UW News
Kevin Kuehn
April 28, 2022
New meta-analysis examines link between self-harm and stress
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A new, University of Washington-led meta-analysis finds that people engage in self-injury and/or think about suicide to alleviate some types of stress; and that there is potential for therapy and other interventions.
July 13, 2021
From ‘distress’ to ‘unscathed’ — mental health of UW students during spring 2020
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To understand how the UW’s transition to online-only classes affected college students’ mental health in the spring of 2020, UW researchers surveyed 147 UW undergraduates over the 2020 spring quarter.