Mental Health Matters Month
May is Mental Health Matters Month. The goal of this month-long awareness and assistance program is to highlight the fact that at any given moment approximately 51.5 million people nationally are dealing with the impact of mental illness. To that end, CMHS is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to provide the campus community with a diverse range of programs to promote awareness, disseminate useful information, and above all underscore the message that You Are Not Alone. We are all here for you and will continue to work together to help one another.
The following is a list of programs being offered by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention over the next few weeks:
week of May 2
May 3 - May 5: Better Together Mental Health Storytelling Summit
May 4 @ 3 PM: Advocacy 101 Webinar
May 5: World Maternal Mental Health Day
week of May 9
May 9 - May 15: SAMHSA National Prevention Week
May 9 - May 15: National Women’s Health Week
May 11 @ 4 PM: Ask Dr. Jill
May 13 @ 12:30 PM: Instagram live with Kripalu
May 14 @ 2 PM: Elevating Voices for Long-lasting Change: Families, Culture and Gen Z/Millennial Perspectives on Mental Health and Suicide Loss.
May 14: SAMHSA Day of Suicide Prevention.
week of May 16
May 18 @ 4:30 PM: Instagram live: A Conversation with the Confess Project.
May 19 @ 3 PM: 9-8-8 / Crisis Lines Webinar.
The programs above may be accessed on the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s website at afsp.org/may or afsp.org/mentalhealth4all. The staff at Campus Mental Health Services is available to answer any questions you may have or for further discussion regarding anything you watch. We can be reached by phone at 934-420-2006 or by e-mail at cmhs@farmingdale.edu.
Jill Bandura, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Campus Mental Health Services
Andrew Berger, Ph.D., ABPP
Director
Campus Mental Health Services
Campus mental health services
Dewey Hall
934-420-2006
cmhs@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 9 AM - 4:45 PM
Andrew Berger PhD ABPP
Director
Shane Owens PhD ABPP
Assistant Director
Jill Bandura PhD
Staff Psychologist
Christopher Browne PhD
Staff Psychologist
Funto Oyewole PsyD
Staff Psychologist
Suzanne DiLullo LCSW
Clinician
Jamila Brobbey MS
Psychology Intern
Meghan Fasano MS
Psychology Intern
Ayanna Spurlock-Shackelton MS
Psychology Intern
Hal Harary
Administrator