COPE: A Student Mental Health Initiative

Picking Brains: Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours and Emotion Regulation

Upon reading the title, many of you are probably wondering, “What are body focused repetitive behaviours?” However, you encounter them on a daily basis. If you or someone you know performs activities…

Are Eating Habits Related to Mental Health?

Perhaps you have always wondered — are the types of foods we eat, or our way of eating related to the state of our mental health? Current research demonstrates that the relationship between eating and mental health is bidirectional and suggests that an…

Why Mental Wellness Initiatives Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All: Minority Stress Theory’s Role in Therapeutic Interventions

How does experiencing nature reduce levels of mental illness?

The Future of ECT: Efficacy vs Ethics

Electroshock Therapy, formally known as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), has been around for over 60 years, yet most people are unaware of how it works, when it works, and its current role in the field of psychiatry (Kellner & Li, 2016). ECT is administered in a…

What is anxiety and where does it come from?

Can you recall how you felt just before that midterm you barely had time to study…

Mindfulness: An Approach to Dealing With Anxiety

Social Media and Mental Wellbeing

As technology becomes increasingly prevalent, many adolescents are spending more of their time on…

Can exercise improve symptoms of depression?

Background: Current literature on the benefits of exercise in managing depression…