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Half of female students experience psychological distress, study shows

25.07.2018 Health Problems

For the first time, just over 50 per cent of female students in Ontario show signs of moderate to serious psychological distress, according to the latest Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), released by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Psychological distress—which refers to symptoms of anxiety or depression—has been rising steadily among all Ontario students […]

Team finds unprecedented psychological distress months after Harvey

06.04.2018 Health Problems

Four months after Hurricane Harvey soaked the Houston area and displaced more than a third of the population, an alarming 52 percent of Harris County residents said they were still struggling to recover, according to a new report from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. “What we found was that even though […]