July 20, 2001

MIT Committee Calls for Big Changes in Campus Mental-Health Care

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology needs to make "significant changes" to improve its mental-health services.

That's the conclusion of a 20-member committee that, according to a draft report completed this month, recommended that the university screen students for depression and suicidal tendencies.

The report, which was first described in The Boston Globe and has not been publicly released, was commissioned last year after Elizabeth Shin, a sophomore, died by setting

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