Domestic violence has soared across the country in recent months. At BU, professors and sexual assault experts spoke about the growing prevalence of domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Health professionals explain how social isolation and the media coverage of the coronavirus impact mental health, and students offer their first-hand experiences during these trying times.
Voting isn’t as easy as it’s often made out to be. A volunteer registering voters on a college campus might make coloring in a few bubbles on a ballot sound simpler than it really is when students...
It is fair to assume that we have come a long way from the post-World War I days when British soldiers were executed for having “shell shock,” now recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder. During...
A roomful of students spoke out about mental illnesses during Break the Silence, an event hosted by Active Minds at Boston University and Humanists of BU.
About 15 people attended the event to share...
Two years ago, Paolo Mauricio, a senior in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, ran past Coolidge Corner, less than three miles from the finish line of the Boston Marathon where his family...
A new study by Boston University researchers revealed that April’s Boston Marathon bombings triggered some post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in veterans by reminding them of their years in combat.
Mark...
