Mental health services at university

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What wellbeing and mental health services are available at university?
I sit down with Josie Bannon, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at the University of Exeter to talk about the services the university offers to students. We talk about exam stress, adapting to life at university, and the whole spectrum of wellbeing from feeling overwhelmed to needing to mitigate exams.
The services at Exeter are truly exceptional in this regard, but your campus will have similar services. If you feel that any of the issues in this video series are relevant to you please consider getting in touch with your campus mental health or wellbeing services. Don't suffer in silence or wait for your mental state to become 'serious enough'. These services exist to help you, and they would want nothing less than a student to suffer and worry and not get in contact.
Your mental health is incredibly important and you deserve to be well in yourself. If you need help to be that, then that is no reflection on you as a person. Asking for that help shows huge strength.
Link to Exeter's wellbeing services: www.exeter.ac.u...
A video outlining the support available at Oxford University: • HT4: Mental health and...
I talk about my experiences with mental health in my Draw My Life video: • Draw my life - SimonOx...
Next video: • When should I get in t...
Playlist: • Student mental health ...
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I am Simon, a third year PhD candidate at the University of Exeter. I upload videos on bits of science which are relevant to what I do, and sometimes just because they're really cool.
Vlogs from Oxford students - / oxvlog
My twitter - / simonoxfphys
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Thanks to Vlogbrothers for their sponsorship of this video. Money from the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck contributed to equipment used in this video.

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@David-CoolDave 8 лет назад

This is a wonderful video Simon, and I hope you are very proud of it. Not only did you highlight such a pivotal issue for so many (myself included) the manner in which you worded your questions demonstrated great care and attention. Kudos!

@SimonClark 8 лет назад

Thank you so much :)

@eeeva4059 8 лет назад

This is such an important topic and I think it's great that you are offering a platform to students to inform themselves and talk about their problems!

@secundrabeasley855 8 лет назад

As someone who is s mental health consumer and a college graduate, I want to thank you for this video.

@TheAmblingBristolian 8 лет назад

Excellent video! And kudos for being so frank about your own mental health. I would absolutely adore to see this turn into a series. I'll be keeping my eyes firmly peeled :)

@jonatanguitar 7 лет назад

I think this video is one of the most important ones you've made, a huge thanks for doing it. I know that many people, myself included, who struggles with well-being issues during uni tend to isolate themselves and think amongst the lines of "I'm the only one who has these problems". Of course, that is not true, but it's very easy to go down that path. This video shares some light on the subject and I think it has potential to reach and in long terms help students to help themselves. Thanks Simon.

@Alarmedy8 8 лет назад

Great video Simon this is so vital especially with exam pressure high then ever!!

@ASMinor 5 лет назад

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my RU-vid channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤

@Dugg124 8 лет назад

very important, thank you for sharing, and best of luck with your own journey!!

@MatthewConnorMartin 8 лет назад

For me, this is by far the most important video that you have made. This is incredibly important and I cant thank you enough. *Interestingly*, UCL has now removed any mental health issues as a reason for extenuating circumstances (for exams) unless one has recently been diagnosed. This was passed through very sneekily as they only emailed the changes to those that applied for extenuating circumstances the year before. Hence, very few people knew of the changes until they were *too late*. Thoughts?

@SimonClark 8 лет назад

+David and Matthew Hmmm that's interesting, and doesn't seem very fair at all for this year's cohort. I can see the reasoning behind it, but this does leave the system open to people caught in truly extenuating circumstances (e.g. death of a parent just before the exam)

@MatthewConnorMartin 8 лет назад

Death of a parent just before an exam would be considered an EC still. They changed system only takes into account 'recent developments'. However, if one has a mental health problem (like Bipolar), which is not only likely to flare up during exam season but is also generally more disruptive on the whole, then they would not receive any such support.

@juliats1 8 лет назад

In March, I was feeling depressed and had several other mental health issues, all of which I'd experienced before in my life. So one day I spontaneously went to my uni counselling, hoping to just talk to somebody about it (was feeling isolated at the time).. Never regretted anything as much 😟 In short, I wasn't allowed to leave their office for four hours, was forced to cancel my meeting with a supervisor that day and my work placement next day, was told - in a ridiculously patronising tone - that I apparently "just can't think clearly" and "don't understand what's best for me".. and so they wouldn't let me go home or on public transport without supervision (I managed to escape thanks to one friend). That woman I was speaking to for hours (on the phone) threatened me with calling police if I leave. Etc-etc-etc. All the other therapists I spoke to since categorised me as mildly-moderately depressed, ultimately, nothing severe or dangerous. Basically, it was one of the worst experiences of my life.. that woman made me feel so powerless and voiceless. No moral to this story.. I just hope other universities have better counsellors ☺

@RanjaniNarayananranjn2 8 лет назад

some universities just don't have the right people to offer counselling. my school was horrible in similar terms.

@TheJuaran 8 лет назад

Very interesting video thank you! I would like to see a video more related with your life or physics, but again great video

@ayajamal9888 8 лет назад

Your videos are amazing ♡♡ keep going ♡♡

@claradenken 8 лет назад

most important video, well done!

@YogiBear171 8 лет назад

Try counselling online at mentalhs.com.au (Australian Central Standard Time)

@Khadijah459 7 лет назад

I really loved you video i really liked your video i really enjoyed your video I enjoyed you clip i really liked your clip i really loved your clip

@Mrdachs88 8 лет назад

Ugh, I need to get councelling

@SimonClark 8 лет назад

+Mrdachs8 If you think you need it, I can stress enough how important it is that you go ahead and get in contact. It maybe the most important thing you'll do in your life for your mental health

@Mrdachs88 8 лет назад

+SimonOxfPhys Your video made me think it might be a good idea. I need to move out first though. Don't need my family all up in my business about this. Thanks for the vid.

@KatherineLVogel 8 лет назад

+Mrdachs8 You don't necessarily need to move out first... Mental health is confidential (at least in the US) and therefore cannot be shared with your family without your permission. The first thing you do with most places is review their confidentiality policy and it's exceptions. If I were going to see a counselor and I was worried about my family knowing, I would pair the visit with some other activity (gym or library or coffee) so that I have something to tell my family without lying. Going to a counselor can help you get ready for moving out and is great support for such a big change.

@superbrostv8302 8 лет назад

Hi I am in year 9 and I am not very smart I was wondering if you could give me help on revising for science,maths and English in year 9 and in GCSEs By the way how did you revise in year 9 and GCSEs Please reply Thanks

@SimonClark 8 лет назад

+SUPERBROSTV the best advice I can give is in ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AOTYTuiNaho.html!

@itsshaban1503 8 лет назад

Hi I am in year 9 and don't know how to revise could you tell me how you revised in year 9 and also how to revise for maths English and science Thanks