Frat mental health task force disbanded before start
A push to have mental health advocates in each University of Minnesota fraternity hasn’t got off the ground.
In November, the University’s Interfraternity Council created a task force that would choose several brothers to facilitate mental health aid. But uncertainty surrounding the responsibilities and the pressure that came with that role led the group to abandon the plan, said IFC Executive Vice President Ryder Byrne.
“We want them to go to the right resources and not put all that weight on one student,” he said.
Last fall, the Minnesota Daily reported that the task force’s founder, Teddy Skillings, said he wanted the advocates to receive training from the University Boynton Health or Student Counseling Services.
Read more: http://www.mndaily.com/article/2016/09/frats-mental-health