According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults with disabilities report mental health distress five times as often as adults without disabilities (CDC, 2020).
Disability and Mental Health
Unit: Student Counseling Services
SMART Recovery: A new recovery support at Illinois State University
To supplement recovery support already provided through Recovery for Redbirds, Self Management and Recovery Training, better known as SMART Recovery, is offered at Illinois State.
Transgender students’ struggles on a college campus
College can be challenging for any student in a multitude of ways, but for transgender students it can present additional stressors.
Retirement party for Allyson Hawkins, December 16
Dr. Allyson Hawkins will retire from Illinois State University’s Student Counseling Services after 21 years.
White missing victims receive more attention than minoritized missing victims
Within the past 10 years, 710 indigenous people, mostly girls, went missing, and none of these cases received national media coverage. Most of the cases we hear about involve white missing victims.
Vanity sizing and how it impacts women’s body image confidence
Have you ever noticed that the size of your clothes differs depending on what store you bought the item from? There’s a name for that, and it’s called vanity sizing. Some of your favorite brands are guilty of this and it’s affecting women’s body satisfaction
Hypermasculine portrayal of adolescents in media
Television, streaming services, and movies all have something in common: the concept of hypermasculinity.
TikTok, body image, and eating concerns
While social media has made paved its way into our lives for good, new apps with new ways of connecting are popping up all the time. The latest and most widely used is TikTok with over 2.6 BILLION downloads.
Like all social media apps- TikTok has its own set of pros and cons that contribute to users, body image and eating habits. While the app has proven for great entertainment and even a source of knowledge, the randomness of the app’s For You Page provides an outlet to unsolicited harmful content to those struggling with negative body image and eating disorders
Retirement reception for Sandy Colbs, July 19
A retirement reception for Student Counseling Services Director Sandy Colbs will be July 19 in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center.
Pat Sherrard retirement reception, June 18
Student Counseling Services (SCS) will hold a retirement celebration for Pat Sherrard from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, June 18.
