One in four people will suffer from dandruff. One in three people, in their lifetime, will suffer from poor mental health. Yet there seems to be more awareness and less stigma surrounding dandruff than mental health issues. The vast majority of people could not describe the symptoms of depression, never mind understand the experience of helping a loved one through the illness, or recognizing the symptoms in themselves.
There also seems to be a lack of awareness surrounding access to services and resources here at the LSE. We fear that the majority of students here do not know where the counselling services are located (2nd floor of the East building, in case you are wondering), never mind how to arrange an appointment, or what services they provide.
Last year the Education and Welfare Officer, Emmanuel, organized the ‘Study Not Stress’ campaign focusing on techniques to help stay calm during the exam period, and courses on time management and memory improvement. This year we plan to make that week bigger and better with the same exam focus, as well as the provision of mental health information, efforts to remove the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and awareness-raising regarding services that you can access at LSE and in your local area. There will be a strong presence on Houghton Street during the first week of Summer Term, and your study space will be plastered with posters and information on where you can go if you feel you can’t cope.
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