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Mental and Behavioral Health

MCFeed excerpt from 10/19 – 10/25-2022 Newsletter

An op-ed in The Michigan Daily suggests that mental health stigma for students has lessened in some ways but that taking real action to address these challenges, including by taking time off, is still taboo. “Inaction,” the author writes, “is a silent killer.” Yale Daily News reports a largely positive…

MCFeed 2022
10/26/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

MCFeed excerpt from 10/19 – 10/25-2022 Newsletter

This episode of the Quadcast marks the end of our student advocacy series co-hosted by MCI and Carson Domey, a first-year student at the University of Texas at Austin and longtime youth mental health advocate. Domey talks with Sam Gerry, a junior at Bates College who has spent the last…

MCFeed 2022
10/26/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

College Junior and Mental Health Advocate Sam Gerry on Student Suicidality

This episode of the Quadcast marks the end of our student advocacy series co-hosted by MCI Associate Director Dana Humphrey and Carson Domey, a first-year student at the University of Texas at Austin and longtime youth mental health advocate. Humphrey and Domey talk with Sam Gerry, a junior at Bates…

Quadcast Episode 50
10/26/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

Supporting Healthy Social Interactions for Students in a Post-Pandemic World

The Making Sense of Science column is a partnership with the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Center on Young Adult Health and Development. It’s 8:30 on a Saturday night. It’s your first semester away at college, and you’re still getting the hang of…

MCQ. Issue 27
10/12/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

Ep. 48: Collaborative Care Model at TCU Reframes College Mental Health Support

On this week’s episode, Eric Wood, Ph.D., LPC, the director of counseling and mental health at Texas Christian University, talks about evidence-based initiatives within the counseling center and beyond that expand the scope and definitions of mental health support, including community and campus partnerships and peer support communities.

Quadcast Episode 48
09/28/2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mental and Behavioral Health, Student Success

Ep. 47: A Collaborative Approach to Student Wellness, UT System’s Dr. Archie Holmes and Dr. Chris Brownson Explain

This week on the Quadcast, MCI Executive Director Marjorie Malpiede explores the collaborative work of Dr. Archie Holmes and Dr. Chris Brownson, kindred spirits from different posts within the University of Texas System who came together in the interest of student wellness. Dr. Holmes is Executive Vice Chancellor of the…

Quadcast Episode 47
08/31/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health, College Affordability, Physical Health

Physician, Heal Thyself: The increasing levels of stress in medical school

Like drinking from a fire hose. That’s the longstanding analogy used to describe the deluge of information aimed at medical school students studying to become doctors. Medical school has long been synonymous with anxiety and achievement, intense training, and acute pressure. Certainly, graduate work by nature involves hard work and…

MCQ. Issue 26
07/18/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

Personal and Professional:  The influence of student newspapers on college mental health

The Michigan Daily, the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, was the first to break the story. Computer science professor Walter Lasecki had faced four allegations of sexual misconduct. Not only was the university aware of the allegations, but its investigation determined his behavior did not violate the school’s harassment policy.…

MCQ. Issue 26
07/18/2022
Mental and Behavioral Health

Further Evidence for the Importance of Screening for Anxiety and Suicide in College Students

In a Mary Christie Op Ed last year, I wrote about the importance of studying the relationship between anxiety and suicide in college students in A Path Towards Identifying Suicide Risk Factors in College Students. Last month, I was excited to see my research in collaboration with Sarah Lipson and…

MCQ. Issue 26
07/18/2022
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