Category: Resources

Resources

Welcome first year students!

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Welcome to Princeton! The Graduate Student Government’s Mental Health Initiative put this website together to provide resources for promoting mental health for the Princeton Community. This site has resources for mental health and wellness, anecdotes from fellow graduate students sharing their experiences, and information about our annual Mental Health Month.

Mental Health Month occurs every November and started in 2018 as Mental Health week. The goal is to provide programs and events centered around students’ mental health and well-being. This year, Mental Health Month 2020 will be held virtually with plenty of engaging events open to anyone in the Princeton Community. Though the events are targeted mostly towards graduate students, anyone in the Princeton is welcome to attend including undergraduates, post-docs, staff, and faculty! You can let us know you’re interested and sign up to receive updates by filling out this google form. Stay tuned for information on Mental Health Month by checking this website and following the Graduate Student Government Facebook Page!

The first year of school can be overwhelming and anxiety provoking, especially in these unprecedented times. Check out the Resources Page to see the resources available on campus, off campus, and additional COVID-19 related mental health resources!

Also feel free to check out the 2019 Mental Health Month Anecdotes and COVID-19 Anecdotes to see stories from fellow grad students navigating their own mental health at Princeton.

Additionally, this site has information about events from 2019 Mental Health Month including the month-long art exhibit – “Unique Minds: Voices Through Art” and the keynote address by Sejal Shah – “Even If You Can’t See It: Invisible Disability and Neurodiversity”.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out by emailing us at graduatementalhealth@gmail.com.

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Thank you!

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We’ve reached the end of our mental health anecdotes series. We hope you found the posts helpful. Perhaps you related to some of them and/or have more awareness of the mental health challenges facing many graduate students in this time.  Thanks for your engagement with this series and for making mental health a priority for yourself and for those around you. Below are a few resources that were shared anonymously with us (and have been added to the resources page): 

  1. YouTube exercise videos: fitnessblender.com has great workout videos!
  2. Tele-therapy is awesome and FREE!! Now is a fantastic time to take advantage of Princeton’s excellent mental health coverage, especially for off-campus providers. Before the pandemic seeing a therapist was cheap; now it is free. Take care of yourself!
  3. My therapist sent me this resource, which has a lot of great ideas for calming distressing thoughts and feelings. I’ve been using these ideas to help me relax before bed. https://www.sunrisertc.com/distress-tolerance-skills/