Like an estimated 18 percent of American adults, I have an anxiety disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, as a female, I am 60 percent more likely than my male counterparts to develop an anxiety disorder...
Anxiety, like so many other conditions in life, can be hard to categorize. I feel as if most people deal with a little bit of depression at some point in their lives. Certain things happen in a person’s life to make her or him...
In the five years that I’ve been friends with Katie, she has always been an amazing friend. I’ve never met someone more considerate or compassionate, a person who sees the good in everybody and who you can unconditionally...
To the editor:
I was deeply disturbed after reading the Boston Globe’s recent piece, “UMass police helped keep student’s addiction secret.” I am a proud alum of the University of Massachusetts, and I consider my decision...
“You have to get help,” were words that I never wanted to be told, but ultimately needed to hear in January 2012 when my mental health declined beyond my control. In that moment, psychotherapy was seen as my salvation, with...
We all get stressed. It would be weird if we didn’t. Here are some tips on how to develop stress-reducing habits to ease and improve your college experience and your general well-being.
Eat Right – I could write an entire...
With the birth of deinstitutionalization, the closure of state mental hospitals and asylums, social justice advocates rejoiced in the sudden provision of equality for the mentally ill.
At the pinnacle of rampant criticism...
