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Along with these assessments, UHS has been working with other Harvard administrators to increase awareness of mental illness. Most recently, UHS worked with Provost Steven E. Hyman to hold Harvard’s Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Week, aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and encouraging students to seek treatment...
Provost Steven E. Hyman jump-started the first annual Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Week at Harvard with a lecture last night in Emerson Hall that addressed the stigma of mental illness in American society...
...provost said that depression and eating disorders are broadly recognized at Harvard, but mental illness still remains plagued by stigma...
...harder to conduct research on mentally ill patients than on the physically sick, making stigma more deeply rooted in common belief, Hyman said...
...There's been a stigma that if you're a single mom and you're not living by yourself with your kids, then you're not independent," says Russell Mawby, a housing facilitator for the city of Saskatoon, Sask., whose job includes helping low-income residents find home-sharing opportunities. By sharing baby-sitting expenses, cooking duties and more, "you're at a huge advantage," he says. "That's how you get your independence, by having a support system...