Including physical exercise in your life is a wise way to preserve your health for the future. In college, many of us are doing this by using our on-campus gyms, participating in club sports or taking...
Oxford’s Word of the Year in 2024 was “brain rot.” This term refers to the deterioration of one’s intellectual or mental state, especially due to overconsumption of online content. It has become...
The African-Caribbean Students Association (ACSA) co-hosted a mental health stigma workshop in Campion Student Center’s Doyle Banquet Hall North Feb. 18. About 25 people attended the event, co-hosted...
The Dean’s Leadership Program (DLP) held its 10th annual Out of the Darkness Walk on the Hawk Hill campus Nov. 3 to raise awareness for suicide prevention and promote healthy conversations about mental...
Simone Biles. Michael Phelps. Kevin Love. Naomi Osaka.
These are some of the professional athletes who have openly talked about their struggles with mental health. However, other athletes, whose names...
For many, college is a stressful time. That’s why Dom Rossi ’25, president of St. Joe’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is hoping to promote mental wellbeing and help...
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about mental health, honoring lives lost to suicide and destigmatizing conversations about mental wellness. Here are...
When Katie Carnaghi was hired as an athletic trainer at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in 2022, she wanted to tackle an issue at the forefront for student-athletes: their mental...
When Stephany Coakley, Ph.D., was named the senior athletic director for Mental Health, Wellness and Performance at Temple University in 2017, she had one goal in mind for her student-athletes: to...
When the 45 to 50 women on West Chester University’s rugby team arrived for their annual mental health training in 2016, athletic trainer Lindsey Keenan, Ph.D., stood by with paper and pencil to complete...
The stares grew far too uncomfortable. The questions were redundant and aggravating. The weird looks were too much. I needed to stop picking my skin, but how?
I have what is known as dermatillomania,...
Portrait of Maddi McKay, Care Coordinator for the
Office of Counseling and Psychological Services
(CAPS). PHOTO COURTESY OF MADDI MCKAY
In February, Maddi McKay was appointed as the Care Coordinator...
