How's This for Stigma?

[rouge757]

The following is in the May 22nd edition of Time magazine. Isn't college (isnt LIFE) hard enough without fear of being arrested and suspended for being sick??? I get that the school wants them to take a sick leave to get better... but i think it keeps students from getting the help they need

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[mandipandy07]

some insurance companies make it really hard, too. For example, I've wanted to take a semester off, but if I do, I lose my health insurance and I can't get back on it...and I need my health insurance to help cover the meds I need for my recovery...plus, my insurance won't help pay for proper therapy...a 300 dollar copay for one visit is ridiculous...

[rouge757]

You know I hardly ever take a stand on government things, but I'm beginning to think I should speak up about some mental health help and assistance. I messaged the woman who sent me the article (she sends it out nationally to all kinds of places) and i asked her what I could do to help out.

[swirthwein]

But a
tragic result, say psychiatrists and student advocates, is that emotionally
distressed students may be less willing to come forward and get the
professional help they need.

hurrr...

After lengthy discussions with her therapists, the double
major in German and neurobiology agreed to head home last month to Kansas
City, Mo., with plans to enter a psychiatric hospital.

Fucking christ, if I was a German and Neurobilogy major, I would want to kill myself too.