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...first meeting of the informal support group she recently founded for students with mental illnesses on campus, Alison D. Kent '99-00 said she was struck by the fact that students of every race, from every concentration, class, and house were openly discussing their mental illnesses for the first time...
...last year, the Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group--also founded by Kent--has helped to bring mental illnesses such as depression from the realm of conversational taboo into students' consciousness. The group, supported by UHS Health Education Office, brings speakers on issues of Mental Health, sponsors Colloquia and helps with Depression screening programs...
According to Kent, last year a student suffering from depression who sought counseling at the Bureau was assured of confidentiality, but the Bureau later contacted her Senior Tutors. The Tutor then allegedly referred to the student's proclivity toward depression on a medical school recommendation...
...People are scared of publicizing their mental health issues, especially when it comes to jobs," says Kent, "every medical school to which the student applied brought up the issue of depression during his interviews...as a result, he was denied admission...
...incidents such as these that Kent and other students in the support group have tried to focus their energies on how to find the right kind of treatment on campus. However, Kent said she and other students, both those who have suffered from depression and those who have helped friends through such experiences, are still unsure whether Harvard's pressurized environment itself may be at the heart of students' depression...