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Mental health resource pamphlets in Boston University Student Health Services. BU was placed on the ‘2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll’ created by The Princeton Review. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU named in inaugural ‘Mental Health Services Honor Roll,’ students advocate for more representation in mental health services

Avery Fox February 7, 2025
Boston University was one of 16 universities listed in the Princeton Review’s inaugural “2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll,” leaving students appreciative yet critical.
Boston University Student Health Services. SHS emphasized their commitment to providing gender-affirming care, sexual and reproductive health services and mental health services in response to recent executive orders by President Donald Trump. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

SHS commits to providing inclusive health care amid Trump’s executive orders

Elizabeth Mehler January 30, 2025
Student Health Services emphasizes its commitment to continue to provide gender-affirming care, sexual and reproductive health services and mental health services following recent executive orders.
Governor Charlie Baker mental health budget

Baker-Polito Administration allocates $115 million in funds for behavioral health initiatives

Phoebe Chen February 1, 2022
The Baker-Polito Administration announced Jan. 26 an allocation of  $115 million to help facilitate easier access to behavioral health clinical services for adults and youth in Massachusetts. 
Child holding a sign reading "Recovery deserves dignity"

Activists, addiction experts share thoughts on Mass/Cass during National Recovery Month

Madison Mercado September 9, 2021
Mass/Cass, a center of the opioid epidemic in Boston, sparks debate during National Recovery month.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We need more ‘Wellness Days’ to keep students motivated and mentally healthy

Editors February 1, 2021
If BU wants to make sure its students are staying safe and healthy, it must take into consideration our mental health and provide us with significant breaks that are comparable to, or even more supportive, than our absent Spring Recess.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston’s new mayoral leadership must build on progressive policies

Editors January 28, 2021
With Mayor Marty Walsh soon to leave office and serve as Labor Secretary under the Biden administration, our city’s leadership must begin to address the difficulties we are left with. We must continue to hold our elected officials to their promises and push Boston to become a city that doesn’t thrive off of inequalities but rather fosters communities of growth and equality.
“Crazy in College” is a mental health podcast started by Boston University sophomores Emma Cohen and Abbie Johnson. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student-run podcast sparks conversations on mental health, well-being

Caroline Bowden October 22, 2020
Campus tours may promise prospective students mental health resources, but life on campus oftentimes does pose unique hurdles for those struggling with mental illness. At BU, that’s no different.
East to West: Time For Change

East to West: Time For Change

Daily Free Press Admin November 2, 2018

On this week’s episode of East to West, we talked about the increasing need for mental health services on college campuses, Massachusetts leaders and residents advocating for transgender protections...

The Boston University Student Health Services Wellness and Prevention Center. A new study underscored the need for an increase mental health services, as well as how mobile technologies can help do so. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Increasing demand for counseling services major concern of campus mental health studies

Jennifer Suryadjaja October 28, 2018
Increasing demand for counseling services is one of the most-discussed mental health issues facing college students, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health.
Damon Davis speaks about his film “Whose Streets?” after the screening Wednesday night at the Tsai Performance Center. PHOTO BY YVETTE LOPEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU joins lawsuit opposing university liability for student suicides

Haley Lerner November 9, 2017

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts heard a case on Tuesday that will determine whether or not colleges should be held responsible if one of its students commits suicide. Boston University...

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