Mental Health News

Selected news relating to mental health is presented below. The news may include research-based information or opinion editorials. The Stetson University Counseling Center assumes no liability for the information presented herein.

April 2013

College Mental Health

• Grasgreen, A. (2013, April 12). Counseling center directors face troubled students, overburdened staff | Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/counseling-center-directors-face-troubled-students-overburdened-staff
• Hatoff, Q. (2013, April 8). 'Harvard Speaks Up' About Mental Health. Retrieved from http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/4/8/harvard-speaks-mental-health/
• Sander, L. (2013, April 15). Campus Counseling Centers 'Are as Busy as They Ever Have Been' - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Campus-Counseling-Centers-Are/138545/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Mental Health

• Greenemeier, L. (2013, April 13). Mental Health-Related Google Searches Decline in Summer: Scientific American Podcast. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mental-health-related-google-search-13-04-13&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook

Technology

• Ensha, A. (2013, April 17). How to Sever Ties to Social Networks and Other Web Sites - NYTimes.com. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/technology/personaltech/how-to-sever-ties-to-social-networks-and-other-web-sites.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

March 2013

Bullying/Hate-Related Incidents

• DeSantis, N. (2013, March 4). Oberlin College Calls Off Classes After 'Hate-Related Incidents' on Its Campus - The Ticker - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Home - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/oberlin-college-calls-off-classes-after-hate-related-incidents-on-its-campus/56451?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Disordered Eating with Men

• Everyday Feminism (2013, March 2). It's Time We Paid Attention to Binge Eating in Men. The Good Men Project. Retrieved from http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/hesaid-its-time-we-paid-attention-to-binge-eating-in-men/

Intimate Partner Violence

• Indivero, V. (2013, March 8). Partner abuse counseling for women insufficient. Penn State University. Retrieved from http://news.psu.edu/story/267732/2013/03/08/research/partner-abuse-counseling-women-insufficient

Mindfulness and Meditation

• Zhang, P. (2013, March 26). Meditation Could Change Alpha Rhythms in the Brain. Retrieved from http://www.lumosity.com/blog/meditation/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=RMKTG_Meditation_2013.04.02_A&utm_content=&ll_src=RMKTG_Meditation_2013.04.02_A&ll_ch=EMAIL&ll_u=26462635&spMailingID=17122757&spUserID=Mzg1ODIyMDgxMTUS1&spJobID=213616310&spReportId=MjEzNjE2MzEwS0

Personality Testing

• Stripling, J. (2013, March 1). College Boards Use Personality Tests to Probe Minds of Would-Be Presidents - Leadership & Governance - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Home - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/College-Boards-Use-Personality/137663/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

February 2013

Addiction

• Stripling, J. (2013, February 25). The One Problem He Can't Solve. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Pepperdine-Us-President/137517/?cid=at

Bullying/Intimate Partner Violence

• Doyle, K. (2013, February 26). Alcohol counseling may aid domestic abuse therapy. Reuters.com. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-alcohol-counseling-idUSBRE91P0RX20130226
• Nordqvist , J. (2013, February 21). Victims Of Bullying At Increased Risk Of Anxiety Disorders And Depression Later On. Medical News Today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256671.php
• Shallcross, L. (2013, February 1). Bully pulpit. Counseling Today. Retrieved from http://ct.counseling.org/2013/02/bully-pulpit/
• Shallcross, L. (2013, March 1). Grown-up bullying. Counseling Today. Retrieved from http://ct.counseling.org/2013/03/grown-up-bullying/
  

Exercise

• McMillen, M. (2013, February 16). Benefits of Exercise to Help With Depression. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/does-exercise-help-depression?ecd=wnl_dep_040513&ctr=wnl-dep-040513_ld-stry&mb=

Genetics and Mental Health

• Neergaard, L. (2013, February 27). Associated Press. Huge study: 5 mental disorders share genetic links. Retrieved from http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/bbd825583c8542898e6fa7d440b9febc/Article_2013-02-27-US-MED-Psychiatric-Genetics-1st-Ld-Writethru/id-4d06e72876dc419d8363ee7ea9965069

Health Care

• Beronio, K., Po, R., Skopec, L. & Glied, S. (2013, February 20). Affordable Care Act Expands Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits and Federal Parity Protections for 62 Million Americans. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved from http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/mental/rb_mental.cfm
• Nordqvist, C. (2013, February 9). Millennials: The Most Stressed-Out Generation, USA. Medical News Today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256133.php
  

Meditation for Pain Management

• Cole, A. (2011, April 6). Even Beginners Can Curb Pain With Meditation. National Public Radio. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/04/08/135146672/even-beginners-can-curb-pain-with-meditation

Mindfulness

• Wickelgrin, I. (2013, February 14). Streams of Consciousness: Learn to Live in the Now [Video]. Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved from http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/streams-of-consciousness/2013/02/14/learn-to-live-in-the-now-video/

Motivation

• Weimer, M. (2013, February 22). Motivation: Intrinsic, Extrinsic, or More. Magna Publications. Retrieved from http://www.magnapubs.com/blog/teaching-and-learning/motivation-intrinsic-extrinsic-or-more/?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feb%2025%20TP%20Content%20Email
• Reiss Profile (n.d.). The meaning of basic desire. Reiss Profile. Retrieved from http://www.reissprofile.eu/basicdesire
  

Parenting

• Association for Psychological Science (2013, February 20). Being Stoic for the Spouse's Sake Comes at a High Cost. Association for Psychological Science. Retrieved from http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/being-stoic-for-the-spouses-sake-comes-at-a-high-cost.html
• Goldsmith, B. (2013, February 13). Hyper-parents can make college aged children depressed-study. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-parents-students-idUSBRE91C18520130213
• Preidt, R. (2013, February 22). Parents: Revealing Your Past Smoking, Pot Use May Not Help Your Kids: MedlinePlus. National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_134280.html
  

Relationships

• Bowling Green State University (2013, January 31). Young adulthood marked by relationship 'churning'. Bowling Green State University. Retrieved from http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/news/2013/news126611.html
  

January 2013

Cyberstalking/Obsession

• Lasdun, J. (2013, January 21). "I Will Ruin Him". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/I-Will-Ruin-Him/136693/?cid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en

GLBT Spectrum

• Alexander, B. (2013, January 29). 'Life's much easier': Coming out can lower stress, ease depression. Vitals on NBCNews.com. Retrieved from http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/29/16742307-lifes-much-easier-coming-out-can-lower-stress-ease-depression?lite

Violence

• Brown, D. (2013, January 3). Predicting violence is a work in progress. The Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/predicting-violence-is-a-work-in-progress/2013/01/03/2e8955b8-5371-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html

December 2012

Substance Use

• Nearly One Third of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions with Co-occurring Mental Disorders Abuse Prescription Drugs. (2012, December 14). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/spotlight/Spot094-College-Prescription-Drug-Use.pdf

November 2012

Eating Disorders

• Battiste, N., & Effron, L. (2012, November 14). EDNOS: Deadliest Eating Disorder Is Quietly the Most Common. ABCNews.com. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ednos-deadliest-eating-disorder-quietly-common/story?id=17709815#.UKZRjqNEJxV

October 2012

De-stigmatizing Mental Health

• Gholamhosseini, H. (2012, October 27). Coffee-lovers sip on Freudian Drip, support psychology department - The Red and Black : News: uga, freudian drip, coffee, jittery joe's, blend. The Red and Black : An independent student newspaper, serving the University of Georgia community. Retrieved from http://www.redandblack.com/news/coffee-lovers-sip-on-freudian-drip-support-psychology-department/article_f7ab4546-1ed8-11e2-a6ba-0019bb30f31a.html#.ULS5XMOK0LI.email

September 2012

Memory

• Paul, M. (2012, September 19). Your Memory is like the Telephone Game. Northwestern University. Retrievedfrom http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game.html

Wellness

• Holohan, M. (2012, September 26). Watching reruns can replenish your self-control. The Body Odd on NBCNews.com. Retrieved from http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/26/13808271-watching-rerunscan-replenish-your-self-control#.UHVvcRGSmdA.email