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Students describe being "ghosted" by their therapist.
52% of 200 surveyed students in 2021 answered yes, that they had been "ghosted" by a therapist at Yale Mental Health & Counseling. 38% said they had been discouraged from pursuing regular meetings with a therapist.
Wait times for enrolled students to see a therapist run weeks to months.
Wait times between intake and initial appointment at Yale Mental Health and Counseling are often weeks, sometimes months.
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Eliminate roadblocks for reinstatement to Yale College following a medical withdrawal.
End the opaqueness of decision-making on students’ applications for reinstatement.
Stop terminating health insurance for a student leaving Yale to address a health condition.
Reduce the minimum duration for medical withdrawals.
Allow students reasonable access to campus while on medical withdrawal.
Designate a staff member as a dedicated advocate for students considering, on, or returning from a medical withdrawal.
Reform the process for involuntary medical withdrawals.
Restructure the refund schedule for tuition, room, and board fees.
Offer an affordable PPO option of university health insurance to meet the volume and diversity of students’ mental and physical healthcare needs.
Implement mandatory annual mental health first-aid training for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.