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The University's policy runs counter to what some mental health experts believe is best for young people. For some undergraduates, the short-term, preventive care Harvard limits itself to may not be enough, says Dr. Robert Y. Berlin, the director of mental health at Brandeis University.
Brandeis offers students free, long-term psychotherapy for all four years to any student who requests help, he says. "We have a health model here and it is perceived as an emotional accom- paniment to education," says Berlin, who heads a staff of 19 psychologists and social workers.
The Globe said the protest came after Brandeis president Samuel O. Thier decided to extend the school's antismoking policy to include a popular campus dining hall and an upstairs lounge in the Goldfarb Library.
"We view the removal of the smoking section as a violation of students rights," said senior David C. Kaufman, one of the protest's organizers, "and we support its reinstatement throughout the Brandeis community."
The protesters quoted the man for whom the school is named, former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis.