{"609952":{"#nid":"609952","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Minding Mental Wellness ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new school year is a good time to remind ourselves to take care of our mental health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMental health problems are on the rise. A 2014 survey of college counseling services \u0026ndash; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.apa.org\/advocacy\/higher-education\/mental-health\/index.aspx\u0022\u003Ecited by the American Psychological Association\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; found that clients with severe psychological problems went up to 52%, from 44% the year before. The survey noted increases in anxiety disorder, crises, psychiatric medication issues, and clinical depression.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe good news is that mental health awareness is growing and spreading. Also good news is the acceptance that mental health needs are real and addressing them is essential for self-care.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast summer, a research group at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) asked physics Ph.D. student Andrea Welsh to share her experiences as a graduate student grappling with mental health concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA mental health advocate, Welsh attracted attention outside of Georgia Tech after she wrote about the subject in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicstoday.scitation.org\/do\/10.1063\/PT.6.3.20170531a\/full\/\u0022\u003EPhysics Today\u003C\/a\u003E. She told the research group at CERN that graduate students have unique vulnerabilities. Yet her tips for managing mental health are universal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CERN research group was looking for someone who has experienced mental health problems, Welsh says. \u0026ldquo;That was important for representation.\u0026rdquo; By representation, Welsh means how people grappling with mental health appear to others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn high school, Welsh recalls, she saw depictions of people with depression as sleeping all the time and unable to get out of bed. She wasn\u0026rsquo;t like that. Yes, she cried a lot, her weight fluctuated, she had periods of high energy and bouts of low energy, and she couldn\u0026rsquo;t concentrate. But she was functional, attending school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/article\/minding-mental-wellness\u0022\u003EContinue here for the full story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Physics Ph.D. student Andrea Welsh offers advice based on personal experience"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough based on a graduate student\u0026rsquo;s perspective, Andrea Welsh\u0026rsquo;s tips also apply to undergrads, faculty, and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Physics Ph.D. student Andrea Welsh offers advice based on personal experience."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-08-18 20:29:59","changed_gmt":"2018-08-22 13:55:42","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"609951":{"id":"609951","type":"image","title":"Andrea Welsh","body":null,"created":"1534624001","gmt_created":"2018-08-18 20:26:41","changed":"1534624001","gmt_changed":"2018-08-18 20:26:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232294","name":"2018 Andrea Welsh1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Andrea%20Welsh1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Andrea%20Welsh1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":305764,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018%20Andrea%20Welsh1.jpg?itok=3t5q5E_6"}}},"media_ids":["609951"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10343","name":"mental health"},{"id":"178774","name":"mental wellness"},{"id":"178775","name":"Andrea Welsh"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}