Tag: mental health
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…

Feb. 6, 2015
Mobile app provides 24/7 emotional support to students worldwide
7 Cups of Tea (also called 7 Cups) is a new mobile app and website that allows college students to get 24/7 emotional support from…

Jan. 16, 2015
Mental health kiosks to be installed in the DAC
The Scattergood Foundation will be installing a mental health screening kiosk at the Drexel Recreation Center in February. The kiosk will be a self-serve screening…

May. 23, 2014
Burnham recounts failed suicide attempt
Active Minds, a nonprofit organization that empowers students to increase awareness of mental health on college campuses, sponsored a visit from speaker Jordan Burnham May…

Oct. 4, 2013
Psychology can hurt, too
A few weeks ago, an act of violence shattered the normally peaceful air over the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. This and other recent mass shootings…
Sep. 20, 2013
The NRA is totally unreasonable
Many years of documented mental instability and multiple arrests for “minor shooting offenses” weren’t enough to keep Aaron Alexis, the shooter at the Washington Navy…