Archive for August 2018
Re-orientating our attitude toward loneliness
Recalling first-year orientation brings back little besides the sensation of immense loneliness. Watching as my peers made fast friends with each other, feeling like an outsider observing social rituals conducted in a foreign tongue. I didn’t connect to anyone that first week at Brown, or the second. As my first semester slogged on and I…
Read MoreBack to School Anxiety…the good, the bad, and what a parent can do
Losing sleep before school starts? This may describe both you and your kids. You may be counting off the things you still have left to do, the items you still have to get organized or purchased, the tutors lined up, the rides, the after-school programs, oh, yes—the rides back from those, the lunches, the forms,…
Read MoreThe effect of Adderall on abusers is staggering
With the quiet start of finals week settling over countless college campuses across the country, the even quieter exchange between buyer and seller of mixed amphetamine salts resounds with an estimated 6.5 million non-medical users of prescription drugs, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health — including college students, who use one…
Read MoreIn moments of trial, are we ready to act?
My blood ran cold as I watched the man smash his fist into his victim’s face. The other man crumpled to the floor, but the assailant continued to strike. I was terrified. This was neither a scene from an action movie nor a training simulation. It was real-life violence, unfolding before my eyes. *** Last…
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