May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. HFC is committed to ensuring the health and well-being of its community, especially in these unprecedented times. The following resources are provided to assist anyone who could benefit from them.
HFC Internal Resources
The following are resources HFC has available to assist our community.
Campus Safety
Campus Safety provides various assistance, safety, and crime prevention services to the community. Campus Safety: 9911 from a campus phone or (313) 845-9630 from the outside. Campus Safety can also be reached through your HFC Reach Out App and by email at campussafety@hfcc.edu.
Counseling Center
HFC Student Outreach and Support (SOS): Contact Dr. Brenda Hildreth at (313) 845-9611 or bjhildreth@hfcc.edu.
Assisted Learning (Disabilities)
HFC Assisted Learning Services: Contact Dr. Maureen Webster of Assisted Learning Services at (313) 845-9617 or Maureenw@hfcc.edu.
Employee Assistance Program
The EAP is a free resource that supports the mental health of HFC employees.
Office of Student Conduct and Title IX
Contact: Munira Kassim at (313) 845-6301 or mmkassim@hfcc.edu or Anwar Beydoun at (313) 845-6315 or ambeydoun2@hfcc.edu. For additional resources, go to https://www.hfcc.edu/student-rights.
External Resources
Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation's leading community-based mental health non-profit organization. It helps promote and support individuals across the country with mental health issues.
- MHA helps Americans of all ages better understand prevention, early identification, and intervention through a variety of information, online tools and events.
- MHA collaborates with a wide audience of affiliates and supporters to advance policy recommendations that promote its mission.
- MHA works to protect the rights and dignity of individuals with lived experience nationwide and ensure that peers and their voices are integrated into all areas of the organization.
Other mental health websites include:
- National Alliance for Mental Health Michigan
- CMH Mental Health Crisis lines
- World Health Organization
- COVID-19 and Your Mental Health
- Supporting Others
- Creating Healthy Routines
- Finding the Positive After Loss
- Owning Your Feelings
- Connecting with Others
Mental health screenings
Screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of some kind of mental health condition. Join the #MillionInMay campaign by taking a screen at www.mhascreening.org to help promote prevention, early identification, and intervention this month.