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Students Overcoming Stigma (SOS)
SOS Home Vision, Goals & Objectives Current Members
How to get involved
The Mental Health Peer Advocates may be students of any academic year or major. The Mental Health Peer Advocates are students who:
• Take a proactive stance towards addressing mental health concerns in their community (i.e., seek to refer students to counseling)
• Are empathetic to psychological concerns, and embrace seeking support for psychological distress
• Desire to communicate the student voice regarding mental health issues to Counseling and Psychological Services and the Division of Student Affairs
• Advocate for student needs regarding mental health care within CPS and the Division of Student Affairs
• Are comfortable talking about the mental health concerns commonly experienced by college students
• Are recognized by their peers as someone they would trust to guide them to appropriate psychological resources
For more information on how to get involved in Students Overcoming Stigma please contact the faculty supervisor of the program, Paul Castelino (castelin@ohio.edu), or the Counselors-in-Residence, Lindsay Orchowski, (lo305903@ohio.edu) or Mei Ng (hn260604@ohio.edu).
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