Tag: depression | The Friendship Bench

Being Honest About Your Anxiety and Depression

by Sam Fiorella | Oct 3, 2016 | Advice, Mental Health Awareness

Depression is not new. It’s an ailment that can be traced back to Mesopotamian time when it was called “melancholia.” It’s an illness that affects a large portion of the population – all ages – in some form or another. Similar to the way someone could suffer...

Students With Mental Health Targeted by Colleges

by Sam Fiorella | Oct 31, 2015 | Discussions

We’re hearing more and more about this alarming trend among US Colleges: Students with depression are being encouraged and/or forced to leave campus on "medical leave" but are faced with huge and often discriminatory obstacles when trying to return. "No school...