Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Student Affairs presented a workshop recently to remind graduate students of the importance of mental health.
The initiative formed part of the professional personal and emotional counselling that the HBKU provides students to support their mental health and help them achieve their academic goals and self-development.
Chereen Shurafa, mental health and community counsellor, certified coach, and advice columnist, presented *Top Tips to Support Your Mental Health.
The online workshop began by defining mental health and how to talk about their emotional well-being.
Taking into account the pressures faced by many graduate students, made sharper by pandemic-related changes to their routine, Shurafa focused on ways to better manage mental health on a daily basis during the semester.
The event highlighted the signs that indicate when it is time to seek help and what students should do if they need support.
She offered a set of techniques to help their mental health and tips to support their wellness, such as good nutrition, stress management, and sufficient sleep.
HBKU development director Noor al-Jassim said: “One of the main challenges is how to encourage those with mental health stress to seek appropriate help, particularly when there is still a lingering stigma related to health seeking behaviours.”
“Our aim through this valuable workshop is to give our students the tools to cope when they are overwhelmed,” she said. “We also aimed at ways to embed well-being throughout our whole community.”
Chereen Shurafa, mental health and community counsellor, certified coach, and advice columnist, presented *Top Tips to Support Your Mental Health.
The online workshop began by defining mental health and how to talk about their emotional well-being.
Taking into account the pressures faced by many graduate students, made sharper by pandemic-related changes to their routine, Shurafa focused on ways to better manage mental health on a daily basis during the semester.
The event highlighted the signs that indicate when it is time to seek help and what students should do if they need support.
She offered a set of techniques to help their mental health and tips to support their wellness, such as good nutrition, stress management, and sufficient sleep.
HBKU development director Noor al-Jassim said: “One of the main challenges is how to encourage those with mental health stress to seek appropriate help, particularly when there is still a lingering stigma related to health seeking behaviours.”
“Our aim through this valuable workshop is to give our students the tools to cope when they are overwhelmed,” she said. “We also aimed at ways to embed well-being throughout our whole community.”