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Colleges Get Proactive in Addressing Depression on Campus
Going off to college is supposed to be fun. New experiences being on our own, for many it could be leaving home for the first time. But there seems to be something going on. The depression rates have been rising. The Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State, which annually reports on college students receiving mental health services, found that the number of students who have purposely injured themselves rose steadily to almost 26 percent in the 2015–16 school year, from 21.8 percent in 2010–11. The same upward trend was true of those who seriously considered attempting suicide — rising to 33.2 percent, up from 23.8 percent, over the same period. Click below to find out what colleges are doing to control this epidemic.
Webot, an artificially intelligent chatbot
Isn’t it surprising to know that scientists know so little about depression but it is the leading cause of disability worldwide. One thing we do know is that talking seems to help. Many Americans who have a mental illness have gone at least a year without treatment. Alison Darcy a clinical psychologist at Stanford has recently created an artificial intelligent chatbot named Woebot. The results obtained from the studies of students who used Woebot blew Darcy away. Click below to see for yourself how revolutionary this chatbot will be.
Stop Anxiety with this Basic Question
5 simple words. Author Anaya Light shares with us the 5 words she uses to move her brain out of past and future mode — out of overwhelmed, panic mode and into calmness. Even if the outward conditions of your life seem to be crashing down around you — you are still alive, you are still breathing, and you still have blessings to count. Click below to find out what question you have to ask yourself when you feel life goes upside down.
