Mental Health Week HHU

In the organizer's words:

Mental Health Week - A week for your mental health

📍 Oc tober 27-31, 2025
🧠 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
🎟️ Free admission - no registration required (except for workshops)
👥 Open to everyone - especially students

One week. One topic. Many perspectives.

Whether it's stress, pressure to perform, procrastination, ADHD or dealing with political crises on a daily basis - mental stress is part of everyday life for many students.
The Mental Health Week creates space for exchange, knowledge and concrete strategies.
Together with experts from clinics, research, coaching and student life, we will explore the questions: What does mental health mean today? What do we really need - in everyday life, in our studies, in society?

💡 What you can expect:

• Daily lectures (Mon-Fri, 16:30 & 17:45)

• Workshops & courses (meditation, mindfulness, coping)

• Panel discussion on the future of mental health

• Free & open to all students - come along, bring friends!

📅 Weekly program

📍 Location of all lectures: Lecture halls of the HHU Düsseldorf
🎤 Duration per lecture: approx. 60 minutes incl. Q&A session

Monday, 27.10.2025 (Lecture hall 5C)

16:30 - What actually is mental health?
17:45 - Resilience - how we survive crises better

Tuesday, 28.10.2025 (Lecture hall 2A)

16:30 - Stress management in everyday life
17:45 - Understanding and applying mindfulness

Wednesday, 29.10.2025 (Lecture hall 3B)

16:30 - Social media & psyche: How does digital life influence us?
17:45 - How to deal with political news & permanent crises?

Thursday, 30.10.2025 (Lecture hall 2B)

16:30 - ADHD - self-diagnosis or reality?
17:45 - Procrastination & exam anxiety: ways out of the blockade

Friday, 31.10.2025 (Lecture hall 3A)

16:30 - Emotion regulation during studies
17:45 - PODIUMS DISCUSSION: The future of mental health
with Prof. Dr. Meisenzahl (LVR), Prof. Dr. Dragano (Public Health), Prof. Dr. Bayen (Psychology) and others

🌿 Workshops & practice (separate registration)

Information will follow separately via Instagram: @campusgruenhhu or via notices on campus!

📣 O rganizer:

Viola Neumann, as part of the student parliament of the HHU Düsseldorf