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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother graduated from Stanford and first exhibited signs of schizophrenia-like mental illness while there. I later found evidence that he had been diagnosed while still a student. My family was never alerted. He proceeded to fall apart and explode his life in his 20s. He has still not gotten help/medication and has never supported himself…. The fact he was a Stanford graduate went from a badge of honor and achievement to a weight around his neck— a medal he would never live up to. [/quote]

Privacy laws prohibit schools from telling parents about their student's health matters.[/quote]

A different poster but I found medical personnel under HIPPA understood how to inform families more than a University under FERPA. Medical personnel ask for waivers all the time. University never bothers.

Hello, vast majority of people with serious mental illnesses have no knowledge that they are ill. They’re not in denial, they don’t know. Luckily the mentally I’ll get to enjoy street freedom thanks to these terrible laws. [/quote]

It’s not HIPPA. It’s HIPAA.

And no, you are not getting health information of any kind from a university unless your adult child personally signs a waiver. [/quote]

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