You may have heard the term “health coaching” in conversations about student health and well-being services. But what does health coaching for college students actually mean? Over 20 years ago, health coaching was identified as a way to help individuals...
Category: Student Health
- March 22, 2022
- Becky Laman
- Student Health, Higher Education
After-hours mental health care is not something that colleges and universities can ignore or push aside—it’s a necessity. Research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shows that suicides are more likely to occur between midnight and 4:00 a.m....
- February 7, 2022
- Kristen Buglione
- Student Health
Colleges and universities are seeing more and more Latinx students on campuses across the country, which is great news. However, Latinx students graduate in four years at a nearly 14% lower rate than white students. To support Latinx students’ health,...
- March 16, 2021
- Kristen Buglione
- Student Health, Higher Education
The American College Health Association (ACHA) conducts the National College Health Assessment survey annually to help universities collect data on college students and overall student health. The following topics represent survey results regarding common health concerns, behaviors, and perceptions reported...
- March 9, 2021
- TimelyMD
- Student Health
Before 2020, college was filled with drama, cheesy school functions and the dread of having to wake up to go to class. Students had the daily small annoyances of dealing with people and often made jokes about wishing they didn’t...
- February 24, 2021
- Alan Dennington, M.D.
- Student Health, Higher Education
Each year, National Eating Disorders Awareness week shines a spotlight on eating disorders and educating the public. TimelyCare supports the mission of this week promoted by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) to spread a message of hope, while putting...
- January 21, 2021
- TimelyMD
- Student Health
As a college student, stress and angst due to overwhelming classes, jobs and school work are the norm. Throw in a global pandemic, and you’ve got yourself an entire campus full of anxiety-ridden students. This fall, the transition to a...
- January 12, 2021
- Nathan Stewart
- Student Health
If you read a script at the beginning of the year about how 2020 would unfold, you would have assumed you were reading a work of fiction. However, the global challenges that unfolded are a sobering reality. The stock market...
- December 14, 2020
- Jan Hall, PhD
- Student Health
Most of us love the change of seasons. But for some, their mental health changes during certain seasons -- and not for the better. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a form of depression also known as SAD. In the Diagnostic Manual...
- November 18, 2020
- Luke Hejl
- Student Health, Higher Education
Thanksgiving break is normally a time for college students to leave campus, return home and then come back to campus ready for the race to the end of the semester. However, much like everything this year, that plan has changed...
