Apparently, yes.  According a recent article in Scientific American:
Perfectionists, research shows, can become easily discouraged by failing to meet impossibly high standards, making them reluctant to take on new challenges or even complete agreed-upon tasks. The insistence on dotting all the i’s can also breed inefficiency, causing delays, work overload and even poor results. Perfectionism [...]

The Office of Behavioral Health for Students (OBHS) invites you to come to an open meeting for anyone who wishes to share/discuss/talk about his/her reactions to the events of the last week at Wesleyan.  Dr. Stephen Henry will facilitate the group.
WHEN:       Thursday, May 14, 2009
WHERE:      Usdan, Room 110
TIME:         [...]

From the New York Times…
In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends.

Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship and [...]

From the Office of Behavioral Health for Students…
 
STUDENT-RUN
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
(Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral Health for Students)

MEETS:   Tuesdays
TIME:   8:00 p.m.
LOCATION:   Group Room #212
(2nd fl., Davison Health Center)

Intended to create a network of support for
those who have experienced the death of a loved one.  
Please feel free to come [...]

From New Scientist…
Are your friends happy? What about their friends? These people, new research suggests, will have a profound impact on your own personal satisfaction.
Like an influenza outbreak, happiness - and misery too – spread through social networks, affecting people through three degrees of separation. For instance, a happy friend of a friend of a friend increases the [...]

As posted on Wesleying…
Do-it-all Beta lecture series chair Tim Devane ‘09 writes:
Tomorrow night at 8 pm we are hosting Charles Barber as a speaker. Mr. Barber is formerly a visiting writing professor at Wes as well as an author and lecturer on psychiatry at Yale.
He is also the author of Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, [...]

CNN Health offers some insight into dealing with the post-election letdown…

Mourning over a lost campaign resonates with Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor who worked on Al Gore’s campaign in 2000. In a column for CNN.com, she recalled feeling lost and disillusioned at first, and had no idea what to do with her life.
“It hurts like hell,” she [...]

As posted on Wesleying…
Martha Tenney ‘09 writes:
We are starting a group for students with eating disorders or disordered eating, and their friends and allies. We hope to create a supportive and welcoming environment for anyone struggling with these issues at Wesleyan, which can sometimes be an alienating and hostile environment. We are in no way [...]

STUDENT-RUN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral Health for Students
MEETS: Tuesdays
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Group Room #212
(2nd fl., Davison Health Center)
Intended to create a network of support for
those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Please feel free to come and leave when it’s convenient for you.
If you have questions, please contact: [...]

As students have begun arriving on campus for the start of another exciting year, many of my colleagues have been sharing a common thought with you: it is a sign of strength — not weakness — to ask for help when you need it. Whether that come in the form of asking your RA about where [...]