Word: stigmas
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Younger architects know they have to fight a stigma attached to the whole idea of factory-made housing. "With a lot of people, when you say 'prefab,' they think of mobile homes," says Rocio Romero, an architect based in Perryville, Mo. "And the prefab homes of 30 years ago were made of cheaper materials. They weren't design oriented. They were reminiscent of trailer homes." Romero rocioromero.com has just begun to produce the LV House kit. With its generous windows and clean, simple lines, the LV House is reminiscent of Philip Johnson's famous Glass House in New Canaan, Conn...
...added that a great stigma is still attached to the malady...
...this time, these reports identified key problems in student mental health services that fell into two clusters: difficulties getting into care and difficulties once in the process of treatment. In 2000, the majority of issues appeared to lie in the first cluster. We moved fast to address issues of stigma and access because of our concern that unless students found it very easy to seek care, we would miss finding some who really needed professional mental health services...
Still, these improvements have brought with them new issues, or at least have aggravated pre-existing ones. As stigma has lessened, more students are entering the system to seek care. In 2003, UHS Mental Health had 4,871 visits by undergraduates, a 30 percent increase over the 3,401 undergraduate visits in 2001. This is a good development—but it puts more pressure on access. And the measures to improve access have meant that the clinicians are trying to be more efficient, matching student needs with their own time and expertise. This matching process is perhaps...
...collegiate stigma against solitude is surprisingly strong, and college life often seems purposefully structured to give social interaction some inherently privileged status. Many of us come from homes where we had our own rooms. Hell, many of us were loners in high school. But as first-years, we are thrust into common living spaces. From that moment on, we are constantly in the company of other people—in the dorm, in our dining halls, in class, next to us on the treadmills. Unless you score a single in Cabot and embrace a hermitic lifestyle, chances are that...