The Pharmaceuticalization of Mental Illness Treatment

The amount of medication that Americans take to combat mental illness is astounding. In recent decades, the pharmaceutical and medical industries have convinced a large number of people that drugs are a cure-all for mental illnesses. This increased reliance on these drugs is partĀ of rising pharmaceuticalization in the United States. Pharmaceuticalization has been defined as […]

Living in The Age of Anxiety

By: Alexa Bosco By using magazine cutouts in a collage technique I have made a what is known as a “Zine”: short for magazine, a zine is a homemade work that brings to light a social issue. In this project I aimed to explore the growing mental health crisis and drastic increase in anxiety throughout […]