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...campus mental health crisis—three years after Harvard overhauled its approach to therapy and treatment. The survey results could help to clear “misperceptions” regarding mental health at Harvard, says the College’s mental health chief, Paul J. Barreira. “There’s a discrepancy between behavior and perception,” says Barreira, adding that students often mistakenly believe that mental illness is abnormal. The poll also reveals a gender gap in mental health matters. Exactly one-third of men sought mental health help while...
...Confidentiality requirements for students seeking mental health counseling or aid from the University Health Services are even stricter, according to Director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling Paul Barreira. Without a student’s permission, very little can be communicated...
...There are way more students who receive counseling, who the school doesn’t know about,” Barreira says...
...initiative on its own after encountering difficulties in arranging a time to meet with administrators, said UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08. Provost Steven E. Hyman could not be reached for comment late yesterday evening. UC representatives met yesterday with Associate Provost Doreen Koretz and Paul Barreira of University Health Services, according to UC Representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, who served as a co-sponsor of the original legislation advocating for the site. This year has not been the first time that the UC has turned its sights toward the improvement of mental health...
...Depression is as much a thinking problem as it is a mood problem,” a psychiatry professor told students at a discussion last night intended to reduce stigma about mental illness. Paul J. Barreira, director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling for University Health Services, met with students in the Lowell House Junior Common Room yesterday for an information session called “Mental Illness 101.” The discussion dealt with general definitions of mental illnesses, but did not extensively address their prevalence in a college setting or delineate the mental health resources currently available...