Word: uhse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Limited accessibility is not the only problemstudents face when dealing with the UHSmanaged-care behemoth; because they are a medicalservice, many health professionals say UHS has todiagnose students, stamping their file with someclassification.
The problem of mental health care at Harvardbegins long before the first appointment, however.Most students visit UHS on referrals, not entirelyon their own, making House tutors and teachingfellows (TFs) the first line of defense.
The sterility of UHS and the uncheckeddisinterest of many House tutors suggests asolution that combines training with comfort:bringing professionals into the Houses.
UHS is now trying to emulate its low-keycounterpart to the extent a managed care systemwill allow, giving doctors "credit" for hoursspent outside the office and inside residentialHouses.
Sandip Prasad '98 still vividly remembers lumbering into University Health Services (UHS) at about 8:45 p.m., reeling with stomach pain, ready to be sick and hoping for some attention. Instead, he found a crowd of his peers who, strangely enough, shared the same problem.