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...interim report from the MIT Mental Health Task Force—created in the wake of six suicides at the university since 1996—found fault with a number of the practices of the MIT mental health clinic. The task force recommended broad changes in its Aug. 28 report, many of which will be instituted this fall, including large increases in staff size and longer hours for the clinic...
According to the report, visits to the MIT clinic increased by 60 percent between 1995 and 2000, although staff size at the clinic remained constant. The report notes that MIT is also the only college studied that does not offer evening appointments at the clinic...
...MIT chancellor Phillip L. Clay says the work of the task force will create “a broad and intense dialogue within MIT on ways to better support the individual growth and well-being of our students...
...panel of scientific advisors, which included Steven Pinker, MIT professor of brain and cognitive sciences, and Stephen Kosslyn, Professor of Psychology, chose the 18 winners from a list of 100 experts in science and medicine...
Spelke left MIT to join Harvard’s psychology department just last month, saying that Harvard offered unique opportunities including working with former New York University psychologist Susan Carey who also joined the faculty this summer as a psychology professor...