mental health

Student well-being data shows declining substance use, persistent mental health challenges

WashU shared its 2024 student health and well-being data with Student Life, providing key statistics on mental health and substance use on campus. The data showed significant decreases in the number of students drinking alcohol and using cannabis in recent years, mirroring trends in substance use among university students nationwide. The data also showed that emotional well-being among undergraduate students on campus has remained relatively stable, though there has been a slight increase in mental-health issues among graduate students.   Statistics on student health and wellbeing were gathered from multiple surveys emailed to large, random samples of WashU students last […]

| News Editor

A letter to sexual assault survivors

You are the one who went through it. You survived. And you are still surviving.

| Managing Photo Editor

InBetween Insights: Q&As with Asian mental health conference speakers

InBetween, WashU’s annual student-organized pan-Asian mental health conference, was held on April 13. Hosting multiple panels with guests from a variety of backgrounds, I held Q&As with the panelists. These […]

| Staff Writer

Former players reveal systemic flaws in women’s basketball program

“I just want the athletic department to listen,” said a former player. “It sends a really strong message to the rest of the people who are on the team that people are going through stuff, leaving, and nothing is going to change.” 

| Staff Writer

WashU Undergraduates Launch Student-Led Mental Health Program

The Green Bandana Project, a new student-led initiative that aims to prevent suicide by promoting help-seeking behavior and increasing awareness of mental health resources at WashU, was launched, Feb. 28. 

| Contributing Writer

“It’s Been A Roller Coaster:” One year into ADHD medication shortages

The FDA declared a shortage of the ingredients used to produce Adderall on October 12, 2022. Since then, many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who take stimulant medications have experienced difficulty accessing their prescriptions. 

| Senior News Editor

Sheet masks are not accommodations: Redefining “self-care” for mental health

“Self-care” is often limited to its consumerist contexts and is stigmatized when expanded to include mental health accommodations that challenge existing structures and norms.

| Managing Forum Editor

Habif Mental Health to become Center for Counseling and Psychological Services

This year, Washington University’s student medical center Habif Health and Wellness has split its mental and physical health services into administratively distinct centers.

| Editor-in-Chief

A look into mental health in Sam Fox

Over the course of the school year, Student Life spoke with a number of students, faculty, and administrators who detailed many of the stressors students at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts face, separate from those experienced by students in other colleges at Washington University. These stressors include professor expectations and guidance, workload, material fees, studio culture, and the demands of art.

| Senior News Editor

Mental Toll of Climate Change on WU Students

The idea that our lifestyles are poisoning our universe’s only oasis of life is profoundly disturbing. Even more distressing is how humanity’s response is like the proverbial frog in boiling water – simply acclimating to an increasingly dangerous environment until its complacency becomes a death sentence. 

| Contributing Writer

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