Active Minds at UVA

Club Description

Active Minds is established for the expressed purpose ofIncreasing the University of Virginia students’, faculty’s, and staff’s awareness of:issues surrounding mental healthsymptoms related to mental health disordersmental health resources available both on campus and in the surrounding communityReducing stigma toward people living with mental illness so that students will feel more comfortable seeking help when it is needed and openly discussing mental-health related issuesPromoting a general awareness of comprehensive “self health” by emphasizing techniques that care for the body as well as the mind