Peers To Advise on Mental Health

Students plan to launch a new program next semester aimed at encouraging discussion of student mental health issues, a subject which has long been considered “taboo" on campus. The Harvard-Radcliffe Mental Health Advocacy and Awareness Group (MHAAG) announced on Jan. 5 its creation of two new resources that will be available to undergraduates: mental health liaisons and mental health mentors. The announcement comes after recent attention to the need for increased mental health resources. A 2004 Crimson investigation found that the College was facing “a pervasive mental health crisis" at the time—80 percent of students reported feeling depressed at least once over the course of the year and 10 percent had seriously considered suicide. University Provost Steven E.

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