First-of-its-kind Research in U.S. Shows Benefits of Early Adoption Disclosure Adults who discovered they were adopted after the age of 3 – known as “late discovery adoptees” – suffer from greater emotional distress levels and […]

First-of-its-kind Research in U.S. Shows Benefits of Early Adoption Disclosure Adults who discovered they were adopted after the age of 3 – known as “late discovery adoptees” – suffer from greater emotional distress levels and […]
College life might look glamorous through an Instagram filter, but a new awareness campaign at Drexel University is aiming to remind students that all undergraduates struggle at one time or another. Paul Furtaw, PsyD, associate […]
If you’ve tuned into the Olympics (or the Internet) at all this week, it was tough to miss the giant reddish-brown spots dotted across the back of gold medalist (and secret Sith Lord) Michael Phelps. […]
Since opening last October, Drexel’s Psychological Services Center has been breaking down barriers to mental health care by offering cutting-edge treatments at an affordable price to members of the community. In the past year, the […]
Drexel’s Recreation Center now offers a new way for students, staff and visitors to maintain healthy minds in the same place where they attend to the health of their bodies. The new MindKare™ mental health kiosk […]
Actress Julianne Moore won an Oscar for her starring role in the drama “Still Alice” at the 87th Academy Awards last night, but did the movie accurately depict early-onset dementia? Actor Eddie Redmayne also received […]
Seeking care for behavioral health concerns, whether for yourself or your child, can itself cause some stress – especially if you don’t know what to look for in a therapist, or if your insurance coverage […]
Getting teenagers to talk about what’s bothering them isn’t always easy. But with new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending depression screening for adolescents (ages 11-21) during their annual physical, getting teens talking […]
It’s one of the worst crimes imaginable, with potential lifelong physical, social and psychological harm to its victims: The commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children, in the form of coerced child prostitution and […]
In the aftermath of a building collapse last week in Philadelphia that killed six people in a Salvation Army thrift store and injured more than a dozen others, have we considered the impact on first […]