2008 Woodie Awards
Depression & Suicide Awareness Week
Rollins College Personal Counseling Center recognizes National Depression Week.
Pascale Proctor
Issue date: 10/14/05 Section: News
Last week, Rollins College recognized the National Depression Screening Day. Depression/Suicide Week was organized by the Personal Counseling center which is located on the first floor of McKean Hall. Starting last Monday, students were able to take depression tests to determine whether they suffer from depression.
Becky Eades, Assistant Director of personal counseling and the coordinator of Depression/Suicide week, was very fervent about the screening that took place in order to help students. She and two Rollins students, Marc Zalina and Savanna Stevenson, administered the screening on Thursday at the Campus Center from 11:00 - 1:00.
Eades states that students may be depressed and not even know it. Symptoms could include lack of motivation, sadness, loneliness, poor concentration, fatigue, irregular sleep patterns, or even just feeling like you have an excessive amount of stress. This is why taking the depression screening is such an important opportunity.
Everyone who took the depression screening was also entered into a drawing to win a $25.00 gift certificate. Screenings may be done online by going to the personal counseling webpage and clicking on "Online Mental Health Screening".
There are many ways to get help if you feel you may be depressed or have anxiety. You may visit or call the counseling center at 407-646-6340. It is also important to have social support. Being around people such as friends and family helps to diminish feelings of depression and anxiety.
Often times people will ignore their feelings of angst and unease, but this merely makes situations worse. Perhaps another way to help control your feelings of depression would be to make a list of the problems, concerns, or negative feelings that you have. Once you have a list of the things that bother you, figure out how some may relate to one another and tackle the problems in a smaller more manageable way instead of fighting the troubles all at once.
Be sure to do things that make you happy and avoid doing things that make you uncomfortable. Often times all some needs is someone to talk to and the Personal Counseling Center wants Rollins students to know that that is why they are there. So do yourself a favor and help yourself have a stress-free week!
Becky Eades, Assistant Director of personal counseling and the coordinator of Depression/Suicide week, was very fervent about the screening that took place in order to help students. She and two Rollins students, Marc Zalina and Savanna Stevenson, administered the screening on Thursday at the Campus Center from 11:00 - 1:00.
Eades states that students may be depressed and not even know it. Symptoms could include lack of motivation, sadness, loneliness, poor concentration, fatigue, irregular sleep patterns, or even just feeling like you have an excessive amount of stress. This is why taking the depression screening is such an important opportunity.
Everyone who took the depression screening was also entered into a drawing to win a $25.00 gift certificate. Screenings may be done online by going to the personal counseling webpage and clicking on "Online Mental Health Screening".
There are many ways to get help if you feel you may be depressed or have anxiety. You may visit or call the counseling center at 407-646-6340. It is also important to have social support. Being around people such as friends and family helps to diminish feelings of depression and anxiety.
Often times people will ignore their feelings of angst and unease, but this merely makes situations worse. Perhaps another way to help control your feelings of depression would be to make a list of the problems, concerns, or negative feelings that you have. Once you have a list of the things that bother you, figure out how some may relate to one another and tackle the problems in a smaller more manageable way instead of fighting the troubles all at once.
Be sure to do things that make you happy and avoid doing things that make you uncomfortable. Often times all some needs is someone to talk to and the Personal Counseling Center wants Rollins students to know that that is why they are there. So do yourself a favor and help yourself have a stress-free week!