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Mental Health Series

Mental Health Special Series
UCC students share their anxiety coping strategies

As a wrap up to our series on mental health, The Mainstream asked UCC students to share what they do to help relieve the stress and anxiety that comes from attending college during a pandemic. Within a few hours of putting out a request for information, many students sent usContinue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Editorial
One stress factor we have control over: our diet

Editor’s Note: The contents within this article are the opinion of the editor and staff. Overwhelmed, overworked and over it. The stress of working several jobs, attending college and juggling social responsibilities during a pandemic with inconsistent guidelines and a plethora of virus mutations is a vigorous hardship on students’Continue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Poor mental health is costing employers billions

The World Health Organization’s predictions regarding the growth of depression and its negative impact on health were dire prior to the pandemic. Since the pandemic, numbers have been on the rise. In 2010, the World Health Organization said that by 2020, “depression will emerge as one of the leading causesContinue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
UCC student discusses his college anxiety

Like many other students, Gregory Koppel, a UCC welding student, has experienced an increase in anxiety during his first year of college that has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemiĀ­c. Koppel is a U.S. Navy veteran who decided to take on the challenge of college right after leaving the military.Continue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Student Assistance Plan offers free virtual counseling services for UCC students, their families and roommates

Mental health issues are on the rise for college students. Boston University in a study led by Sarah Ketchen Lipson found, ā€œHalf of students in fall 2020 screened positive for depression and/or anxiety.ā€  A total of 83% of all students participating in the study also said their school work was negatively impactedContinue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Students, staff identify mental health treatment barriers amid rising need

Editor’s note: We kept student interviews anonymous because of the stigma associated with mental health. Students were all interviewed in January 2022. It starts in the belly, the knot of tension that makes every other part of the body keyed up and ready to run from a tiger; but thereContinue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Science-based coping strategies reduce mental stress, improve mental health

During the pandemic more than physical health has been at stake; mental health has been challenged.  There is a need for healthy coping strategies to deal with the myriad of problems students and staff face that cause anxiety and depression.  This list is based on a collection of evidence-based studiesContinue Reading

Mental Health Special Series
Trapped Behind the Mask: Neurodivergent student shares college pandemic struggles

While pandemic stress and fatigue have put more stress on college students than ever before, neurodivergent students like Jane, a pre-med major at UCC, especially have had their own unique set of challenges. A neurotypical person navigating the pandemic is now experiencing struggles similar to the level of upheaval aContinue Reading

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The Mainstream is a designated student forum written to promote the activities, events, and interests of UCC. Its primary focus is on hard news relating to campus events or personnel, especially as students are affected, but features, art work and poetry may be accepted. Any opinions or art presented in The Mainstream do not represent the viewpoint of this newspaper or UCC.