White Papers

Leveraging Interactive Media to Foster Social-Emotional Learning for Youth 2025

The Princeton Review 2024 Campus Mental Health Survey Report 2024

Connected Play: Adolescent Gaming and Perceived Loneliness 2024

Digital Mental Health Interventions at Colleges & Universities 2024

A Call for Change: Removing Barriers to Telehealth Mental Health Treatment for College Students 2024

Harnessing the Power of Gaming to Combat the Youth Mental Health Crisis 2023

The Mental Health Effects of COVID-19- A Continuing Crisis, Especially for Emerging Adults ages 18-29 2023

The Ruderman White Paper Update on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders 2022

Student Mental Health and Spirituality: Insights from the Counselor-Chaplain Model 2021

Taking a Leave of Absence: A Guide for College Students 2021

Taking a Leave of Absence: A Guide for Campus Leadership, Faculty, & Staff 2021

The Ruderman White Paper Reveals: Ivy League Schools Fail Students with Mental Illness 2018

Statements and Press Releases

The Princeton Review’s 2nd Annual Campus Mental Health Services Survey Finds Double-Digit Gains in College Counseling and Wellness Programs 2025

Teens Spending 8 Hours a Day on Screens: Tech Platforms Neglect Teens’ Emotional Health, New Report Finds 2025

Almost Three-Quarters of Teens Play Online Games with Strangers, White Paper Reveals 2024

Ruderman Family Foundation Announces Partnership with New Meta Entertainment’s Dignitas to Support Mental Health in Gaming 2024

Ruderman Family Foundation and Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Launch Mental Health Support Training for Spiritual Counselors in Colleges Across Massachusetts 2024

$320K Ruderman Family Foundation Grant Brings Unique Mental Health Model to Boston’s Jewish Community 2024

William James College and Ruderman Family Foundation to Launch College Mental Health Initiative Through $250,000 Grant 2024

New Report: Gaming is Poised to Help Solve America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis 2023

New Meta Entertainment partners with the Ruderman Family Foundation to support mental health in gaming 2023

The Princeton Review Announces Partnership with Ruderman Family Foundation to Report on Student Mental Health Offerings 2023

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hosts Panel on Destigmatizing Mental Health  2023

18 New England Non-Profits Win Red Sox Foundation and Ruderman Family Foundation Grants Addressing the Mental Health Crisis 2023

New Partnership Brings Free Mental Health Curriculum to Massachusetts Schools 2023

Selena Gomez Honored with Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion 2022

The Mary Christie Institute Launches Study on Peer Counseling on College Campuses with Grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation 2022

Making Mental Health a Centerpiece of the Return to School 2021

Britney Spears’ Freedom Would Be a Victory for Mental Health 2021

Ruderman Family Foundation Lauds Simone Biles for Courage and Transparency on Mental Health 2021

18 Non-Profits Win Red Sox Grants Addressing Mental Health in New England 2021

Red Sox Foundation and Ruderman Family Foundation to Aid Non-Profits Strained Amid Covid-19 Crisis with Grants to Address Mental Health in New England 2021

Navigating America’s Unprecedented Mental Health Winter of 2020/2021 2021

In Return to School, Mental Health must be a Priority 2020

Ruderman Family Foundation and Boston Red Sox Release PSAs on Mental Health  2020

New Study Reveals Ivy League Schools Fail Students with Mental Illness  2018

It Takes 8-10 Years to Seek Mental Health Treatment 2018

Publications

A Mobile Wellness Initiative is Providing Drive-by Therapy to Mass. College Students from WBUR 2025

Harnessing the Power of Gaming- Webinar Slides

Honeycomb’s Mental Health Enhancement Guides

Active Minds Student survey  from Active Minds, 2020

$100K Donation to MGH Aims to Support Mental Health of Frontline Workers from WBZ News, 2020

Coronavirus Front Lines: 100K Donation to Support Mental Health from CBS Boston, 2020

As Coronavirus Fight Progresses, A Focus on First Responders’ Mental Health from The Boston Globe, 2020

Firefighter Suicides Reflect Toll of Longer Fire Seasons and Increased Stress from The LA Times, 2019

Are Colleges Failing Students with Mental Illness? from Psychology Today, 2019

Michael Phelps Honored in Boston for His Mental Health Advocacy Work from Boston Magazine, 2019

California Offers Safe Space For Firefighters To Work Through Stress And Trauma from NPR, 2018

First Responder Suicide and Depression: A Preventable Public Health Crisis from Sun Sentinel, 2018