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BYU CAPS Quicker Care mental health workshops return

October 10, 2024 11:56 AM
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

April 03, 2023 12:00 AM
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

January 23, 2023 12:00 AM
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

September 22, 2022 12:00 AM
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

August 17, 2022 12:00 AM
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

March 11, 2022 12:00 AM
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

February 12, 2020 12:00 AM
See also Religious OCD: When faith becomes an obsession
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Religious OCD: When faith becomes an obsession

January 29, 2020 12:00 AM
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

January 28, 2020 12:00 AM
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

July 02, 2019 12:00 AM
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

May 20, 2019 12:00 AM
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

May 29, 2018 12:00 AM
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

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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Pursuing the impossible

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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Depression behind perfection

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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Inequalities exposed, achievements recognized on International Women's Day

March 07, 2012 12:00 AM
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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