Word: mentalism
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...writes that “hordes of social advocacy groups exist at Harvard” to prevent students from having mental breakdowns. Among these groups she counts Room 13 and Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach. As the current co-director of Room 13, I find her flippant characterization of our organization to be distressing. Room 13 does not exist to simply “serve students cookies and talk stuff out;” rather, our group consists of 30 student volunteers who are specifically trained to counsel individuals on such topics as sexual assault, suicide, grief, relationship difficulties...
...print for medicines that treat depression. The ubiquity of these advertisements and the commonness of the symptoms can often give the impression that everyone is depressed. Such a sentiment has led to a backlash, with people declaring that depression is something we should all get used to. Many mental health advocates often then angrily fire back that it is outrageous and horrible to tell people that they must learn to live with depression...
It’s also the same reason that people are over-involved in extra-curriculars, and the same reason why the College can be said to have a "mental health crisis...
...swing, the submarine motion remains contingent on a number of factors—“Am I saying back? Am I staying closed? Am I getting extension? Am I using my backside?” says Brown, counting them down—with the most important perhaps being mental stamina...
Stressed? Anxious? Anorexic? Probably. This is Harvard, after all. On a jaunt through the Yard, the Harvard College undergraduate runs into a flurry of posters and signs urging him to seek help for his various mental health issues. There is a great deal of concern at Harvard over the emotional wellness of its undergraduates. Owing to the rigorous course load, intense level of competition, and high population of type-A personalities, the college is running on anti-depressants. Hordes of social advocacy groups exist at Harvard to save its undergraduates from depressing, unrewarding, teetering-on-the-edge-of-serious-mental...