Tag: mental health
Apr. 14, 2017
Learning to overcome feelings of anxiousness
Anxiety is a term that we are probably all familiar with. It’s a feeling that every person will confront at some point, but not everyone…
Feb. 17, 2017
Defending the neurodiverse
It’s amazing when you look high up in our government how much garbage you can find. We have Betsy DeVos, who doesn’t know the very…
Feb. 10, 2017
‘A Cure for Wellness’ is breath of fresh air for horror genre
“A Cure For Wellness”, set to release Feb. 17, isn’t the type of movie that Hollywood makes very often. It’s a go-for-broke, crazy stylish sort…
Feb. 3, 2017
Stop stigmatizing gap years
Taking a gap year to focus on getting to a better place mentally is choosing to invest in ourselves, rather than slowly disintegrating. But this…
Nov. 18, 2016
Acknowledging mental health
Last week, I was supposed to give a presentation in class. However, that same week I was very sick and could barely speak, my throat…
Oct. 7, 2016
Thousands walk for suicide prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) kicked off mental illness awareness week Oct. 2 with a charity walk on Martin Luther King Drive to…
Feb. 4, 2016
NCAA develops initiative on student athlete mental health
The Daskalakis Athletic Center was host to a visit by the senior vice president and chief medical officer of the Sport Science Institute, Dr. Brian…
Jan. 28, 2016
Research shows college-aged students to be more accepting of mental illness
The stigmas surrounding issues like sexuality, race and ethnicity have faded enough in our era for college-aged students of the current generation to now facilitate…
Jun. 4, 2015
Mental health kiosk installed in DAC
Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center now features one of the mental health kiosks dubbed, “MindKare” that were scheduled for installation in January 2015. The kiosk…
May. 28, 2015
Triangle Talks with Andrew Bergman
May is both National LGBTQ Awareness Month at Drexel University and National Mental Health Awareness Month. With that in mind, The Triangle interviewed 21-year-old volunteer…