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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the thing: mental health and the difficulty surrounding medical leave decisions are challenging issues at every school but we expect better at *Yale*. Yale has resources and did not need to be this cruel. They seem to want to get the problems off campus and off their watch so as not to tarnish their reputation. We should expect better at all schools. Every student has a bright future and their life is precious. [/quote]

Yale has always had incredibly crappy health services. I never had occasion to use the mental health services, but even when I was there in the late 90s/early to mid 2000s (undergrad and grad), everyone knew the health services were awful. The acronym was DUH (Department of University Health I guess, but everyone called it "duhhhh"). Learning that the mental health services are abysmal does not surprise me in the least.

I loved my time at Yale. But I was never under any illusion that Yale loved me back. It's a big corporation, not a family. It is a mistake to think otherwise. [/quote]

Schools are never health care providers nor equipped to provide mental health services to severely mentally ill.  It makes sense to have them leave to get the help they need. Parents need to stop expecting the schools to be everything to everyone and get their kids the help they need.  Being suicidal rarely happens overnight.  [/quote]

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