"Counseling & Psychological Services"

Ever wonder why the mental health sections of clinics or hospitals are always so detached from the rest of building?

I do, all the time.

Seriously. It's like in the tang center, the "Counseling & Psychological Services" department is on the THIRD floor on the way south side; the farthest place possible from the entrance of the aesthetically beautiful teal and brown building. Putting such a sensitive department in such a remote place is problematic in so many ways.

For example, for people with appointments at Counseling and Psychological Services, they have the chance to walk past the other clinics and think about how "normal" they are and how NOT normal you are. To me, this just seems counterproductive.

Also, maybe this is a wacked out assumption, but most people who have appointments in that clinic may not even want to be there much less understand why they're there. Putting the clinic in the farthest place just further reinforces their notion to not go at all.

However, I guess it could be worst. I mean, at least there isn't a completely separate building like an asylum.