Spin-Off: Mentally Unstable People with Advanced Degrees

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Graduate schools don't ask questions about mental stability.

When I was applying for my Master's, one application had a full page asking about my mental health history (e.g., Where you ever under a mental health professional's care? For what? Where you taking medications?) Trust me, there are people out there asking, whether it's ethical/legal or not.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I've worked with lots of psychologists, and I always said that people go into that field for one of two reasons: A sincere desire to help others or to figure out what's wrong with themselves.

There's always D. All of the Above.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

When I was applying for my Master's, one application had a full page asking about my mental health history (e.g., Where you ever under a mental health professional's care? For what? Where you taking medications?) Trust me, there are people out there asking, whether it's ethical/legal or not.

That's relatively rare. Perhaps that is more common with certain psychology and medical progams (e.g. a degree specialization in mental health may receive questions about the applicants mental health and overall medical history).

I'd be interested to know more about the context in terms of the particular graduate program, the year that you applied, and the detailed questions asked. One issue with those types of questions is in what the institution will do with the information.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

But just think - if you get a really big engagement ring, then you win at life!

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

OMG KSUViolet's gonna have a heart attack when she reads this thread.

It wasn't me this time!

LOL.