Mental health articles

common causes of stress among students Like everyone else, students have individual responses to similar situations. Giving a 10-minute presentation, having a fi rst date, or moving across country to attend college may be experienced as excitingly positive or disturbingly stressful, depending on the individual. While reactions to potential stressors vary, the situations that tend […]

physical signs of stress  Stress is psychological and physical arousal to the demands of life. A stressful situation is one appraised as taxing or exceeding one’s personal resources and endangering well-being. Richard Lazarus states that “stress is a condition or feeling when a person perceives demands exceeding personal and social resource[s]” (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). […]

Signs That Adults Need Stress Management Assistance • Difficulty communicating thoughts • Difficulty sleeping • Difficulty maintaining balance • Easily frustrated • Increased use of drugs/alcohol • Limited attention span • Poor work performance • Headaches/stomach problems • Tunnel vision/muffled hearing • Colds or flu-like symptoms • Disorientation or confusion • Difficulty concentrating • Reluctance […]

Stress During Separations A great deal of emphasis has recently been placed on stress and challenges experienced by families who remain at home during deployments. Indeed, separations due to military exercises, school attendance, or deployment can have substantial negative effects on the psychological and physical well-being of military family members, even more so than other […]