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Health & Wellness
Accessing health and wellness resources is an important part of supporting your success during graduate school. Yale provides physical healthcare and mental healthcare, both through Yale Health and embedded within the graduate school of arts and sciences. There are also wellness resources available in the form of various offices and services around campus.
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GSAS Embedded Mental Health Services
GSAS students have access to a variety of free mental health services and programming through the GSAS Office of Embedded Mental Health and Wellness.
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Leaves of Absence
The Graduate School offers leaves of absence for students who wish to pause their studies temporarily. There are three categories of leave: medical leave of absence, personal leave of absence, and parental leave of absence.
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Yale Mental Health and Counseling
https://yalehealth.yale.edu/directory/departments/mental-health-counseling
Yale Mental Health and Counseling provides a full range of free mental health services to Yale Students. To access individual therapy, medication management, and/or group therapy, students should call Yale Mental Health and Counseling at 203-432-0290 and schedule an intake appointment. Students in urgent need can call 24/7 to speak with an on-call clinician.
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Navigating Concerns
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences works to ensure that students are supported in navigating academic and non-academic concerns that may occur throughout their experience at Yale. The Associate Director of Student Support and Community Standards can assist graduate students in identifying resources and support for any type of concern they may experience at Yale.
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Good Life Center
https://goodlifecenteratyale.com/
The Good Life Center offers free wellness-focused programming for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Through evidence-backed programming on mindfulness, gratitude, social connection, exercise, sleep, acts of kindness, time in nature, play, and time affluence, the Good Life Center encourages students to slow down and figure out just what wellness means for them personally.
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GSAS Dean's Office
The Graduate School’s Dean’s Office provides centralized support for GSAS students and faculty, as well as its many academic, pre-professional, social, and cultural programs. The office sets and administers Graduate School policy, stewards and distributes university resources, advocates for the needs of graduate students, and provides leadership to advance the mission and strategic direction of GSAS.
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Title IX: GSAS Deputy Title IX Coordinator
https://titleix.yale.edu/reporting-options/university-and-deputy-title-ix-coordinators
Deputy Title IX Coordinators are available to consult with members of the community about their concerns and questions related to sex- or gender-based discrimination, including sexual misconduct. The GSAS Deputy Title IX Coordinator is Kristina Lynch.
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GSAS Student Groups
As a graduate student at Yale, you have many opportunities to get involved in the community, make and build relationships, learn leadership and professional skills, serve others, and have fun. Over 20 graduate student organizations are currently registered through the McDougal Graduate Student Center and all groups are open to all interested GSAS students.
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Health Award
The Graduate School provides Yale Health Basic Coverage at no cost to all students (Master's and PhD) who are enrolled at least half-time in degree-seeking programs. In addition, all PhD students registered at least half-time receive a Health Fellowship Award that covers the cost of Yale Health Hospitalization/Specialty Care Coverage.
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International SOS Global Travel Assistance
https://ogc.yale.edu/erm/ISOS
ISOS provides international and domestic emergency medical, security, and travel assistance services anywhere in the world.