Smash in loco parentis, one mental health policy at a time

 As unjust as universities expelling students for having psychiatric disabilities is, family-centered "mental health advocates" hold partial blame for the situation. By pressuring colleges to "take responsibility for" students' mental health and act in concert with students' families -- who rightfully have no power whatsoever over adult students -- colleges are put in a position where they could be vilified or potentially sued by students' families if anything bad happens to students. Disabled or medically noncompliant students will look like walking liabilities.

If you're outraged by colleges' discrimination against psychiatrically disabled students -- and you should be -- be outraged about the ROOT of the problem: The premise that colleges should act in a paternalistic caretaker role over students.