{"389401":{"#nid":"389401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Do You Know the Signs?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech became the first university to pledge support to the national \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.changedirection.org\/\u0022\u003ECampaign to Change Direction\u003C\/a\u003E this week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe campaign is intended to raise awareness and provide education about mental health, mental illness, and wellness. It has been endorsed by First Lady Michelle Obama and encourages people to learn the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/counseling.gatech.edu\/content\/463\/change-direction-at-georgia-tech\u0022\u003Efive signs of emotional distress\u003C\/a\u003E: personality change, agitation, withdrawal, poor self care, and hopelessness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Campaign to Change Direction comes at a time when all of us at Tech are concerned with the mental health wellness and well-being of all members of our community,\u201d said Toti Perez, director of the Georgia Tech Counseling Center. Perez hopes that through Tech\u0027s participation in this campaign, members of the campus community will be better informed and more aware of the impact that mental health has on all members of the community and the importance of integrating mental health wellness into healthy lifestyle goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, and staff are encouraged to learn the five signs and pledge their support through social media using the hashtags #ChangeMentalHealth and #GTDare2Care, and by tagging and following the Counseling Center at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gtcounseling\u0022\u003E@GTCounseling\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech has put a renewed emphasis on mental health and wellness in recent years, in part due to a Mental Health Task Force convened by President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson in 2013. In January, Tech established a Center for Community Health and Wellbeing that will take shape this year. The Counseling Center also recently hosted a candlelight gathering with the Student Government Association to raise awareness of suicide on campus, as well as a Dare2Care panel discussion event to continue the conversation and provide information on suicide prevention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech joins national Campaign to Change Direction focused on mental health awareness"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech joins national Campaign to Change Direction focused on mental health awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech joins national Campaign to Change Direction focused on mental health awareness."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-03-23 09:13:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:34","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"389371":{"id":"389371","type":"image","title":"Know the Five Signs","body":null,"created":"1449246288","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:48","changed":"1475894378","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:38","alt":"Know the Five Signs","file":{"fid":"75505","name":"change_direction_gt_vertical_ad.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/change_direction_gt_vertical_ad.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/change_direction_gt_vertical_ad.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":372367,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/change_direction_gt_vertical_ad.jpg?itok=e5M67Bum"}}},"media_ids":["389371"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech-advocate.symplicity.com\/care_report\/","title":"Assistance Referral Form"},{"url":"http:\/\/counseling.gatech.edu\/content\/463\/change-direction-at-georgia-tech","title":"Campaign to Change Direction at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/counseling.gatech.edu\/","title":"Counseling Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/mentalhealth.gatech.edu\/","title":"Mental Health Resources at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/changedirection.org\/","title":"Campaign to Change Direction"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1020","name":"counseling center"},{"id":"10343","name":"mental health"},{"id":"167239","name":"suicide prevention"},{"id":"4076","name":"wellness"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sara.warner@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESara Warner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudent Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}