What better target-rich environment for pharma/psychiatry to exploit than colleges?
Constantly renewing enrollments of the young and vulnerable, under pressure to perform academically, away from home for the first time, becoming aware that a degree may earn them zero security in the shrinking job market.
Through on-campus counseling services, feeder lines channel students into psychiatrists' office. Some colleges even have "crisis response teams" to guide students with problems into the heart of psychiatric-drug darkness.
The JED Foundation is an example of a group that networks with colleges to set up comprehensive systems for mental-health services. It boasts two past presidents of the American Psychiatric Association on its boards. JED's medical director, Dr. Victor Schwartz, writes:
In the past year, 21.2 percent of college students received a psychiatric diagnosis or were treated for mental health issues such as depression or eating disorders, and an estimated 6.6 percent of students reported having serious thoughts of suicide...
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