On Jan. 17, NPR announced that, according to the APA, the number of students on college campuses taking psychiatric medicines has increased more than 10 percent in the last 10 years. College mental health centers have had to increase staff to keep up with the growing numbers, and the issue as a whole has been receiving increased media attention. However, many students are still skeptical about psychiatric drugs and their side effects---some even go so far as to label the entire field of psychology a “fake science.”
David Leibow, of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, recently published his book that addresses these issues, titled “What to Do When College Is Not the Best Time of Your Life.” I recently interviewed him for the semester’s first issue of The Eye. We discussed his new book, why college students are so unhappy, and what they can do about it. Check out an unprinted quote from Leibow after the jump, when I asked him Should students be skeptical?
