Mind Matters

With Columbia roots and branches at 370 schools, Active Minds makes campus debut

“It scared me that Brian had this severe mental illness, and he was on Columbia’s campus for so long, struggling. We found out later that his friends had noticed, but they didn’t know what to say,” Allison Malmon, founder of Active Minds, said of her late brother, Brian.

By Melanie Broder | Nov 30 03:51 am ET

Cultural perceptions of mental health affect treatment

When Bilal’s Somali relatives came to his home last year, they brought Kamal, his 7-year-old cousin with them for the first time.

By Zeynep Memecan | Apr 30 10:21 pm ET

Veterans seek support in transition to college life

With issues like post-traumatic stress disorder rising in numbers, Columbia’s own large population of military veterans are sounding off on their mental health needs.

By Kat Balkoski | Apr 30 10:20 pm ET

Seeking asylum in Morningside

As the tempting warmth of spring draws students from their hideaways in Butler, Columbians experience the therapeutic effects of fresh air and blooming life. Over 100 years ago, a rather different group was benefiting from the natural beauty and spring’s calm breeze in northwestern Manhattan: the patients of the Bloomingdale Mental Asylum.

By Kat Balkoski | Apr 29 08:49 pm ET

State institute pioneers depression findings with PET scan research

Groundbreaking research conducted by the New York State Psychiatric Institute focuses on the root causes of depression, a disease that affects 14.8 million American adults in a given year.

By Nneka McGuire | Apr 29 12:26 am ET

Technology improves results of CU psych study

The digital age has left nothing untouched, least of all mental health.

By Aviva Shen | Apr 27 10:17 pm ET

Students find creative outlets for stress

Before Sue Cho, CC ’10, decided to take a leave of absence from Columbia, she would sit in front of her computer to work, but would become paralyzed, unable to begin.

By Ginia Sweeney | Apr 26 09:14 pm ET

Students suffer with eating disorders, often in silence

Eating Disorders Awareness Week activities “got very little action and attention” this semester, according to Mary Commerford, director of Furman Counseling Center at Barnard.

By Liza Weingarten | Apr 23 09:44 pm ET

Adolescence tough for LGBTQ

While psychologists have progressed past viewing certain sexual orientations as disordered, students grappling with sexual identity often encounter unique mental health issues.

By Jennifer Mayer | Apr 23 09:42 pm ET

Students discuss mental health and its relationship to building identity

Walking into Butler library to finish her homework for the night, Graciela will head to her lucky room to find a seat. She turns the pages slowly in her books, reading the last sentence of each page three times. Writing papers for class proves difficult as she struggles to make each line perfect.

By Alicia Outing | Apr 20 09:58 pm ET

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