“Summertime and the Living is Easy”

By: Sherry Montgomery, LSCSW, LCSW

Summertime and the living is easy, right?  According to Kelly Sanders, an expert contributor to “Child and Adolescent Issues”, not for the more than 66% of women who work full time jobs and are still responsible for making sure their children are cared for, safe and provided with summer activities to enjoy.

Historically, women have been and continue to be the primary caretakers of their children.  During summer the stressors increase, kids out of school, daycare problems, heat, and a tendency to feel overwhelmed.

The Affects of College Stress on a Student’s Mental Health and What to Do About It

By: Linda C. Silva

I would like to share these alarming statistics with you:

“According to the American College Health Association (ACHA)…suicide is the second most common cause of death among college students…and 1 in 12 college students has actually made a suicide plan at some point…” ¹

For many students all around the world college = stress! The stress may be caused from constant feelings of being overwhelmed, intense pressure to get good grades, financial restraints and nights with little or no sleep. Speaking from personal experience, my number one stress was keeping my GPA high enough to keep my scholarship as well as to be a competitive candidate for grad school while working a full-time job. There was just so much pressure to perform well.