Word: mentalism
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...night was one of those few campuswide events that excited the entire campus,” Ian W. Nichols ’06 wrote in an e-mail. He also pledged to “argue for [its] return on the basis of campus life benefits, educational benefits and mental health benefits...
Almost 4 in 10 of Boston’s homeless are plagued by mental health issues, and nearly the same number report problems with alcohol abuse. An appalling 92 percent of homeless women have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual assault at some point in their lives. The homeless community is wildly skewed in the direction of blacks and Hispanics. And while the incomes of homeless individuals remain stagnant at a fraction of the poverty level, Cambridge housing costs continue to skyrocket—the average one-bedroom apartment rents for an astounding...
Blame national politics. The current administration recently proposed slashing $1 billion from Section 8, the nation’s affordable housing program. Similarly, if adequate resources were actually being allocated to mental health issues and rehabilitation programs—not squandered on unnecessary tax cuts—maybe we wouldn’t have such a shameful pandemic on our hands...
Presidential candidate Tracy “Ty” Moore II ’06, while acknowledging the potential for improvement through the curricular review, focused his attention on the need for a centralized mental health resource. He mentioned the difficulty of navigating scattered campus resources, and proposed implementing a single phone number or website that would refer students to the proper place for help. Glazer, in his rebuttal, pointed out that the council has been working on a centralized website called help.harvard.edu that should be implemented in the next month...
Presidential candidate Teo P. Nicolais ’06 cited a strong sense of community as one of the best ways to improve student mental health on campus. He proposed creating more opportunites for students to gather socially and take a break from the academic grind...