Articles tagged: Mental Health

Georgetown is abandoning its student leaders

Georgetown, flush with lackluster resources, is knowingly relying on an under-supported, undertrained, and largely unpaid crop of student leaders to create a basic system of community care.

By Annemarie Cuccia March 5, 2022

Editorials

Georgetown knows how to improve mental healthcare—it just hasn’t done it

It’s that time of the semester. Students, overwhelmed by midterms, burnout, and personal challenges, need mental health resources. The collegiate conversation around mental health happens like clockwork: Students call for... Read more

By the Editorial Board November 20, 2021

Features

Where have all the students gone? How leave of absence policies hinder student wellness

In the face of mental illness or medical emergency, a growing number of college students are taking a leave of absence. Often, it doesn't help.

By Sarah Craig and Roman Peregrino September 11, 2021

Why grief is more than a five-step process

The five stages of grief do not explain that every holiday and special occasion will be bittersweet because the feeling of loss simply does not end. They do not explain that talking is not the only way to process your emotions of grief, or that your love for the person who died cannot be changed by resuming your life. We need a new perception of grief; one that does not exclude what makes grief idiosyncratic

By Elise Chapman August 12, 2021

Digital Issue

Why my OCD diagnosis meant so much

At this point, it was pretty clear that there really was something different about the way my brain worked. Or at least, there had better be.

By Annette Hasnas May 22, 2021

Georgetown professor’s Transformers face off against Old Georgetown Board

Professor Howard is in an ongoing dispute with the Old Georgetown Board over two life-sized Transformers sculptures outside his home.

By Ethan Greer and Maya Kominsky May 4, 2021

Despite HoyaWell program, students struggle to receive consistent mental healthcare

Georgetown students are struggling to receive consistent and cost-effective mental health services during the pandemic.

By Erin DuCharme April 18, 2021

CAPS Director Retires, Setting Off National Search

After a 15-year career at the university, Dr. Phil Meilman retired from his post as director of Counseling and Psychiatric Services.

By Paul James April 11, 2021

Georgetown announces online mental health service, begins closing care gap

Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) announced a new resource, HoyaWell in an effort to address mental health needs.

By Paul James January 27, 2021

Why cura personalis won’t solve Georgetown’s mental health crisis

Georgetown loves to espouse its Jesuit values. Yet one of them, cura personalis, or care for the whole person, fails to live up to its name.

By Sarah Craig October 23, 2020

Georgetown Explained

Georgetown Explained: Mental health services

Poor mental health is an open secret at universities like Georgetown, and the trend is only getting worse. A 2018 national survey found that more than 41 percent of students... Read more

By Paul James August 22, 2020

Telehealth: The future of mental health care

The pandemic has completely changed the landscape of mental health care, one of the key components to battling mental illness.

By Abigail Eastman August 10, 2020

Carrying On: Deadheads To Doctors

“Psychedelics are to the study of the mind what the microscope is to biology and the telescope is to astronomy,” transpersonal psychology pioneer Dr. Stanislav Grof said. A substantial contingent... Read more

By Paul James February 14, 2020

Upon The New Decade

The clock struck midnight on January 1, 2020. A brand new decade, a brand new act. Maybe I watch too many movies, but with a new decade on the horizon... Read more

By Dajour Evans January 17, 2020

Strive for Imperfection

Last month, my day often started with sharing an understanding smile with the Lau security guard. If you’ve stumbled into the library anytime from 5-8 a.m., determined to study for... Read more

By Katie Ho March 15, 2019

GSP to hire full-time psychologist, continuing CAPS satellite trend

The university announced it will be hiring a full-time staff psychologist for the Georgetown Scholarship Program (GSP), expanding its part-time counselor position. The position was originally created two years ago... Read more

By Inès de Miranda May 1, 2018

Features

Stressed and Silent: Georgetown’s Culture and Mental Health

Will Emery (COL ’19) has noticed that Georgetown students have the same conversation over and over as midterm season arrives. “They go, ‘How are you?’ ‘Well, I have nine tests,... Read more

By Jack Townsend February 9, 2018

Center for Child and Human Development Holds Event on Refugee Mental Health

Experts on child development and the Syrian crisis came met in the HFSC Social Room on Oct.10 to explain the problems facing young children caught in the crisis and explore... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky October 23, 2017