Academic Lead for Mental Health at the University of Wolverhampton, Clare Dickens, reflects on the challenges of the last 12 months in her #UniMentalHealthDay blog.
On University Mental Health Day 2021, we all may have a lot to reflect on given the nature of what we have been through in the last twelve months. It may be easier to think in pre-Covid and during when we reflect on what challenges this period has posed. However, I do believe that we should avoid the notion that suggests everything on the whole was much better before the pandemic, and to not consider how we have grown within the pandemic period as well.
I am reminded daily of how remarkable we can be when we get our heads together and agree on a problem, and commit to solving it in order to help each other. This has been evident in smaller acts of kindness, and the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine which has heavily relied on volunteers.
I am also minded that the emerging fall out and impact of the pandemic has served to highlight just what people were navigating and fighting before it. Following such a momentous period in history, we may need to pause for a while to consider how the mental health and wellbeing agenda can be better shaped by those people it is aimed to affect and benefit.
Read the full blog here: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-events/wlv-blog/2021/march-2021/university-mental-health-day-2021–clare-dickens.php