The more you know about alcohol and other drugs, the better equipped you are to make healthy choices.
The college experience is a time of personal growth and change; this can be both exhilarating and challenging. Sometimes, these challenges can be stressful and interfere with your academic, social, or emotional adjustment to college. If this seems to be happening to you, come and see us at the Center for Health and Counseling Services. We can help you get back on track in a safe, caring, and confidential setting.
Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, and Fighting the Stigma
How Students, faculty, and staff can stop the stigma!
- Educate yourself on college student mental health. Learn about the Counseling Center resources: visit our website, visit our Center when you are on campus, call us and ask about our services, invite us to present for your class, residence hall, or student group.
- Talk openly about mental health. Talk about your own efforts to learn new ways to cope. Share ways in which you see others learning about wellness and mental health.
- Reduce stigma for seeking help. Offer compassion and discreet discussions regarding disclosures of emotional concerns, treatment, academic exception letters, and OSS accommodation letters.
- Encourage bystander intervention. It is quite likely that if you are noticing another’s distress, they may not yet be receiving help. Keep in mind that no “ideal” interventions actually exist, and that saying anything at all is far better than saying nothing– or being a bystander.
Nationally Recognized Resources
- CDC Fact Sheet: Alcohol and Caffeine
- College Drinking; Changing the Culture
- Above the Influence
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Northern New Jersey Alcoholics Anonymous
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Bystander Intervention: STEP UP Program
- College Gambling
- Heroin Addiction, Abuse, and Recovery
Staff
- Cory Rosenkranz, M.S., Coordinator, Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Recovery Programs
- Debra Verret, LCSW, LCADC, Psychological Counselor, Substance Use Disorders, Case Manager
Contact Us
Center for Health and Counseling
D Wing, Room D-216
(entrance behind stairwell on left)
(201) 684-7522*
Cory Rosenkranz
Coordinator Substance Use Disorder Prevention/Recovery Programs
crosenkr@ramapo.edu
*For after-hours emergencies, call 201-684-7522 and press 2 for immediate assistance.
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