Tag: Paul Barreira

  • Nation & World

    Director of health services to step down

    After 15 years in the post, Paul Barreira will step down as director of Harvard University Health Services, effective Nov. 18.

    6 minutes
    Paul Barreira in his office.
  • Nation & World

    Expanded Counseling and Mental Health Services

    Paul Barreira and Barbara Lewis discuss the expansion of Counseling and Mental Health Services in the Smith Center, and how it broadens their mission.

    8 minutes
    Paul Barreira and Barbara Lewis
  • Nation & World

    Tuned to emotions

    Student Mental Health Liaisons promote emotional well-being among their classmates through outreach, events, and activities.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Breaking away

    Harvard College officials applaud students who choose to spend Winter Break away from campus, where they can recharge and reconnect with loved ones. Officials say that the “nothing” that undergraduates often think they’re doing — sleeping, eating well, and tending to relationships — is actually vital for academic success, and for physical and mental health.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Nose to nose with mental illness

    Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall talked to a Harvard audience about his struggles with mental illness in a forum at Emerson Hall Oct. 24.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Senior relief

    Harvard offers a wealth of resources to help seniors manage stress and get as much from their last year of college as they have from their first three.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Decisions, decisions … and how we make them

    How much of our decision making is controlled by rational thought, and how much is determined by more primitive brain structures? How do we rationalize decisions based on the latter?…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Panel offers valuable advice on coping with stress and depression

    A full house was on hand for Wednesday’s (May 2) panel discussion on coping with stress, a “Caring for the Harvard Community” event. Facilitated by Families for Depression Awareness — a nonprofit organization founded by speaker Julie Totten after her brother committed suicide in 1999 — the talk focused on stress and its relationship to…

    4 minutes