Breaking the Silence: Suicide Awareness and Prevention Among College Students

Suicide awareness and prevention among college students is a pressing concern, with suicide being a significant cause of mortality among young adults. Understanding the prevalence and causes of suicide, including gender disparities, is crucial, as it often stems from academic pressures, social isolation, and mental health issues like depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Recognizing the intricate link between mental health conditions and suicidal thoughts is key to effective prevention efforts. To support struggling individuals, fostering open communication, recognizing warning signs, encouraging professional help-seeking, maintaining social connections, limiting access to lethal means, and promoting self-care are vital strategies. By implementing these approaches and creating a supportive community, we can work together to break the silence around this critical issue, provide hope, and save lives among college students.

The College Social Scene: A Guide for Autistic Students

For autistic college students who may struggle with social skills, sensory issues, or executive functioning, the social scene can be overwhelming, and it can be hard to know how to fit in. But don't worry, you can still have a fulfilling and fun college experience by following some tips and tricks to manage the social scene.

The Power of Self-Forgiveness: Letting Go of Past Mistakes and Moving Forward

Failures and mistakes can weigh on our minds a lot. We can get stuck on these and they prevent us from moving forward. The first step is knowing why we need to let go, and how to let go. Remind yourself that failure is just learning what didn’t work and that you don’t deserve to be punished for mistakes you wouldn’t make now. Letting go requires practicing self-compassion, mindfulness, and thought disputations.

Caring Through the Storm: Supporting Your Friend with Depression

Do you know someone with depression? Perhaps a friend, colleague, or family member? Or is it that you’re thinking, “Something’s not quite right. Could it be depression? Should I say or do something? What can I do?”

How to Help Autistic College Students Succeed: Tips for Parents

It’s not just about focussing on academics and grades. Alverson and his team in their research in 2019 identified several areas to focus on. The three I have chosen to share with you are providing the right kind of parental support, providing a set of transition-focussed skills and developing self-awareness/disability awareness.

Social and Academic Experiences of Autistics in UK Colleges. Are yours similar?

I found this article published in 2019, quite recent, I must say, where Gurbuz and his team investigated and reported the social and academic experiences of autistic university students in the UK. What I’d like to know is whether these findings resonate with you, that is graduates or current college students with autism. By resonate, I mean, do you have similar experiences? Do you agree with the findings? Do the findings make sense to you?

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