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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.
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​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.
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Reduce the minimum duration for medical withdrawals.
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Allow students reasonable access to campus while on medical withdrawal.​
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Designate a staff member as a dedicated advocate for students considering, on, or returning from a medical withdrawal.​
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Reform the process for involuntary medical withdrawals. ​
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Restructure the refund schedule for tuition, room, and board fees.​
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Offer an affordable PPO option of university health insurance to meet the volume and diversity of students’ mental and physical healthcare needs.​
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Implement mandatory annual mental health first-aid training for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.