University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: 2022

Warning Signs Can Be Detected Sooner Through Universal Screenings for Student Mental Health

This article, originally published by The Conversation in June 2022, was written by Nathaneil von der Embse. In this article, von der Embse describes how universal mental health screenings to identify and address mental health issues in students. Identifying mental health concerns early can help prevent school violence. Whenever a massacre takes place at a …

Cap Times — Learning to Cope: COVID-19 Exacerbates Growing Youth Mental Health Challenges

Katie Eklund and Kristen Guetschow were interviewed for this article that originally appeared in The Cap Times in April 2022. COVID-19 was a learning experience for Cecilia Ridgeway and her friends. Its sudden onset and the changes it provoked in the La Follette High School junior and her friends’ lives brought “out things that we …