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Mental Health

Boston University BU, Bob Tewksbury, School of Education SED alumni, Red Sox, director of player development for the Major League Baseball Players Association MLB,

Alumni

The Performance Enhancer

March 31, 2014

Psychology

CAS Study Explores Kids’ Notions of Prelife

February 19, 2014

Boston University Maternity Program, parent training, pregnancy, expecting parents, family benefits, maternity benefits

Staff

Get Trained: Preparing for Baby

February 12, 2014

Margaret Ross, Boston University Student Health Services, SHS, Behavioral Medicine

Student Health Services

Behavioral Medicine’s Margaret Ross Steps Down

January 17, 2014

study break, dog therapy, stress reduction, Boston University

Fitness

Cute, Cuddly, Calming: Therapy Dogs Visit Mugar

December 10, 2013

Boston University BU, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention International Survivors of Suicide Day, mental health, Conference on Mental Health, Active Minds,

Stress Reduction

POV: We Need to Talk More about Suicide

November 21, 2013

Boston University BU, depression screening, mental health awareness, student health services, depression, isolation, despair, anxiety

Health & Medicine

Time for a Mental Health Checkup

October 9, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, Sargent college nutrition center, registered dietician Jennifer Culbert,eating disorders anorexia nervosa bulimia orthorexia

Nutrition

When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession

July 26, 2013

Aaron Hernandez murder charges, New England Patriots, Adam Naylor, sports psychology, Boston University BU

Mental Health

Was Patriots’ Hernandez a Time Bomb?

July 2, 2013

Boston University BU, Peter Blake, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor, psychology research, child psychology and sharing, children cultural norms

Cognitive Development

“I Should but I Won’t”

June 28, 2013

Boston Marathon bombing attack, Terence Keane, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

Student Health Services

Aftermath of Marathon Bombings: Anxiety, Fear Persist for Some

April 24, 2013

cutting, self harm injury, self-harm, mental health, psychology, college student depression anxiety

Psychology

Cutting: The Self-Injury Puzzle

April 3, 2013

Boston University BU, actively moving forward AMF, grieving group, peer-support outreach, mental health, coping on campus

Health & Medicine

Support for Grieving Students

April 2, 2013

Boston University BU, student depression anxiety, menthal health trend, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, behavioral medicine, Student Health Services, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Active Minds, healthy minds study

Health & Medicine

Depression, Anxiety Persistent Problems at Universities

March 22, 2013

Boston University BU, benefits weight lifting women, exercise, FitRec

Psychology

Women and Weight Lifting: It’s Good for You

March 6, 2013

Boston University BU, Center for Axiety and Related Disorders, problem preschoolers, web therapy parents, oppositional defiant disorder, parent-child interaction therapy PCIT, child clinical therapy research

Psychology

Web Therapy for Problem Preschoolers

March 1, 2013

Allison Borges, Heather Murray, Boston University BU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program UROP, shame research

UROP

Dealing with Shame

February 4, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, director Kim Mueser, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, occupational therapy, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Psychology

Working for the Underdog

January 23, 2013

Boston University BU, faculty associate professor Kimberly Howard, School of Education SED, literacy and language, career development.

Psychology

When I Grow Up

January 7, 2013

Edible Brain Competition, Neuropsychology, professor Alice Cronin-Golomb, Boston University

University News

Brain: It’s What’s for Dessert

December 19, 2012

Brain: It’s What’s for Dessert