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BYU CAPS Quicker Care mental health workshops return
BYU Counseling and Psychological Services is offering resources to students, teaching them how to tackle various mental health concerns through Quicker Care workshops.
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Church leaders teach of the living Christ during afternoon session on Palm Sunday
The Conference Center in Salt Lake City welcomed in-person and online visitors for the Sunday afternoon session of the 193rd Annual General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Sundance artists discuss avoiding burnout in their careers
TA Sundance film festival seminar on Jan. 21 featured three filmmakers discussing how they avoid burnout and encourage their creativity.
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Be You campaign encourages students to overcome perfectionism
The BYU Women's Services & Resources center kicked off their annual Be You campaign to encourage students to build healthy habits and increase self-acceptance and will run until Sept. 22.
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Education Week: The Spirit vs. Anxiety, toxic perfectionism and religious OCD
Debra Theobald McClendon, a clinical psychologist with training in marriage and family therapy, gave an Education Week class on Wednesday about feelings of anxiety, toxic perfectionism and religious OCD, in contrast with feeling the Spirit.
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Students address religious perfectionism in panel discussion
BYUSA hosted a PEN Talks event Thursday on overcoming religious perfectionism to facilitate an open dialogue on mental health. The event was part of the BYUSA Mental Health Matters campaign this week.
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BYU researches where religious OCD is activated in the brain
See also Religious OCD: When faith becomes an obsession
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Religious OCD: When faith becomes an obsession
BYU student Jeremy Reschke opens up about his diagnosis with OCD and struggle with scrupulosity. (Alicia Matsuura)
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Opinion: Striving for but not achieving perfection
A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to interview three mental health counselors who work for BYU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). They collectively agreed that one of the most common reasons students struggle with anxiety and depression is due to pressure of achieving perfection in a highly stressful environment.
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Professor encourages seeking God's will to navigate future
BYU professor Chris Crowe speaks at a devotional on Tuesday, July 2. (Madeline Mortensen)
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BYU counselors see increased demand for suicide prevention training
Psychologist and assistant clinical professor Klint Hobbs works in the BYU Counseling and Psychological Services to help students deal with crises. (Addie Blacker)
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BYU freshmen find transition from high school to BYU challenging
Freshman Brianna Gee studies in her apartment at Heritage Halls in preparation for final exams. (Dani Jardine)
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Perfectionism leads to unusually high stress levels
Editor's note: This story packages with another headlined, 'Mindfulness, controlled breathing reduce anxiety symptoms'
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Pursuing the impossible
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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Depression behind perfection
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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Inequalities exposed, achievements recognized on International Women's Day
In the mostly respectful Provo community it can be difficult to recognize the abuse and inequality many women internationally face. In the Ukraine, for example, two of every three women suffer domestic abuse.
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