Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Mental hygiene in hard times

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, April 15, 2009

As Yale University Health Services is forced to cut costs, Elis facing the realities of a struggling economy and a bleak job market are turning increasingly to YUHS counseling services. Staff reporter Florence Dethy investigates.

The very economic downturn that is driving Elis to enlist themselves in counseling services is forcing Yale University Health Services to cut costs.

Over the past year, YUHS has seen demand increase for both its clinical and its mental health services while having to cut costs in personnel and non-personnel expenditures by 7.5 percent — just...

#1 By p '10 8:51a.m. on April 15, 2009

while they do provide quite good services once you get in, i wouldn't call waiting 2 months after a non-urgent initial appointment for the next one an effective amount of capacity...

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