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Starting college can be both exciting and stressful. You're juggling classes, living on your own for the first time and figuring out what you want out of life. It's no surprise that many freshmen feel overwhelmed. In fact, American College Testing (ACT) estimates that 1 in 4 college students drop out before completing their sophomore year. One way to fight stress and feel at home in your new surroundings is to connect to other students and the larger campus community.

Commemorating 100 years of the mental health movement in Canada, this year's annual national conference Making Waves for Change was hosted by the Nova Scotia Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in Halifax on Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23, 2008.

The teenage years are a time of emotional highs and lows. So how do you distinguish normal teenage mood swings and rebellion from actual depression? The September 2008 issue of the Harvard Mental health Letter highlights some ways to tell. Although depression can occur at any age, it affects teens more than younger children. Depressive symptoms may start appearing around age 13, and often peaks between 16 and 24.