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UW-Milwaukee Can’t Keep Up With Student Mental Health Crisis A Media Milwaukee Special Project Home Majority of Students Feel Overwhelming Anxiety” as UWM Struggles to Help Student Veterans Seek Campus Refuge, but Find Resources Lacking Rate of Binge Drinking at UWM is Highest in Milwaukee, Intensifying Mental Health Challenges In Their Own Words: UWM Students on Mental Health Art Therapy is Creative Outlet for Those Seeking Support For Students, Social Media can Make Stress Worse… or Better Media Milwaukee UncategorizedMajority of Students Feel ‘Overwhelming Anxiety’ as UWM Struggles to Help Posted on November 10, 2019 November 12, 2019 by Kylie Zazula Uncontrollable anxiety. Panic attacks. Disturbing thoughts. Dissociating. Obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Paranoia. Thoughts of suicide. I was convincing myself that I was crazy. I felt barely alive.” Ben Slowey found himself walking into the Norris Health Center Crisis Services on a February day in 2017. He said the care he received there saved his life. I finally […] UncategorizedStudent Veterans Seek Campus Refuge, but Find Resources Lacking Posted on November 10, 2019 November 12, 2019 by Matthew Cade When Patrick, a Navy veteran, finished his enlistment, he left a world of strict organization that offered a clear picture of where to find the necessary resources to accomplish his daily mission. Now he is a student at UWM, named a Military Friendly School” in 2017, yet the road to his success and the path […] UncategorizedRate of Binge Drinking at UWM is Highest in Milwaukee, Intensifying Mental Health Challenges Posted on November 10, 2019 November 12, 2019 by David Watters In a state overflowing with alcohol, UW-Milwaukee is a microcosm of Wisconsin’s drinking culture. Sarah Laurent, a graduate student in the UWM Statistics program, researches correlations between binge drinking rates by census tracts and liquor license locations throughout the City of Milwaukee. What I found was that the census tract that contained Sandburg Residence Hall contained the […] UncategorizedIn Their Own Words: UWM Students on Mental Health Posted on November 10, 2019 April 5, 2022 by Bethany Deyo , Tom Hoffman and Ezra Quint Worry about school, work, family and debt creates anxiety, depression, or both in more than half of students at UW-Milwaukee. In candid interviews, students tell what stresses them out, and how they deal with it. UncategorizedArt Therapy is Creative Outlet for Those Seeking Support Posted on November 10, 2019 November 12, 2019 by Kaitlyn Herzog Pencils, paints and clay are tools that some UW-Milwaukee students use to control stress. Art therapy resources on campus and in the Milwaukee community can be affordable ways to promote mental health. UncategorizedFor Students, Social Media can Make Stress Worse… or Better Posted on November 10, 2019 November 11, 2019 by Kynnah Neal Swipe left, double tap, retweet, hashtag are components of the second universe we all know as social media. It’s an outlet for students, and a possible trigger when it comes to mental health. Olu Elegbede is a Civil Engineering student at UWM who experiences depression, and he says mental health can be affected by social […] Media Milwaukee | Student-Powered News at UW-Milwaukee | Privacy...