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...consequences. Why is this? Sometimes it is the malign effects of the illness itself. A person who is depressed may feel too hopeless to seek treatment or might feel so worthless as not to merit help. But more often the failure to get help reflects the continuing stigmatization of mental illness—even in a sophisticated community like ours. A person suffering with depression might feel inappropriate shame at not being able to control symptoms through his or her own efforts, a notion that would not even be entertained if the problem were diabetes or arthritis...
...society it is still the case that mental disorders may be misunderstood, seen as frightening, belittled or treated as a moral taint rather than an illness. Such stigmatizing attitudes are entirely wrong. Modern science makes it quite clear that depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental disorders are diseases of the brain. Just like diabetes or heart disease, mental disorders have their roots in the interaction of genetic and non-genetic risk factors. Just like these other medical disorders, the symptoms reflect abnormal physiology—in the case of mental disorders, abnormal physiology...
...depression, anxiety disorders and other mental disorders apparently increasing on campus? No one knows with certainty, but there are several hypotheses that are not mutually exclusive. Mental disorders (including very serious illnesses such as bipolar disorder) are being increasingly recognized in children and teens. Whether, as is likely, this represents new recognition of an old phenomenon or whether ages of onset are dropping (as they are for some other medical illnesses such as diabetes mellitus type II) is still a matter of contention. In addition, in the not very distant past, many young people with mental disorders might not have...
What are we to do as a University? Over the last five years, several committees have been appointed to study the problem and recommend improvements to our care system. And, indeed, mental health care on campus has improved. But there remains much work to do. We must increase education about mental disorders, decrease stigma and provide an environment both in which problems will be detected early—when they are most readily corrected—and in which treatment is available and delivered, using the highest evidence-based standards...
...achieve these goals, Dean of the College Benedict Gross and I have created a task force on mental health that will include clinicians, students and faculty members expert in health issues. This task force is charged with implementing the recommendations of the Provost’s Committee on Student Mental Health Services and the University Health Service (UHS) Patient Care Assessment Committee. Specifically, the task force will seek to: improve outreach to encourage students to seek help without fear of being stigmatized; integrate and enhance clinical treatment services under UHS; re-focus counseling and academic support services at the Bureau...