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Investing in you: Student Governing Association plans on expanding mental health services

January 27, 2023binomo

Lafene Health center is working with the student governing association to expand mental health and well-being services at Kansas State University. (Elizabeth Sandstrom _ Collegian Media Group) (2) — Lafene Health center is working with the student governing association to expand mental health and well-being services at Kansas State University. (Elizabeth Sandstrom | Collegian Media Group)

A 24/7 news cycle, the war on terror and terrible things happening in the world — this is what it is like living in a post 9/11 world, Evan Porter, Student Governing Association’s Speaker of the Student Senate, said.

“There’s a lot of other external factors that make our generation uniquely worse off than past generations,” Porter said.

The Student Governing Association is investing $200,000 in expanding Counseling and Psychological Services and an

Maricopa County reports its 1st pediatric flu death of the season

January 25, 2023binomo

Flu shots are now available at the CVS MinuteClinic near 16th Street and Camelback Road.

Arizona’s most populated county reported its first pediatric flu death of the season, demonstrating that while an early and severe wave of flu is on the decline, it is not over.

The Maricopa County death is the third pediatric flu death in Arizona for the 2022-2023 flu season, which began in October, state health officials confirmed Tuesday. The other two pediatric flu deaths were in Pinal and Cochise counties.

The death is a “tragic reminder” that anyone who is able to get the flu shot

Examine reveals decline in Canadians’ psychological well being throughout holidays

December 31, 2022binomo

A examine by digital well being platform Felix is highlighting the psychological well being challenges Canadians are going through through the holidays.

The report, launched final month, discovered that one in 4 residents stated their psychological well being declined throughout this era, as many experiences a blended bag of feelings.

Felix’s medical director Dr. Kelly Anderson says the vacations are “a time the place the whole lot will get flipped the wrong way up.”

“We’re touring, we’re not consuming the issues we normally eat, it is darker than traditional.”

Anderson added that some could really feel lonely and remoted.

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