Word: hyman
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...feel this tension,” says University Provost Steven E. Hyman, who is former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. “What do I want? I want every person here who is in distress to identify themselves and get the best possible individualized care to help them. I also want to be able to afford this...
...Hyman, who chairs the UHS executive committee says that prescribing medication to a student after an hour’s evaluation is a legitimate medical practice...
...This is more complicated than strep throat by far, but this is a serious illness and you don’t want to have to schedule three appointments to get a prescription for an SSRI,” Hyman says, referring to a common class of anti-depressants. “A skilled clinician can certainly in an evaluation tell whether someone warrants treatment...
...Hyman says the need for the new task force comes from an increase in student demand for help, not from any past failures...
...What’s happened is prevalence of mental disorders on campus has continued to grow, and it’s basically swamped the efforts that were made,” says Hyman, the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health...