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Chief of Mental Health Richard D. Kadison concedes that during the busiest months, some students must receive slightly less care to accommodate appointments for students with acute distress.
Some students say that they faced disquieting experiences at key moments in their care, including a sense that they were either rushed through intake appointments or faced with excessive wait times at after-hours urgent care.
A student involved with mental health advocacy at Harvard, who also does not wish to be identified, says that some of these issues were widely acknowledged as weaknesses in the Harvard mental health system.
“I personally have gotten a lot of complaints from students that the counselors themselves rush people through appointments. [And] there are some pretty terrible stories of people going in after hours, and the on-call psychologist coming in 45 minutes late,” the student said...
While some students say they appreciate having two different people to turn to, others say this system creates a disconnect between the different aspects of their treatment.