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Student Health

Perfectionism: A Growing Challenge

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15
Jul

Perfectionist students are known for their high grades and impressive achievements, but at what cost? Those who strive for that 100% often don’t realize the toll it takes on their mental health, and it can quickly snowball into something unmanageable. Psych Central talks about the causes, dangers, and signs of perfectionism, and ways you can …

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HPPD

Visual Snow: a reality in migraine, tinnitus, and HPPD

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29
Apr

Visual snow, as described in a paper published in Neurology, “is a recently identified neurologic condition consisting of a constant positive visual disturbance described as uncountable tiny dots over the entire visual field.” Patients describe it as like seeing a TV static image everywhere they look, and it can be highly disabling for those who …

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Coronavirus

From Epidemiology to Humor: Coronavirus Resources

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21
Apr

EPIDEMIOLOGY Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The latest and most up-to-date sources of stats and information on COVID-19: here. Worldometers, a live world statistics site, has good graphics showing up-to-date epidemiological statistics on COVID-19: here. CDC’s Health Alert Network (HAN) is CDC’s primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public …

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Finding Reliable & Up-to-date information

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10
Feb

With increasingly alarming news emerging about the coronavirus (more correctly, the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19), having a reliable source of information is important. Here are some links that should be helpful: The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has frequent updates: CDC FAQS on 2019-nCoV CDC main information page on 2019-nCoV The CDC also has …

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Anxiety, Depression, Self-care

Mindfulness meditation “super-effective” as front line for depression and anxiety

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17
Dec

Even 10 minutes a day of mindfulness meditation improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, brain-imaging research shows. The practice is associated with an increase in gray-matter volume in four areas of the brain, and activates other beneficial changes in the brain. Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, and psychiatrist Michele Hauser, director, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in …

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Depression, Self-care

Dark Chocolate Can Reduce Depression

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10
Dec

Welcome news for chocolate lovers everywhere: less than half-an-ounce a day might keep depression at bay, according to a cross-sectional survey of over 13,000 US adults. The study, published July 29, 2019, in Depression & Anxiety, found that individuals who ate a small daily amount of dark chocolate had 70 percent lower odds of reporting …

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Depression, Self-care

Depressed? Physical activity helps – a lot

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18
Nov

It’s true that when you are depressed, even walking to the mailbox takes more energy than you have, and the very thought of “an exercise program” can make your heart sink. But a new study from Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital has some good news that might encourage you to make a modest but …

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Anxiety, Self-care, Student Health

Tips for College Freshmen Dealing with Anxiety

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18
Nov

Heading off to freshman year at college is probably one of the biggest changes we experience in our lives. There’s excitement and fun, but also a bunch of stressors that come along for the ride. Buzzfeed has done a handy round-up of some basic but useful ways for students to address the stress in this …

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Sleep

How to Fall Asleep

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15
Jan

Download this article The most frequent cause of delayed sleep onset is worry. There are two kinds of worry that often interfere with sleep: 1) worry about things that have already happened, and 2) worry about things that are going to happen or might happen.   When worry about past events keeps repeating over and …

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