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...Richard Kadison, Chief of Mental Health Services at Harvard University Health Services (UHS), confirmed over the phone that Harvard’s statistics in this area are representative of the national figures. Moreover, he said that “it is a growing problem” and that the University, and the medical community as a whole, is asking more questions about this epidemic. Dr. Kadison also acknowledged that there are no specific programs aimed at this issue within UHS, but individual counseling is available...
...Most Harvard students do not have healthy sleep patterns. In this regard, we do not differ from most of our peers at other colleges. In a 2004 book titled “College of the Overwhelmed” Chief of Mental Health Richard D. Kadison of Harvard University Health Services (UHS) cites reports in a 2004 book titled that less than 11% of college students nation-wide were getting “a good night’s sleep” on a regular basis. Harvard, in particular, fosters an exceptionally insidious anti-sleep culture that compounds the conventional collegiate...
...condition occurs when people don’t receive enough natural light, which can increase the risk of depression, Kadison wrote in an e-mail...
...Kadison recommends that students coping with their melancholy seek help from the mental health division of UHS, which offers special therapeutic lights that can be signed out for a one- to two-week trial...
...Kadison said that light therapy for one or more hours each day can help alleviate symptoms. Antidepressant medication may also be useful, according to Kadison...