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Putnins added that MHAAG??s motivation to launch the new mental health programs stemmed from student need for more open discourse on this seldom-discussed topic...
...patients with diagnosed mental disorders. He added that he thought the word “behavioral” would make the department less daunting for students who feel that their lifestyle rather than a medical illness is responsible for their problems. Susan I. Putnins ’08, MHAAG??s treasurer, argued against the new name, claiming it sounded more alienating than Mental Health Services. She said the term Behavioral Health means one thing to her: “correctional facility.” Putnins also drew attention to the section of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences?...
...attended the meeting about the amnesty policy at University Health Services (UHS) regarding drinking-related admittances. The policy states that administrators will not punish students admitted to UHS for drinking. The group also discussed the differences between anxiety and normal stress and the differences between sadness and major depression. MHAAG??s pamphlet listed several resources for dealing with these and other mental issues. Students who attended the meeting were rewarded with cheesecake, chocolate-covered espresso beans, tortilla chips, and cheese-and-crackers...
Harvard students best understand how to get their peers focused on mental health, and MHAAG??s intelligent planning of this outreach shows that student input will be highly valuable on the mental health task force Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 has recently created. The task force should guarantee that both the Bureau of Study Counsel and UHS Mental Health Services have the necessary resources to meet student needs and that their respective counseling responsibilities are more clearly defined and differentiated...
Stork said MHAAG??s new administration contact is Dean of Freshman Elizabeth Studley Nathans, but that the group has not yet had any interaction with...