Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services
January 19, 2016
The Resilience Peer Network, a peer-to-peer counseling service, will be implemented in the spring to supplement Counseling and Psychological Services.
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The UCLA Student Affairs office and UCLA Campus and Student Resilience are partnering with the Depression Grand Challenge to provide students with peer-to-peer counseling outside of a clinical setting. UCLA psychologists will train student volunteers in active listening and suicide prevention, among other skills.
Source: Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services Daily Bruin, 19 Jan. 2016
Additional coverage of the Depression Grand Challenge on campus:
All of Us town hall encourages wider discourse on mental health issues UCLA Newsroom, 27 Jan. 2016