Behavioral Methods to Manage Depression
Oftentimes when a person is depressed they may feel tired, as well as have a lack of motivation and energy. These changes in mood can lead a person who is depressed not to carry out...
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“Accidental Bullying”: Has This Ever Happened to You Or Someone You Know?
Have you ever heard of “accidental bullying?” The term was coined by author Sue Scheff. It refers to a situation when someone unintentionally hurts another person’s feelings in a public way—for example, on social media. To learn more...
How to Make Our Summer Worthwhile
For many people, the word summer brings excitement, joy and anticipation. Everyone waits all year round for summer vacation and the long-awaited, well-deserved break from school. In my school, people start discussing their summer plans...
Coping with Social Anxiety
Have you ever gone to a party or had to talk in front of others and felt sick to your stomach with anxiety about the prospect? Have you ever felt so nauseated and shaky about others...
Turn “I’m Perfect” Into “Imperfect”
I was diagnosed with anxiety for the first time in third grade. Before that, my parents thought that I was just a shy, overly-rule-abiding young girl. I don’t think they thought that my nervous...
Summer Reading List 2018
Summer is finally here, and for many this may mean months of sleeping late, hanging out with friends, vacationing, and continuous streaming of movies and television shows. However, it can also mean finding a...
How Media Influences Self-Harm, And What We Can Do About It
In the past week or two, after the deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain, we have seen a great deal of reporting about suicide. Reading about these events, I’ve started...
Antidepressant Warnings
It’s important to understand the risks of taking any medication. But it’s also important to understand where those risks came from. There is a black box warning on antidepressants for children and young adults. This...
Mr. Rogers: The Celebrity Who Taught Resilience and Self-Regard
“Would you be mine, could you be mine? Won’t you be…my neighbor?” How many of us can sing that song without a hitch? On June 8, a new documentary was released to theaters recalling the...
People of Color & Mental Illness Photo Project
Mental illness is often seen as a “white person’s disease”—a product of privilege, a chosen illness. It is represented in the media by people who are white, while those who are not suffer in...
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