Togetherall is a safe, online community where students can anonymously share your feelings with other people and get support 24/7.
In addition to counseling and wellness services, UML also offers prevention and education resources to support students, faculty and staff.
- Mental Health First Aid Training: The university is offering 12 free trainings on mental health first aid this year to students, faculty, staff and students’ families. More than 700 members of the campus community – including all residence advisors – have been trained since 2019. “We want everybody to recognize the symptoms of a mental health crisis, know what resources to share and know how to start the conversation,” says Melissa Wall, director of Prevention & Education.
- Campus Advocates for Prevention Education, or CAPEs: These students are trained to go to classrooms, clubs and campus events to talk about mental health, substance use and sexual violence prevention. They also can meet with students one-on-one by appointment or during “office hours” in the libraries and with staff from:
- ULifeline: This online platform has information on a range of mental health issues, and it includes some screening tools. If you’re wondering, “Is this just normal worrying, or do I have anxiety?” or “Am I just sad, or do I have depression?” — this is a good place to start, Wall says.
- Togetherall: This is a safe, online community where you can anonymously share your feelings with other people and get support 24/7. Licensed mental health providers known as “wall guides” reach out proactively to offer support and evaluation to anyone with concerning signs of depression, anxiety, self-harm or suicidal thoughts, and they can connect students with an on-call clinician or UML emergency services when needed.
- Faculty Mental Health Advocates: One or two faculty members in each college are trained to share resources with students and other faculty, including information on how to recognize signs of a mental health crisis and ways to support students.
- UMatter2 Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention: UMass Lowell is a JED Campus alumnus that embraces a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. Students share mental health and wellness tips on Instagram @umatter2uml, and faculty are encouraged to include information about mental health resources in their course syllabi. A link to mental health resources is also included in the Blackboard online learning system for every class.