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According to UHS Chief of Mental Health Dr. Richard D. Kadison and Director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling Dr. Paul Barreira, the numbers of students who are hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, return from hospitalization, or take medical leaves have remained relatively consistent over this period...
...policy was downright illogical. Mr. Knudson repeatedly invokes the 43 percent rise in UHS admissions since 2005 as overwhelmingly definitive proof of his argument. Yet in the Feb. 17 Crimson article upon which Mr. Knudson based his work, both Ryan Travia of Alcohol and Drug Services and Paul J. Barreira of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling stated that given the statistics, the causes of the increase in hospitalizations are unclear. Does Mr. Knudson have special knowledge that would lead him to a conclusion contradicting two experts whose jobs are to be knowledgeable about this very issue...
...Paul J. Barreira, director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling for University Health Services at Harvard, said that UHS will be making a stronger effort to coordinate with residential life staff and student mental health groups to make sure that every student is "more alert and mindful" in the aftermath of this suicide and the recent Cornell suicides...
According to Barreira, a situation like the one at Cornell is known as a “suicide contagion,” a period in which multiple individuals take their own lives. But he said that there is no evidence that a suicide contagion at one university could lead to a similar event at another institution...
Nonetheless, Barreira added that he plans to coordinate with residential life staff and student mental health groups in order to ensure that everyone is “more alert and more mindful” in the aftermath of the Cornell suicides. He also said that UHS will continue its efforts to educate students about how to help their depressed peers, and will be distributing its biennial health assessment survey starting today...