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1. Friends Helping Friends

   1. About Friends Helping Friends
   2. Goals
2. Meet the Staff
   • Paul Brown
   • Kati Cadenhead
   • Julie Catanzarite
   • Alice E. Franks, Psy.D, HSP-P
   • Jeanne Irwin-Olson
   • Bruce G. Lynch, Ph.D., HSP-P
   • Debra McCahan, MSW, LCSW
   • Jonathan Ravarino, Ph.D., LCSW
   • Jason Robertson, Ed.S., MPH, CHES, CTCTS, RHEd
   • Deborah J. Taub, Ph.D.
   • Benjamin Wyatt
   • Friends Helping Friends Advisory Committee
3. Why Do We Need
   Friends Helping Friends?
   • Increased Risk of Mental Health Concerns
   • Low Rates of Help-Seeking Behavior
   • Low Mental Health Literacy
   • Subpopulations at Greater Risk
   • The Stigma of Mental Health Problems
4. Become a Helper
   • Peer Educators
   • Faculty/Staff
5. Subpopulations at Greater Risk
   • Ethnic Minority Students
   • Student Athletes
   • Creative Arts Students
   • Male Students
   • International Students
   • Graduate Students
   • Distance Students
   • Non-Traditionally Aged Students
6. About Mental Health
   • What Are Some Basic Components of Mental Health?
   • What Factors Contribute to My Unique Flavor of Mental Health?
7. Mental Health Problems
   • How Common Are Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders?
   • Common Mental Disorders
8. 1. Mental Health Literacy
9. Helper Resources
   • Campus
   • Local
   • National
   • Hotlines
   • Request a Program
10. Mental Health Film Series
    2009-2010
    • The Changeling
    • The Hours
    • A Beautiful Mind
    • Girl, Interrupted
    • What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
11. 1. Request a Program

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Friends Helping Friends

Suicide Prevention Information Booth 2009

Friends Helping Friends participated in World Suicide Prevention Day by sharing information, and yellow ribbons, with the UNCG population.

Click here to read more

Update: See media coverage of this event on the News 14 website.

What is Friends Helping Friends?

Friends Helping Friends was created in 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in collaboration with securing a suicide prevention grant from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

To learn more about the commitment Friends Helping Friends has made, visit our Goals page.

Page updated: 01-Oct-2009

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