Even at the best of times, stress can be overwhelming, and stress management is often difficult. When confronted with a global pandemic and a complete upheaval of routine, it can be easy to let our self-care practices fall by the wayside as a whole new source of stress invades our daily lives. The coronavirus outbreak has put a significant strain on the mental health of many.
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Mount Holyoke’s “Be Well” hosts focus group on opioid education
Mount Holyoke’s “Be Well” initiative hosted a fo- cus group on opioids on Feb. 8. AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) Lucy Bolognese ’18 and Hampshire alum Charlie Hailey, a VISTA Community Opioid Epidemic Specialist, led the group. The pair cited their mission as an assessment of what college students already know about opioids and how they can more effectively disseminate information on the dangerous painkillers.
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Mount Holyoke student speaks on National Meningitis Association panel at Columbia University
BY GABBY RAYMOND ’20
When Sorcha McCrohan ’21 was 11, her mother Janet fell ill with a disease her doctors struggled to diagnose. Janet’s symptoms aligned with meningitis: headaches, a high fever and a stiff neck. By the time they figured it out, she had fallen into a coma and died of bacterial meningitis.
