psychiatry Archives - The Pitt News

Pitt Student Health Services experiences a shortage of psychiatrists

By Emma Hannan, Staff Writer • April 15, 2024

Pitt’s student health services are currently experiencing a psychiatrist shortage, affecting students who are seeking psychiatric services.

Opinion | Individuals with borderline personality disorder are not who you might think

By Breanna Jones, For The Pitt News • September 17, 2021

Many believe that the term “borderline” refers to split personalities or a line between insanity and sanity, which is extremely false.

Xanax: an unforseen danger in college

By Tim Murdoch | For The Pitt News • May 30, 2017

Its thunderous footsteps can be heard the instant it decides to return from the kitchen. Approaching the worn leather couch, it loses its balance. Flailing for a moment, then collecting itself, it manages...

College magnifies eating disorders, learn to see the signs

By Elise Lavallee, Columnist • May 30, 2017

$0.93. That’s the value of all the research done per person on eating disorders in 2011, compared to the $44 per individual on autism or $81 per person on schizophrenia. Yet the Academy for Eating...