The Pat Walker Health Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) utilized and secured $2,500 in grant funding from the Division of Student Affairs Executive Leadership Board to buy psychological well being useful resource stickers to be positioned in lavatory stalls of residence halls and different campus buildings.  

The “Mental Health Matters Resources” undertaking helps construct on three of the Division of Student Affairs 2023-24 priorities of well-being, collaboration/communication and pupil belonging. The undertaking was a mixed effort between CAPS and University Housing to develop and disseminate the stickers in residence corridor bogs. Magnet variations of the stickers had been additionally placed on fridges in off-campus flats, and eventually, CAPS labored with Facilities Management to have the stickers put up in all lavatory stalls in campus buildings this summer time previous to college students returning for lessons within the fall.  

“We were looking for a way to help as many students as possible know what kinds of mental health services are available to them on campus, and we wanted them to be able to find and review those options in a place they would feel safe and not judged,” stated Jack Rindahl, CAPS psychological well being clinician and outreach coordinator. 

The “Mental Health Matters Resources” undertaking shares the message with the U of A campus group that “it is okay to reach out for help,” together with the CAPS telephone quantity (479-575-5276), which additionally serves as an afterhours telephone line for anybody from our group who could also be in a psychological well being disaster. Each sticker and magnet have a QR code that takes whoever scans them to the Mental Health Matters Resource webpage that gives fast details about the crucial psychological well being sources that CAPS provides. 

“I want to thank everyone who helped make these stickers happen, including the Executive Leadership Board, Housing, FAMA and anyone else who contributed to this project. I especially want to thank Breeanne Carter for helping me immensely in every step of the process,” Rindahl stated.

About the Pat Walker Health Center: Established via a $3 million reward in the direction of building from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, the University of Arkansas’ Pat Walker Health Center helps your complete U of A group by offering environment friendly and handy entry to high quality medical, psychological well being, and substance use and assist providers. We are keen about bettering and sustaining the general well-being of your complete U of A group by creating an inclusive atmosphere that promotes constructive habits and way of life adjustments. Pat Walker Health Center is a division of the Division of Student Affairs. Learn extra at health.uark.edu.

About the Division of Student Affairs: The Division of Student Affairs helps college students of their pursuit of data, incomes a level, discovering significant careers, and connecting with the worldwide group. We present college students housing, eating, and well being care and wellness sources, create progressive applications that educate and encourage, and provide inclusive assist for a various pupil physique. We improve the University of Arkansas expertise and assist college students succeed, one pupil at a time.