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...light of mental health awareness month on campus, this is the third op-ed in a series on mental health resources at Harvard...
With papers to write, sports to play, and meetings to conduct, mental health inevitably gets brushed aside in the full calendar of a Harvard student’s life. Even for those students who understand the importance of mental health issues, taking care of one’s mental health requires time and energy that is hard to schedule in between sections and summer job applications. However, with 45 percent of college students reporting in a survey conducted by the American College Health Association that they have felt so depressed at some point during college as to be unable...
...most prominent complaints about campus mental health center on Harvard’s Mental Health Services (MHS) at University Health Services and other mental health resources and policies. The first complaint is that “Harvard punishes those with psychiatric disorders.” This complaint can be dismissed because services are confidential and are designed to help students. The only time health care and administration collide is when discussing leaves of absence, but virtually all medical leaves of absence are voluntary and examined calmly by only those who absolutely need to know about the situation...
...second complaint, that “Harvard’s mental health care system is inadequate,” should be taken more seriously. Problems occur when understaffing keeps students from timely appointments, and unqualified clinicians provide students with insufficient care. These problems are not due to a lack of good intentions from administrators within the health care system, but from lack of funding from University administrators to allow for a larger staff and to better assess of current staff. Resources need to be expanded and better used. Mental health clearly needs to be a bigger priority on campus...
...would contradict this. No student would say, “Mental health services shouldn’t be a higher priority of the administrations,” or even, “Mental health services here couldn’t be better.” But it is hypocritical to demand that the University make student mental health a primary concern when students won’t even do it themselves. While there should be no complacency in advocating for better care and policies on the side of the administration, students must also help themselves by accessing resources already...