A slew of health problems pop up on college campuses, but when it comes to mental health conditions, symptoms can look sneakily similar. (Illustration: Erik Mace for Yahoo Health) The “Freshman 15” ...

In the spring of 1838, French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac wrote a letter from Milan to his muse and future wife, Lady Hańska: “Dear, I have home-sickness! … I go and come without soul, ...

Going into the sixth week of the semester, most students have been living on campus for just over a month now. For many, this newfound independence is exciting, but many have also come face to face ...

As students recently returned to campuses for the start of spring semester, there is one especially nagging feeling many brought with them: homesickness. Whether it's missing family, pets, friends or ...

In the first book of “The Odyssey,” Homer’s epic poem, the Greek hero is said to be “straining for no more than a glimpse of hearth-smoke drifting up from his own land.” Thousands of years later, ...

I'm standing outside a cottage in the Vienna woods. It's where I used to live when I was 22, and this is the first time I've been back since I left 10 years ago. The roads are steep here, and, as I ...

Throughout high school, college was the exciting adventure I was always waiting for, and when the time finally came to leave home, I couldn’t have been any happier. The first few weeks of school were ...

One medical professional describes homesickness as “an emotional state of mind where the affected person experiences intense feelings of longing due to separation from home environment and loved ones.

Homesickness afflicts almost all travelers at one time or another It sometimes isn't so much about pining for home as it is disliking the present situation Prior to a trip, some people get homesick ...