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The struggles of talking mental health with older generations

Written on November 16, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

Our parents are normally the ones to notice many of our firsts in life. However, our first panic attack, depressive episode, or sign of mental illness is often neglected. Most of our parents didn’t grow up with the same knowledge and understanding of mental illness the current generation has. My parents...

Door-to-door check-ins admirable, but more work ahead for Guelph

Written on March 31, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Door-to-door mental health check-ins are a kind gesture, not a sustainable solution. After four student suicides at Guelph University since the beginning of the academic year, the university’s faculty members and executives have been going door-to-door alongside their Residence Life team to check...

Horror movie causes 'Split' between expectations and reality

Written on February 7, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

The association between mental illness and the horror genre represented in the newly-released Split is distortive of reality — and not in the way it’s intended. The central plot point of the movie Split is the antagonist’s diagnosis of dissociative personality disorder. The film follows three girls...

Bell, let’s talk

Written on January 31, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Donating to mental health research should be applauded, but the work doesn’t end there. Last week, Queen’s researcher Heather Stuart received $1 million from Bell to continue her mental health and anti-stigma research. Stuart formally received the funding last week as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day,...

Support for students with special needs requires long-term changes, not short-term tweaks

Written on January 24, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Implementing long-term supports for students with special needs is pressing in the elementary setting — without proper resources in elementary classrooms, students get left behind. In a recent Globe and Mail article, Sam Hammond, the head of Ontario’s elementary teachers’ unions, was quoted pushing...

Seasonal Affective Disorder deserves a separate conversation

Written on January 20, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

After winter break, as temperatures drop and days become shorter, students often experience a parallel decline in spirits. Sometimes, it’s not just a case of “winter blues” — it’s a form of depression that needs to be addressed by students and professors alike. According to Canada’s Centre for Addiction...

Yes, let’s hear about professors’ mental health too

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

There can be a place for professors to talk about their mental health in a classroom setting. In an article in The New York Times an instructor at George Washington University who taught a first-year writing seminar called “Composing Disability: Crip Ecologies” wondered whether it would be appropriate...

Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself

Written on October 28, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

When I was a child, I was “solemn.” When I was a teenager, I was “temperamental.” After my second year of university, I was diagnosed with depression. Using coded language to discuss mental illness does more harm than good. Initially, it may have been a comfort for those around me to use vague and...

Embrace your depression

Written on January 26, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

Death is a cure, I tell myself, as I drag one leg over the ledge. It hangs there lifelessly while my other foot grasps the concrete roof with little friction. The wind is icy and forceful; it numbs my face and freezes my tears. The night sky is open and clean. The height of the building brings me...

Queen’s faces of mental illness: Overcoming OCD

Written on January 15, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Lifestyle featured personal stories from Queen’s students each day from Oct. 6-10. We’ll be continuing the initiative throughout the year with more stories. If you’re interested in submitting a story, please email journal_lifestyle@ams.queensu.ca. Going to...

Campaign misses the mark

Written on November 1, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

While the recent mental health campaign Queen’s Wears Green is well-intentioned, it fails to address the negative stigma that often isolates those with mental illness. Great caution must be taken when attempting to liberate or aid a group separate than the self, for fear of further ostracizing or...

Tag: Mental Illness

The struggles of talking mental health with older generations

Door-to-door check-ins admirable, but more work ahead for Guelph

Horror movie causes 'Split' between expectations and reality

Bell, let’s talk

Support for students with special needs requires long-term changes, not short-term tweaks

Seasonal Affective Disorder deserves a separate conversation

Yes, let’s hear about professors’ mental health too

Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself

Embrace your depression

Queen’s faces of mental illness: Overcoming OCD

Campaign misses the mark

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