Low levels of anxiety that come with worrying can boost your cortisol just enough that it is beneficial to your overall state.

The private sector has greater funding and does not have to jump through government hoops, but its research can also be less available to the public.

Pilots should be required to complete certain mental health inventories to identify potential problems.

Using social media will improve outreach and will, hopefully, prompt more people to get the help they need.

Think about how many syllabuses the average student gets during his or her time in college: five to six classes a semester for eight semesters. That is at least 40 syllabuses.

Between classes and extracurricular activities, self-care isn’t always an issue at the forefront of college students’ lives.

It is not news to anyone that mass shootings are a growing problem in the United States. The constant issue in coverage of these shootings is whether we should focus on gun control or mental health awareness...

Hopefully at this point in your life, you have come to understand that using words like gay, retarded and ghetto as adverse adjectives is not appropriate.

By providing an outlet for students to express their challenges with mental health and their own personal well-being, Active Minds will foster important dialogue on campus and help students realize a well-rounded education should mean a commitment to mental health.