Everyone struggles with mental health coping mechanisms at various points of their lives. Penn State students have an average of 8.9 bad mental health days per month. Work and home stress were the top two reasons why Penn State students reported poor mental health days.
Additionally, depression is a serious concern that is often undermined. Depression can affect happiness and job performance. Helping one another cope is extremely important and can make or break a student or employee’s success at Penn State. Here are some initiatives to help Penn Stater’s stress less and find the help and relief that they deserve.
Best Practices
- Chronic Pain Seminar Series
- Mental Health Lunch and Learn
- Mental Health Policy and Culture
- Migraine Seminar Series
- Mindfulness Breaks
- On-Site Grocery Delivery
- On-Site Dry Cleaning Concierge
- Personal Finance Information
- Quiet Tuesday
- Relaxation Room
- Scheduled Recess
- Sleep Seminar Series
- Social Events to Relieve Stress
- Stress Seminar Series
- Town Halls to Discuss Job Stress
- Yoga
Stress Management, Depression, Mental Health Promotional Materials
- Behavioral Migraines Infographic
- Be Mindful Infographic
- Boosting Will Power Infographic
- Chronic Migraines Infographic
- Diet and Migraines Infographic
- Fight Stress Infographic
- General Migraines Infographic
- Healthy Study Habits Infographic
- Mental Health-ADA-Compliant Infographic
- Mindful Eating Infographic
- Mindfulness Journal
- Sleep Hygiene Infographic
- Snooze Fest Infographic
- Stop Stress Infographic
- STRESS Toolkit Handout
- Women and Migraines Infographic
- Work Well Challenge Chart
- Work Well Daily Editable Log
Mindfulness Journal Request
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Webinars
- Mindfulness: Learn to Surf the Waves of Stress • View Recording • View Slides
- Finding Inner-Peace & Purpose in the Midst of Chaos
- Stress Busters: Coping with Stress
- Changing Your Stress Mindset
- Achieving Optimism and Gratitude through Mindfulness
- Build a Positive, More Productive Team, at Work or at Home
- Digital Detoxing
- A Moving Brain is a Happy Brain
- Find Joy Through Reflective Journaling • View Recording • View Slides