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...
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...
After learning their Kensington storefront’s lease would not be renewed, Savage Sisters Recovery, a harm reduction treatment site for individuals struggling with substance abuse, is facing a significant...
GRAPHIC: OFFICE OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
COURTESY OF MARCI BERNEY
If you are reading this on your phone, let’s do an experiment. Take a minute to navigate over to your most used social media...
An absolute force of nature on the soccer field, Katie Meyer, senior captain and goalkeeper for Stanford University’s women’s soccer team, was eagerly waiting on a decision from Stanford Law School...
At the end of last semester, I was in a rut. I was not studying effectively, and every time schoolwork came up, I sacrificed exercise to tend to studying.
I needed to better balance the two sides of...
I love falling asleep but hate waking up. While some people I know jump up at the sound of their alarm, I punch my pillow, quietly cursing out whatever morning obligation has awakened me from my beloved...
Whenever life grew stressful when I was younger, I would reach for the family cat. We’ve always had cats. Currently, Rusty, a 12-year-old orange tabby, roams my house in North Haven, Connecticut, waiting...
