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...These findings are both troubling and informative. Again we are confronted with the staggering number of students who experience severe, debilitating emotional distress at some point during their college years. At the same time, however, this finding conveys an important message about the inconsistency of the culture of shame that often accompanies a student’s struggle with emotional distress at Harvard. With almost half of the student body having experienced functionally significant depressive feelings, emotional distress is anything but uncommon and certainly not the result of personal weakness or inadequacy...
...mental health is uncommon at Harvard. Once again, the numbers tell quite a different story. By the time they graduate, 40 percent of Harvard students will have sought and received services from Mental Health Services or the Bureau of Study Counsel. And yet, students who are struggling with emotional distress or who are accessing services for the first time often feel terribly alone in their plight...
...stifled productive discussion of mental health issues within our community. The aim of Mental Health Week is to share knowledge about issues of mental health, to stress the importance of students’ mental and emotional well-being, and to encourage students to reach out to friends in distress. If real change is to be made, however, we must incorporate this same culture of open discussion and caring into the everyday fabric of Harvard life...
...more tangible level, we can also work to simplify and ease the process of seeking help for students experiencing distress. Harvard provides by-appointment mental health services through UHS and the BSC, as well as 24-hour urgent care for students who need more immediate help than the appointment process can provide. In addition, students from Harvard’s peer counseling groups—Room 13, ECHO, Response, Contact, PCC—and the Student Mental Health Liaison program work to create a safe space for discussing mental health issues and can help students locate and access appropriate mental...
...look toward the future of mental health quality and care at Harvard, the vision is not one of despair but rather of hope. Of course, an unsettling percentage of our classmates experience severe emotional distress, and yes, a significant number of these students feel too ashamed to reach out for help. Yet by actively working to reduce the stigma surrounding issues of mental health, by looking out for signs of emotional distress in our friends, and by supporting efforts to increase the transparency and accessibility of campus mental health services, we each have the power to improve the state...