Every year, Pat Walker Health Center's Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) hosts a National Depression Screening Day event on campus to help raise awareness and screen people for depression and mood disorders, which allows individuals to identify warning signs and connect with the appropriate treatment resources. 

Screenings and Self-Assessments are not diagnostic, but help determine if a student is exhibiting symptoms associated with depression and other mood disorders and if they should seek help.

This year, National Depression Screening Day is Thursday, Oct. 7.

At this year's event, CAPS staff will be at the Arkansas Union talking to students about Togetherall — an anonymous social media-style mental health app that gives students a safe place to connect with others experiencing similar feelings, as well as access to useful self-help resources, peer groups, self-assessments and more.

Students are encouraged to stop by the Union between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to learn more about this exclusive mental health resource and the importance of early detection of mental health warning signs.

Togetherall offers students:

• A community where members are anonymous to each other. where they can share how they are feeling and support each other
• Access 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Clinically managed with trained professionals available 24/7 to keep the community safe
• Self-assessments and recommended resources
• Creative tools to help express how you're feeling
• Wide range of self-guided courses to do at your own pace

All U of A undergraduate and graduate students have free access to togetherall. Togetherall is available 24/7 and monitored by trained clinicians. 

To register and join Togetherall's supportive online community:

• Go to: https://account.v2.togetherall.com/register/student
• Enter your uark student email address on the Togetherall student registration page.
• Enter your details and click "Sign Up."
• You'll be sent an email to verify your email address. Click on the link to activate your account.

Learn more about mental health resources and support at mentalhealth.uark.edu.