Mental Health Awareness Month: Resources to educate and support

Mental Health Awareness Month provides an opportunity to educate, share resources and support mental health awareness. We’ve put together a collection of free-to-access resources with research, videos, and special issues from the social and behavioral sciences that can help us to understand and improve the quality of care provided.

Below you will also find a selection of useful articles, chapters, and resources from across SAGE to help improve wellbeing and provide an understanding of mental health issues.

• Read the chapter Mindfulness and its benefits from The Student Guide to Mindfulness by David Mair.  

• Read a chapter from Mindful by Design by Caitlin Krause.

• Read A Little Guide to Mindfulness by Kevin Hawkins.

• Wouter Van De Klippe, Alfredo Yegros, Tim Willemse and Ismael Rafols discuss mental health research in this Social Science Space article, Comparing Priorities for Mental Health Research and Fostering Well-Being.

• This Social Science Space article, Survey: Mental Health a Key Concern Among American University Leaders, examines the pressing mental health issues facing universities and colleges.