Mental Health Awareness Resources

We want to help our NSHSS community with an array of resources and opportunities focused on mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but we know that this topic is important to our members year-round.

Helpful Information

NSHSS Mental Health Scholarships

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NSHSS Mental Health Awareness Scholarship

Five (5) $2,000 awards
The stigma surrounding mental illness has become far too common, but more and more individuals are speaking out and raising awareness on the issue. NSHSS wants to award students for their positive efforts in spreading awareness and affecting change regarding mental health.

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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Mental Health Awareness Scholarship

Ten (10) $2,500 awards, renewable for up to four years ($10,000 total)
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is proud to support the mental health of future generations on their journey to being and becoming who they are through its Mental Health Awareness Scholarship.

Featured Scholarship Winner Stories

Ella Typrin

Charlotte, NC

Ella Typrin is making remarkable contributions to her community, including starting a non-profit that provides pet therapy to many every week in the Charlotte Airport, Levine Children’s Hospital, and Charlotte Mecklenburg School District...

Raphael Stark

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Mental Health Awareness Scholarship
Honolulu, HI

18-year-old Raphael Stark is a homeschooled senior. He founded a non-profit called CHATS (Caring for Hawaii Teens with Speech Challenges), the only organization in Hawaii dedicated to bringing hope and encouragement to fellow middle and high school with speech...

Lavik Jain

Frisco, TX

Lavik Jain will attend Harvard University beginning in Fall 2023 and plans to study Physics and Computer Science. In high school, he devoted much time to developing an artificial intelligence-powered suicide prevention system...

Calista Harries

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Mental Health Awareness Scholarship
Archbishop Edward A McCarthy High School
Weston, FL

Through her high school years, Calista has participated in her high school’s esteemed Excelsior Scholars Program, completing a rigorous course load including AP Biology and Chemistry, Algebra II...

Praiyer Jones

NSHSS Mental Health Awareness Scholarship
Marlin High School

Marlin, TX

Praiyer is a student at Marlin High School in Marlin, TX. Praiyer is passionate about helping his community. He has gone above and beyond providing support at his local church and as a coach at the Youth Throw mentorship program...

Virthiha Selvamuthukumaran

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Mental Health Awareness Scholarship
South Forsyth High School
Cumming, GA

Virthiha Selvamuthukumaran is a Stamps President’s Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she is pursuing a degree in Economics with a minor in Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning...

Skyland Trail

2025 Claes Nobel World Betterment Award Honoree

Skyland Trail is a nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta, GA. For more than 35 years, Skyland Trail has been inspiring people with mental illness to thrive through a holistic program of evidence-based psychiatric treatment, integrated medical care, research and education. Skyland Trail is one of the nation’s top mental health treatment centers.

NSHSS Panel with "The Social Dilemma" Filmmakers

NSHSS encourages our members and families to watch the Netflix film "The Social Dilemma." NSHSS hosted an exclusive panel discussion in a follow-up to the documentary that was moderated by Kolby Keo, NSHSS Fellows Trustee, and featured the filmmaker Jeff Orlowski, renowned psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke, and former Facebook executive, Tim Kendall. This discussion was a deep dive into how social media continues to affect human beings, including our mental health, negatively. Is there still time to change the cycle, or are we in too deep?

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More Mental Health Resources

A collection of articles designed to help students understand, navigate, and care for their mental well-being.

Tell Us Something Good!

Be sure to tell NSHSS about your efforts and initiatives you are doing to spread awareness for mental health so we can share with others. For example, share an organization you volunteer for or initiative you started that holds a mental health awareness component and the impact it has made on you and your community. We want to hear from you! Submit your achievement here for a chance to be featured on the NSHSS blog, social media, or in our quarterly Scholar’s Journal!