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August 20, 2020
What Do We Actually Know About the Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health?
By SARA GORMAN Director of Research and Knowledge Dissemination at JED Much has been written about the impact of COVID-19 on mental health....
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August 20, 2020
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New Report Documents Lower Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Planning, and Attempts on College Campuses Implementing The Jed Foundation’s Comprehensive Mental Health Approach
Students are 25% less likely to report a suicide attempt, 13% less likely to report suicidal planning, have lower average anxiety and depression scores, and
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August 10, 2020
Navigating the Challenges of Disordered Eating During a Pandemic: Identifying People at Risk
By DORIS IAROVICI, MD Psychiatrist & JED Subject Matter Expert When much of the US–and the world–went into lockdown this spring, most of...
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June 23, 2020
Summer 2020 Intern Spotlight
We are so pleased to welcome our 2020 summer interns! Our interns come from a range of fields with different expertise, but they...
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June 15, 2020
Dealing with Chronic Illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By SNEHA DAVE Recent graduate and founder and executive director of the Health Advocacy Summit Immunocompromised. High-Risk. Vulnerable. These are words that I...
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June 11, 2020
What to Do When Your Friend is Depressed
By CHRISTOPHER ZHENG Student at Union County Magnet High School Everyone has had a bad day. Many people have had times in their...
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May 27, 2020
Sharing a Story Can Save a Life
By KEVIN MEISELMAN Student at Quinnipiac University ’20 I struggle with mental illness. There, I said it. I was eight years old when...
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May 20, 2020
Keeping Connected in Quarantine
By PETER GRAYSON Executive Director at BIGVISION Addiction is a disease of isolation and rationalization. These can be overwhelming forces for someone on...
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May 6, 2020
Grieving on Mother’s Day
By ALANA KINGSLEY Licensed Clinical Psychologist This year, more than any year in recent times, more people will experience their first Mother’s Day...
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May 1, 2020
Focus on Functional Fitness
By THEA RACHEL ZUNICK, Ed.D. Community Engagement Manager at The Jed Foundation The world may seem as though it’s upside down right now,...
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April 10, 2020
Five Ways to Manage the College Search and Stress During COVID-19
By SOFIA B. PERTUZ Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer & Senior Advisor for JED Campus at The Jed Foundation As a family parenting...
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March 27, 2020
What to Do When the Sports Season Gets Cut Short
By KAMLA MODI Director of Learning and Evaluation at JED Training and playing sports can feel like a livelihood, and when it’s cut...
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February 26, 2020
Depression During Development
By Katherine Keyes February 26, 2020 Adolescence is tough and has been for every generation. But adolescence is also a developmental period with a high...
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