Noah Diedrich, Cynic News Reporter
• December 5, 2022
Content warning: mentions of eating disorder, suicide
Vermont Psychological Services has stopped admitting people to its waitlist, the wait for which is now over a year long, VPS Director Kathleen Kennedy...
Every year of inaction on climate is another year the average environmental UVM student feels a burden of responsibility.
A burden that the school does little to alleviate.
Younger generations bear...
Sawyer Loftus , News and Sports Editor
• January 29, 2020
The executive director of UVM’s Center for Health and Wellbeing and the University’s chief public health officer has stepped down from his role.
Harry Chen, former Commissioner of Health for the...
An increase in student demand for mental health services has led to the creation of two new drop-in programs, Let’sTalk and THRIVE, from UVM’s Counseling and Psychiatry Services.
At UVM, there has...
Last year UVM Counseling and Psychiatry Services was left running “very thin,” said the former interim director.
Now UVM has hired a new director, who has worked at five universities in the last...
Vermont’s dark winters, with their bluster and shadow, leave many studetns struggling with their mental health.
Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs in nine percent...
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
• February 3, 2019
A first-year student died unexpectedly over the weekend.
First-year Connor Gage from Little Falls, N.Y. died Feb. 2 off campus, according to a Feb. 3 email to the University community from Annie...
UVM’S Counseling and Psychiatry Services are only meant to be used as short-term counseling, despite students desiring long-term services.
CAPS uses a short-term model when counseling clients, Interim...
Joey Waldinger, Assistant News Editor
• February 12, 2018
At the end of last semester, senior George S. Tolley IV sought help from Counseling and Psychiatry Services for the first time of his college career, he said.
His was a special case, so after calling...
Joey Waldinger, Assistant News Editor
• January 16, 2018
Students are struggling to schedule appointments essential to their physical and mental health, often in the days leading up to finals.
Due to increased demand for Center for Health and Wellbeing appointments...
There’s been a recent health fad of fitness and activity tracking devices which are conveniently found on smartphones or worn on wrists.[media-credit name="RYAN THORNTON" align="alignnone" width="354"][/media-credit]On...
