Word: mentalism
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...Harvard has often been caricatured as a cold and unforgiving school if you are struggling with emotional problems. In that caricature, getting help represents failure. These misperceptions don’t reflect the reality that nearly 50 percent of graduating seniors have taken advantage of counseling or mental health services on or off campus at least once during their years here. The perception that people who seek help are weak detracts from ongoing efforts on behalf of a number of people and organizations to improve mental health services on campus...
...There are numerous peer counseling groups and mental health resources available on campus for those who are willing to seek them. When all is said and done though, each individual in the community must be willing to educate him or herself about mental health and be willing to take the initiative to care for their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of the community. Developing a caring campus, in part, depends on recognizing how excessive stress can be debilitating to individuals and then our entire community. In multiple surveys our students repeatedly report that stress is the major impediment to academic...
...Developing a caring campus, in part, depends on educating ourselves about common mental health problems—such as depression and anxiety—and how effectively they can be helped. Pamphlets, panel discussions, counseling, and therapy are all available for anyone willing to seek out these resources. Medications can be prescribed to students in need of them. Simply ignoring a serious problem can serve to make it worse, particularly at a school as demanding as Harvard, where work can pile up and become overwhelming when combined with already existing mental health issues. There is 24-hour support available from...
...patient advocate for anyone who feels they have not received optimal treatment during their visit, and they also recently placed students on the College advisory board. Most recently, they have provided information regarding off-campus mental health specialists, and also clarified the policy regarding the number of visits available to students seeking mental health care—if any question persists, there is no 12-session limit. All of these resources and efforts are invaluable to the community...
...hopes is that initiatives like Mental Health Week will rectify the misperception of mental health at Harvard and lead to real changes down the road. We believe that students are ready to change that perception and their commitment to this initiative and others demonstrates their desire to characterize the College as a caring and supportive community...