The Steve Fund, an organization advocating for mental health support for people of color, held its Young, Gifted & Advancing conference at Georgetown University on Nov. 1 to discuss how to address...
After winter break last year, I returned to campus and almost immediately knew something was wrong. Within the first few days of the semester, I found myself teetering between overpowering tears or feeling...
As stress and other mental health concerns continue to affect students on campus, Counseling and Psychiatric Services remains woefully underprepared and many students lack access to the mental health care...
Clubs on campus can be sources of friendship, academic growth, professional connections and party invites, but they can also be a stressful aspect of life for some on the Hilltop. Between the application...
Nearly every syllabus emphasizes that Georgetown Counseling and Psychiatric Services is at your disposal if you are in need of mental health care. And yet, with student demand for services surpassing CAPS’...
Content warning: This article discusses depression and suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for resources on campus.
Suicide prevention advocacy is too often conducted through giant posters...
Despite Georgetown University’s Wednesday decision to partially subsidize the care of low-income students, the mental health care options provided to students are still frustratingly inadequate. In addition...
Student mental health advocates launched a petition advocating for the university to fund a pilot program to subsidize off-campus mental health care for 40 students.
The petition, addressed to University...
It is no secret: I have clinical depression.
I first experienced symptoms of depression at age 12, was officially diagnosed at age 16 and began counseling the same year.
For the next few years, I...
Georgetown’s first online peer-to-peer support service, Project Lighthouse has grown since it was founded last April.
Created in partnership with Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services,...
When reflecting on student wellness on campus, it is easy to sensationalize and laser focus on extreme examples of poor health. With their risky behavior and lack of self-care, college students have...
It is no secret that college is demanding. Homesickness, multiple assignments, work and social pressures make for an overbearing load. College students become extremely familiar with stress and its...
