Mental Hygiene weighs tough options
In her sophomore year at Yale, Naasiha Siddiqui ’07 found herself facing more problems than just the sophomore slump. Siddiqui was severely depressed, and when she checked into the Mental Hygiene Department at University Health Services, she was forced to leave school on medical withdrawal. Ever since, she has struggled to balance manic depression with a college career — taking three forced withdrawals and one voluntary leave of absence, and applying for readmission five times.
“I was really frustrated,” she said, referring to her first forced withdrawal in the fall of 2001....
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