Support groups and educational workshops are held periodically and referrals for off-campus mental health services are available through the Counseling Center as well. Students are seen at Counseling and Psychological Services free of charge. Students are encouraged to contact DSS early in the semester to ensure that their needs are accommodated in housing, class scheduling, course modification, etc. The college is in compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and will make modifications necessary to ensure that course requirements do not discriminate on the basis of disability. Director x2119 Mills provides a health program that encourages students to maintain optimal health.
Emphasis is on prevention of illness and disease, and a healthy campus environment.
This plan meets the needs of students by offering a wide range of health care services in affiliation with the University of California at Berkeley Health Service. On the Mills campus, the focus of health services is health promotion and public health planning. The program includes campus-wide health education on various topics, such as stress management, nutrition, safer sex, alcohol and drug use, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, rape prevention, relationships and sexuality. The Health Director also offers individual and confidential health counseling appointments to assist students in their decision-making about personal health concerns. On the Berkeley campus, the focus of service is clinical care and the management of illness or injury so that the disruption to academic life is minimized.