Word: mentalities
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...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...
...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...
...College is a depressing time of life, not very conducive to mental health," says a junior in Leverett House who has helped many of her friends through periods of depression. Kent agrees that Harvard students lack free time and strong sense of community support, citing specific Harvard causes of depression such as lack of sleep and constant feelings of inadequacy when measuringoneself to more impressive and successfulroommates and friends...
Whether or not Harvard students'competitiveness, high stress level and innatedefense-mechanisms increase or decreasesusceptibility depression, most students agreethat available mental health resources areinadequate...
Ducey encourages students concerned that theymay be depressed to drop by the Bureau which hesays is accessible and nurturing and offers a fullrange of mental health groups and workshops eachsemester in addition to providing individualcounseling...