Addiction plagues all genders, races, socioconomic statuses, and religious preferences. Mental health exists on a continuum, with resilience and thriving on one end of the spectrum and disorders that disrupt a college student’s functioning and performance at the other. Understanding and awareness are the first keys to improve access to quality mental healthcare with the goal of creating a culture where care seeking for mental health issues is as normative as care seeking for physical injuries. Come learn about the physiology of addiction and the brain, impairment/recovery and a dynamic personal story.
