http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2005/12/19/college-students-struggle-with-mental-health-issues/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2005/12/19/college-students-struggle-with-mental-health-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Sarah Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:31 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2005/12/19/college-students-struggle-with-mental-health-issues/#comment-30 So, yeah, I discovered this entry late. I only found your column after it was linked from Cute Overload - (long live The Cute). But I thought I should let you know that I also had a horrible experience with Oberlin's psych services. I was having panic attacks all through my freshman year, and when I went to Counseling Services, the guy just wanted to talk about my mother and stepmother and then gave me a tape of relaxation exercises. Not Helpful. Over the summer I finally went to a psychiatrist who gave me a prescription for Prozac. Cured. I hope they have gotten better since then (this was in 1997). They need to kick out the Freudian psychoanalysts and bring in some cognitive behaviorists, stat! So, yeah, I discovered this entry late. I only found your column after it was linked from Cute Overload – (long live The Cute). But I thought I should let you know that I also had a horrible experience with Oberlin’s psych services. I was having panic attacks all through my freshman year, and when I went to Counseling Services, the guy just wanted to talk about my mother and stepmother and then gave me a tape of relaxation exercises. Not Helpful.
Over the summer I finally went to a psychiatrist who gave me a prescription for Prozac. Cured.
I hope they have gotten better since then (this was in 1997). They need to kick out the Freudian psychoanalysts and bring in some cognitive behaviorists, stat!

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