Depression

Through the night

We don’t have to conquer our doubts to achieve well-being, we just have to share them.

Mental Health

In order to raise awareness about mental health, three students share their experiences with depression and support.
Taking depression out by the roots
Your community deserves you whole
Healing the mind, healing the body

Healing the mind, healing the body

Mental health affects both mind and body.

Taking depression out by the roots

Being well means confronting one's wounds without being overwhelmed by them.

Your community deserves you whole

The Columbia community will always support you in times of need.

In memory of Tina

We all are trying to make sense of the loss.

Depressed and in denial

College students' mental health doesn't get the attention it needs.

Students shy from counseling services

“My problems are too petty for counseling.” This first-year’s response in an informal, anonymous survey of Columbia students echoed a familiar refrain that both Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) at Columbia and Furman Counseling Center at Barnard are working hard to dispel.

CU researchers trace causes of depression

New research led by Columbia scientists suggests that depression, often thought to be a purely psychological disorder, can be linked to certain physical characteristics that make individuals more at-risk for the illness.

Breadlines turn to Movie Lines in Film Forum’s Month-Long Depression Era Special Feature

From restaurant specials to trite introductions of newspaper articles, the recession has already become the worse cliché of 2009. Popular classic theater Film Forum is the latest venue to capitalize on the recent economic downturn. The monthlong special “Breadlines & Champagne,”,which begins Friday, includes 50 films from the height of the 1930s depression era. The idea may sound cliché, but the films certainly are not.