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 interviews have been edited for clarity. Dr. Amynah Pradhan is the Director for the Center of Clinical Pharmacology at Washington University and spoke during the […]

“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.” 

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. 

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. 

“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.

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

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.

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. 

WashU Cares, a faculty-run organization focused on directing students towards the adequate mental, academic, and social resources they need to thrive on a college campus, hopes to continue expanding its presence at WashU. Supporting each student on a case by case basis, WashU Cares works with higher-level administration to ensure students get the treatment that is best suited for their individual needs.

You are doing enough.