Next Chapter

Hi Family,

Our founder Tshepang Mahlatsi will be speaking tomorrow at UFS Campus please do join virtually and those who can make it on campus you can attend physically.

Let's talk mental health 💚

Making mental health a global priority💚.

Making mental health conversations fashionable

Approximately 400 million people globally suffer from mental or neurological disorders and psychosocial problems. Mental disorders, much like physical ones, differ in severity.

The Department of Health distinguishes between transient (such as an acute stress disorder), periodic (such as bipolar disorder, characterised by periods of exaggerated elation followed by periods of depression), and long-lasting and progressive (such as Alzheimer’s disease) disorders.

Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and job stress are the most common conditions. It is not only the individuals suffering from these problems who are affected, but also their families, co-workers, and the broader community. An interplay between biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors results in mental health conditions.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3Scjb81

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Next Chapter: Your Story Continues

Next Chapter is a student-led mental health advocacy group that aims to equip students with various easy tools to deal with mental health-related challenges through advocacy work.

Next Chapter Mental Health Student Organisation, in collaboration with Student Counselling and Development (SCD), Career services, Centre for teaching & learning (CTL), and Centre for Graduate Support (CGS), invites you to a dialogue themed:
“Why students lose interest and motivation in their academics and career journey.”

Date: 2 September
Time: 16:00
Venue: Education Faculty Auditorium

For More information contact
[email protected]

There is increasing evidence that students lose interest and motivation in their academic career over the course of their academic journey. Research shows that factors such as difficulty with making career choices unemployment, future prospect anxiety and mental health plays a role in these emotions and feelings.

Next Chapter Mental Health Student Organisation in collaboration with Student Counselling and Development (SCD), Career services, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Centre for Graduate Support (CGS) will be engaging on this conversation.

Student and staff members are invited.

Research shows that at some point, students lose interest in their academic journey and careers. Factors such as economic instability, mental health and unemployment contribute to these emotions and feelings. To answer this question as to “Why students lose interest” Next Chapter in collaboration with , UFS Career Services, , and CTL will be having a panel discussion around this topic.

We are excited to be part of such efforts by CampusKey Student Living to bring the conversation of mental health to their students.

Stay tuned!

Dear University of the Free State students,

Please check your Student emails and engage the document and the link below

https://forms.gle/199UQ9hSo5UitQrV9

Next stop PTA team tomorrow!! 💚

We've recently enlisted Next Chapter to empower on all things Mental Health, and we'll be hosting so many events to support our community!

Hi everyone,

We are back for 2022 academic year, please find attached membership form for UFS students

Please find the form in the comments section.

https://forms.gle/tRnao1AVKEGQcNDs5

The conversation is open to everyone. Please join.

In commemoration of , the UFS Bloemfontein Campus Central college will be hosting a mental health conversation to highlight the issues relating to mental health on a peer level with student activist and speaker - Tshepang Mahlatsi.

Mahlatsi is a UFS Master of Laws candidate and founder of Next Chapter, a mental health awareness and advocacy NPO that finds expression within student communities with the aims of raising awareness and destigmatizing the conversation around mental health.

He hopes to lead the discussion with his expertise as a mental health activist with lived experiences to inspire students to look after themselves.

The talk is scheduled as follows:

Date: 14 October 2021
Time: 16:00
Venue: Blackboard
Link: https://bit.ly/3j0PQ1g

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