Word: bailin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They try to encourage an open atmosphere,"said Mitch C. Bailin...
...Most of the suicides at Harvard in the past two decades have been committed by students unknown to Harvard's therapists and counselors. "It takes a tremendous amount of courage for somebody who's feeling depressed or suicidal to come down here [to Room 13]," Bailin says...
Sometimes the pressure to look Harvardian even though you don't feel Harvardian can cause serious problems. "Harvard is a place where people feel a real need to act like they're okay, to put on a happy face," says Bailin. "Often that makes it more difficult for people to reach out and get help...
...comfortable talking to peers than counselors, accounting perhaps for the large volume of calls received by Room 13 last year. But there are still people who need help yet don't ask. "For every person that uses [Room 13], I think that there's many, many more who could," Bailin says...
...someone you know seems depressed or suicidal, Bailin suggests using Room 13 first. "We're sort of what we like to think of as the front line," Bailin says, pointing to a board on the wall listing phone numbers of everything from Mental Health Services and professional suicide hotlines to local pizza deliverers. "If somebody's in crisis and needs to talk, if somebody needs a referral to a place where they can get long- term counseling, that's how Room 13 is best used," he says...