A 2016 study by the National Library of Medicine found that 94% of students experienced homesickness during the initial days of their college experience.
Tag: Mental Health
Homesickness Can Strike at a University
When Amelia Tolentino prepared for her freshman year living in the dorms at Trinity Washington University, she never imagined the wave of homesickness that would wash over her once her family left campus after moving her in.
Plants are good for the environment and mental health
Mental health professionals advise college students to buy small indoor plants for their home or dorm room, noting it’s a low risk, high reward approach to boosting a person’s health.
Trinity students encouraged to seek out university’s mental health services
The transition to college life, with its academic pressures, financial stressors, social expectations, and newfound independence can be contributing factors to increased mental health struggles.
Pride month provides acceptance and reflection to Trinity’s LGBTQ+ community
Having June designated as Pride month provided several members of Trinity Washington University’s LGBTQ+ community with a moment of self-love while living in a world that still often makes them feel marginalized.
Washington therapist advocates destigmatizing mental health conditions
Part five of a six-part series on social activists and influencers.
Trinity treats gun violence as a public health crisis
In treating gun violence as a public health crisis, Trinity Washington University officials have been encouraging students to involve themselves in the growing student gun-control activism in the U.S.
Therapy helped Trinity alum cope with childhood grief in loss of parent
Nearly 4% of children under 18 in Western countries lose a parent or caretaker every year, placing them at significant risk of developing physical and mental health problems as they grow into adults.
Trinity officials call for increased mental health treatment for prison inmates
The high percentage of mentally ill inmates in U.S. prisons has long been blamed for longer sentences, repeat offenses and unsafe conditions for everyone in the correctional facilities and officials at Trinity Washington University believe the system needs an infusion of psychiatric care.