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BYU Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Spreading acceptance and love

Elsa Bray
By Elsa Bray
February 14, 2024 12:00 AM
Eating Disorder Awareness Week, held on campus every February, raises awareness and fosters support for those affected by eating disorders.
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Students tackle mental health during 'midterm season'

By Mabel Galvez Laparra
November 17, 2023 12:00 AM
As BYU gets close to the end of “midterm season,” students may experience problems with motivation and mental health.
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Healthy Living

Find your zen with this mental health app

By Alyse Clark
October 05, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU provides all students access to the wellness app WellTrack Boost, helping them maintain their health and well-being throughout the semester.
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New semesters bring new stressors, study shows

By Andrew Osborn
September 14, 2023 12:00 AM
For many students at BYU, the start of school does not just mark the return of late-night cramming sessions — it also calls back increased feelings of anxiety.
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Campus News

Long CAPS waitlist prompts students to utilize other campus resources

By Ariel Harmer
December 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Students seeking therapy from BYU's Counseling and Psychological Services are facing longer-than-average wait times to meet with counselors, and CAPS staff are encouraging students to address their mental health with lesser-known campus resources.
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Campus News

BYU CAPS offers more than just traditional counseling services

By Megan Christine Zaugg
February 04, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU's Counseling and Psychological Services is offering options for free resources to full-time students in addition to their traditional counseling services.
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BYU Student Wellness emphasizes six sides of wellness

By Kenna Colton
October 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Student health comprises more than just physical aspects. The number of students enrolled in counseling centers throughout the nation has increased by 30%, but enrollment in general admissions for colleges has only gone up by 6% according to a 2015 report by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health.
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Featured

Grief, loss, resources after losing an infant

By Lilian Whitney
January 16, 2019 12:00 AM
Sam Thorup shares a tender moment with her son, Tristan, on the day of his birth. Tristan died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when he was 5 weeks and 1 day old. (Sam Thorup)
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Healthy Living

Perfectionism leads to unusually high stress levels

By Jesse King
April 05, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story packages with another headlined, 'Mindfulness, controlled breathing reduce anxiety symptoms'
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BYU study finds inversion, rainy days have no effect on emotional distress

By Jessica Olsen
September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
An individual looks out into the water at Utah Lake. BYU professors found no statistically significant effect of cloudy days on emotional distress, but they did find that sun time plays a role in a person's emotional state. (Jessica Olsen)
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Campus News

Young LDS couples need honest conversations about porn before tying the knot

By Tessa Haas
July 13, 2016 12:00 AM
Editor's note: Concern about the consequences of pornography in Utah has set the Beehive State apart from national trends as lawmakers grapple with what they have recently labeled as a vice that threatens public health. In this five-part series, The Daily Universe explores how the issue impacts Utahns, both politically and personally.
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Campus Events

2016 Women's Conference: Taking Counsel and Correction that Will Lead us to Safety

By Liesl Nielsen
April 29, 2016 12:00 AM
President Worthen at the speaker's podium inside the Marriott Center during the 2016 Women's Conference. (Liesl Nielsen)
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BYU student faces the challenges of school and his mother's illness

By Sofie Greenbaum
December 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Mindy Harris passed away from a terminal brain tumor in September 2015. (Jeremy Harris)
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Healthy Living

Depression a serious concern for young adults and college students

By Sofie Greenbaum
October 01, 2015 12:00 AM
Students can go to BYU's Counseling and Psychological Services Center website to seek help if they are feeling depressed. (Natalie Bothwell)
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Education Week: Insights on anxiety disorders

By Cassidy Hansen
August 19, 2015 12:00 AM
While a certain amount of stress is healthy, some stress can lead into anxiety, which can prevent individuals from living their lives normally.
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Healthy Living

Pursuing the impossible

By Aricka Wilde
January 14, 2014 12:00 AM
Thin. But impossibly curvy. Straight smile. But impossibly white. Clear skin. But impossibly poreless. These images are plastered throughout our visual lives. They are a constant reminder of the unattainable standard set by the media: We must be and look perfect.
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Life

Depression behind perfection

By Taylor Davies
January 14, 2014 12:00 AM
Bright-eyed and smiling, she buzzes around the Hub from student to student asking them how their day was, what classes they’re worried about and what she can do to help.
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