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...problem is not that too many people are taking antidepressants and other psychiatric medications, but that too few are. At Harvard, we are a constant audience for mental health publicity campaigns (both on campus and in the media we consume daily), but we must not forget that in many parts of the country, mental illness remains highly stigmatized and its symptomology and treatments are not well known or understood...
...exhibit depressive symptoms who aren’t aware that there are treatments for depression—or even that it is an illness. As much as drug companies have been criticized for advertising their medications to the general public, we must acknowledge that the increased awareness of mental illness these ads have generated have had the positive effect of getting information about treatments to those who may suffer from mental illness. All of this misinformed and ignorant talk of drug companies turning Americans into unthinking pill-popping drones runs the very serious risk of discouraging those same people from...
...safe—and less legal—methods since time immemorial. And while one can’t become addicted to antidepressants, it is very possible indeed to become addicted to engaging in alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and self-injurious behaviors in order to alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness...
...Emily R. Kaplan ’08-’09 is an anthropology concentrator in Pforzheimer House. She is co-chair of the Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group...
Today marks the culmination of Harvard College’s Mental Health Week, called “Speak Out! Mental Health at Harvard.” The past six days have played host to benefit concerts, lectures and seminars, all in the service of fostering an environment of frank discussion about stress, depression, and the litany of other mental health questions that might arise for undergraduates in Cambridge and elsewhere...