There was a story in the New York Times Sunday Magazine a few years ago regarding the problem of an increased suicide rate in college students. One theory that was proposed, that I believe has some merit, is that psychotropic medications have helped but at the same time increased the number of students who would have otherwise never entered college/university because of their fragile mental state. Rather than thinking that the stresses of college have increased, it might be the case that more students with a diathesis for "need for counseling" are entering the academy. I certainly have noticed an increase over the years of students using an excuse regarding medication for failures to produce. "My medication was changed" is a common one. "I couldn't get a refill of my medications" is another.
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