designed by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health targets student leaders, frontline staff, faculty members, graduate student supervisors and program leaders who directly interact with students and aims to offer guidance on how to support graduate students from all walks of life, whether in need of mental health and addictions support or not.

Designed by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, this toolkit can help faculty and teaching staff take steps within the classroom to support student mental health.

This quick, 2 page toolkit provides information on how to recognize and respond to a student in distress, as well as lists possible resources to refer them to.

This digital toolkit a designed by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health to support post secondary educators in promoting student wellbeing and resilience in the virtual, or in-person classroom.

Dalhousie University knows that university, and life in general, can be stressful. Mental health is a top priority for Dalhousie students. The Student Health and Wellness Center is here to support overall wellbeing. As a Dalhousie or King’s student, you have access to many helpful mental health resources. Check out this website for more information.

The Dalhousie Mental Health Forum provides a platform for sharing ideas and collaborating on mental health related events, programming and campaigns. The DMHF brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to consult on programs, services, systems and processes related to supporting mental wellness within our community. This is a reoccurring event, taking place on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Facilitation of the DMHF is co-led by the Dalhousie Student’s Union and Dalhousie Student Health & Wellness staff.

HealthyMindsNS is a suite of online mental health resources, available free to post-secondary students, to complement the mental health supports and services available on campuses. HealthyMindsNS was created to make sure students have access to mental health supports whenever they need them, to strengthen students’ knowledge of mental health issues, and to provide a wider array of resources, particularly for students experiencing mild to moderate symptoms. Check out this website for more information.

Suicide and self-harm behaviours represent public health concerns, and university students are a particularly high-risk group. Identifying modifiable risk factors for the development and maintenance of suicidal thoughts and behaviours is a research priority, as prevention is crucial. This study consistently demonstrates that insomnia and nightmares are associated with elevated suicide risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours within this subpopulation of young adults. However, as findings are predominantly derived from cross-sectional investigations, the directionality of this relationship is not yet clear. While research investigating the psychological processes driving these relationships is in its infancy, preliminary findings suggest that thwarted belongingness, socio-cognitive factors and emotional dysregulation could be partly responsible.