ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES

There are various mental health resources on campus for Harvard students. A few are discussed below, but more can be found through the Harvard Counseling and Mental Health Service (CAMHS) website.

Counseling and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) works within the Harvard University Health Services to provide students with mental health care. CAMHS seeks to work collaboratively with students and the University to support individuals experiencing some measure of distress in their lives.

INSURANCE AND CAMHS

All students are automatically enrolled in the Student Health Program, which is comprised of two components: the Student Health Fee (SHF) and the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).

Student Health Fee: All full-time students must pay the SHF; it covers therapy and medication management visits at CAMHS, with no copayment. SHF coverage includes many services under HUHs including routine care, specialty care, behavioral health, and urgent care. SHF services have no copayment when performed on-site. There is no need for a referral from a primary care physician to access these services.

Student Health Insurance Plan: Covers specialty care at hospitals and prescription drug services through Blue Cross Blue Shield. Students with comparable health insurance coverage can waive the Student Health Insurance Plan. The SHIP covers in and outpatient mental health care outside of CAMHS. For outpatient therapy, the SHIP covers 40 visits per year. The first 8 visits of outpatient therapy from in-network providers are covered completely, visits 9-40 require a $35 co-pay. Visits 1-40 of outpatient therapy from out-of-network providers require a 30% coinsurance payment.

Harvard students have FREE access to virtual care services with TimelyCare, a virtual health and well-being platform from TimelyMD designed for college students.

Harvard students who have paid for the Student Health Fee are eligible to access TimelyCare. As part of Harvard’s partnership with TimelyMD, students have access to services in TimelyCare, including 12 scheduled counseling per academic year, psychiatry care, and self-care content.

Contact is peer counseling that strives to create a supportive space for Harvard undergraduates to talk about feelings and experiences around mental health and Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (BGLTQIA+) identities.

Contact is open every night during the academic year. You can call in 8pm to 8am at 617-998-6898 or drop in to their counseling space from 8pm to 11pm in Thayer Basement B-04.

ECHO provides a confidential, non-judgmental, non-directive space for undergraduate students to receive support about any concern. ECHO counselors have specialized training to address concerns about exercising, body image, food, eating, and eating disorders.

You can reach contact by phone from 8pm-8am every night at 617-495-8200 or drop in their counseling space 8pm-11pm Sun-Tours in Eliot Basement T-24.

Indigo Peer Counseling strives to foster a supportive and empathetic campus environment for undergraduate students grappling with and addressing concerns that lie at the intersection of identity and mental health. They provide specialized services grounded in an understanding of intersectionality. Their training centralizes on, but is not limited to, how race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, first-generation identity, citizenship status, ability, gender, sexuality, and other identities, singularly and collectively, inform individual experiences. Indigo provides confidential non-directive, non-judgmental peer counseling, as well as informational resources for students.

You can visit Indigo 8pm-11pm every night during the academic year in the BGLTQ+ office in Thayer Basement.

Harvard Undergraduate Group Peer Therapy (HUGPT) is a peer-facilitated psychotherapy program for fighting depression and anxiety at Harvard. It follows the group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) model that focuses on increasing social support and building healthy relationships through group conversations. As a clinically-validated therapy model, IPT-G performs as well as the gold standard of depression & anxiety therapy (CBT).

In each session, group members will share what is causing them distress and how they are or aren't currently being supported. Facilitators will then guide the group through structured discussion and exercises to better understand the problem, provide emotional support, and collaboratively problem-solve.

Join an in-person group of 6-8 students who meet for 90 minutes weekly over the course of a semester. Each group will be facilitated by two Harvard College students, both of whom have been trained in IPT-G by professionals.