Category Archives: Anxiety

5 Ways to Stop Beating Yourself Up

18 Jun 2015
Written by Psychology Today / Psychology Today

It’s great to have goals. Everyone needs thing in life to strive to achieve. But is it necessary to constantly seek perfection?

Anxious Students Strain College Mental Health Centers

16 Jun 2015
Written by Jan Hoffman / NY Times

One morning recently, a dozen college students stepped out of the bright sunshine into a dimly lit room at the counseling center here at the University of Central Florida. They appeared to have little in common: undergraduates in flip-flops and nose rings, graduate students in interview-ready attire.

TXT4Life brings counseling into the digital age

10 Jun 2015
Written by Adam Wahlberg / MinnPost

It can make a guy feel like a Stan Roper fogey to be surprised that there really is a digital service for everything. Yes, it’s a magical world when you can use Uber to get a cab in 5 minutes to meet a person you Tinder-swiped 10 minutes ago. But crisis texting? Doesn’t counseling at that level require a personal touch, something face to face, or at least voice to voice?

Suicide Rate of Female Military Veterans is Called Staggering

09 Jun 2015
Written by Alan Zarembo / Los Angeles Times

New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the armed forces.

How Adam Levy Channels His Grief Through Music

08 Jun 2015
Written by John Rosengren / Jewish Daily Forward

At a coffee shop in northeast Minneapolis, a short walk from his home, Adam Levy turns over his left forearm to show the spider tattoo that his son Daniel designed. It’s from the day he and Daniel got tattoos together, a father-son outing that left him with this souvenir.

Anxious Students Strain College Mental Health Centers

05 Jun 2015
Written by Jan Hoffman / NY Times

One morning recently, a dozen college students stepped out of the bright sunshine into a dimly lit room at the counseling center here at the University of Central Florida. They appeared to have little in common: undergraduates in flip-flops and nose rings, graduate students in interview-ready attire.

Clinton’s Campaign Will Make Substance Abuse, Mental Health Key Issues

03 Jun 2015
Written by Katie Zezima / The Washington Post

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s policy advisers held discussions with stakeholders in Iowa and New Hampshire who are involved in helping people dealing with substance abuse and mental illness, as Clinton looks to make those issues a large part of her 2016 presidential campaign.