Mind

  • Want to Improve Your Mood? It’s Time to Ditch the Junk Food

    Want to Improve Your Mood? It’s Time to Ditch the Junk Food

    Worldwide, more than 300 million people live with depression. Without effective treatment, the condition can make it difficult to work and maintain relationships with family and friends. Depression can cause sleep problems, difficulty concentrating, and a lack of interest in activities that are usually pleasurable. At its most extreme, it can lead to suicide. Depression… Read More

  • Dog Therapy: What I’ve Learned Overseeing 60 Canine Campus Teams

    Dog Therapy: What I’ve Learned Overseeing 60 Canine Campus Teams

    The interaction always played out the same way. I’d leave my office and make my way across campus in search of coffee, my dog Frances by my side, and I would be besieged by students who, for the most part, would ignore me and lose themselves in Frances. They would eventually look up with tear-filled… Read More

  • Majority of University Students Report Poor Quality Sleep, Putting Them at Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems

    Majority of University Students Report Poor Quality Sleep, Putting Them at Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems

    If you went to university – or are still there – think about your sleep while there. Would you say you ticked all the boxes for healthy sleep – going to bed at a reasonable hour and waking up at the same time every day, sleeping for around eight hours, and avoiding sleeping in or… Read More

  • Let’s Stop Blaming Ourselves for Stigmatizing Mental Health

    Let’s Stop Blaming Ourselves for Stigmatizing Mental Health

    Stigma is everywhere. We have come a long way in understanding mental illness and addressing the social stigma that affects those who suffer. Stigma is a negative stereotype, in this case about mental health. National and international public education campaigns are helping to bring the topic of mental illness out of the shadows. Unfortunately, despite… Read More

  • What Colleges Must Do to Promote Mental Health for Graduate Students

    What Colleges Must Do to Promote Mental Health for Graduate Students

    Sara did not expect much to come from her visit to the university’s counseling center, but she was concerned enough about the dark thoughts she’d been having that she decided to go anyway. As she sat in the waiting room after turning in the patient questionnaire, she thought: “It’s probably not a big deal. I’m… Read More

  • 1 In 5 College Students Have Anxiety or Depression — Here’s Why

    1 In 5 College Students Have Anxiety or Depression — Here’s Why

    Many of us think of college as a wondrous time of new experiences and great freedom to explore new ideas and find one’s true self. In recent years, however, depression and anxiety have afflicted college students at alarming rates. As noted in the latest Center for Collegiate Mental Health report, anxiety and depression are the… Read More

  • Mindful Eating: The Victorian Food Trend That Could Help You Lose Weight And Transform Your Health

    Mindful Eating: The Victorian Food Trend That Could Help You Lose Weight And Transform Your Health

    In recent years, mindfulness – defined as “a mental state or attitude in which one focuses one’s awareness on the present moment” – has become embedded into our everyday language. Mindfulness has helped many people to develop the skills necessary to manage chronic pain, depression, anxiety, stress and sleeping disorders. It has also become a… Read More

  • Simple, Healthy Dietary Choices Can Relieve Depression

    Simple, Healthy Dietary Choices Can Relieve Depression

    A healthy diet, rich in fiber and vegetables, can improve symptoms of depression, even in people without diagnosed depressive disorder, a new study led by researchers from the University of Manchester confirms. This research comes at a pivotal time, as depression is widespread throughout the United States and at universities. In fact, major depressive disorder… Read More

  • VCU Models How Universities Can Strengthen Mental Health Programs

    VCU Models How Universities Can Strengthen Mental Health Programs

    There is no question that mental illness is widespread at colleges and universities. For many students, stress, anxiety, depression and other mental disorders are impairing their ability to learn. With this in mind, nearly 200 colleges and universities across the United States have joined JED Campus, an initiative of the JED Foundation geared to improve… Read More

  • Why Gen Z Is the Most Stressed Generation

    Why Gen Z Is the Most Stressed Generation

    Members of Generation Z — those born from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s — report having worse stress than any other generation, according to an American Psychological Association (APA) report. In part, these heightened stress levels are caused by the 24/7 news cycle, which continuously focuses on gun violence, sexual assault and other tragedies.… Read More

  • Interactive Webpage Lets People Explore Their Risk of Developing a Mental Disorder

    Interactive Webpage Lets People Explore Their Risk of Developing a Mental Disorder

    Mental illness doesn’t discriminate. It can affect children, college students, adults and the elderly. And unfortunately, after someone is diagnosed with a mental health disorder, the risk of developing another increases, a new study confirms. Although this initially comes off as bad news, the researchers were able to spin it into something positive that can… Read More

  • Study Compares Excessive Social Media Use to Drug Addiction

    Study Compares Excessive Social Media Use to Drug Addiction

    Social media has taken the world by storm, making it so easy for people to stay connected. Facebook, alone, had 1.49 billion daily active users on average in September 2018. Snapchat had 186 million daily active users as of third quarter 2018. Instagram has more than 500 million daily active users worldwide. The use of… Read More

  • Universities Struggle with the Spike in Emotional Support Animals

    Universities Struggle with the Spike in Emotional Support Animals

    As reported cases of mental health conditions have increased on college campuses, so have the number of student requests for emotional support animals. Understandably, a loving animal companion can serve as a much-needed distraction for students suffering from anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. And since today’s students are generally more comfortable considering, discussing… Read More

  • 7 Free Mental Health Support Resources to Alleviate Holiday Depression

    7 Free Mental Health Support Resources to Alleviate Holiday Depression

    The holiday season is in full force. Some people wait all year for the festivities, gift giving and time with friends and family. But for many others, the holidays come with heightened feelings of loneliness, depression and anxiety. Watching friends and family embrace the holidays, while you feel unable to, can result in even greater… Read More

  • Let Internet-Based Therapy Alleviate Your Holiday Depression

    Let Internet-Based Therapy Alleviate Your Holiday Depression

    The holiday season is in full force. Some people wait all year for the festivities, gift giving and time with friends and family. But for many others, the holidays come with heightened feelings of depression and anxiety. Seeking medical help for mental health can be difficult, inconvenient and financially burdensome, especially around the holidays, when… Read More

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