Student Health Services
The University provides students with a comprehensive prepaid health care program called the Yale Health PlanYHP. YHP is a 25,000 member, staff-modelHMO which provides health care exclusively to the Yale community. YHP is located at the University Health Services CenterUHSC, 17 Hillhouse Ave.
Yale degree candidate students enrolled half-time or more are eligible to receive free primary care services in the following UHSC departments: student medicine, graduate medicine, athletic medicine, gynecology, inpatient care facility, internal medicine, mental hygiene, nutrition, urgent care and laboratory serviceson-site testing.
Most clinic hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Urgent care service is available 24 hours a day. Students are urged to keep the following telephone numbers for handy reference.
YHP Hospitalization-Specialty Care Plan
The University requires all students to have adequate hospitalization and specialty care coverage. Students are automatically enrolled in the Yale Health PlanYHP Hospitalization-Specialty Care Plan and billed through the Student Financial Services Office.
The YHP may be waived upon presentation of proof of alternative hospitalization and specialty care coveragesee below. Before students decide to waive, they should review their plan provisions carefully. Students who decide to waive YHP coverage should be aware that all YHP specialty care and hospital services will be billed to their alternate insurance plan. Many plans do not cover medical care outside of their service areas and students will be responsible for those charges.
YHP Prescription- Supplemental Benefit Plan
Students are also automatically enrolled in the Yale Health Plan YHP Prescription-Supplemental Benefit Plan. Students must be members of the YHP Hospitalization-Specialty Care Plan in order to purchase this plan. However, students may waive the plan and still be enrolled in the YHP Hospitalization-Specialty Care Plan. There is an annual $100 deductible as well as a 20 percent copayment for covered charges.
The YHP Prescription-Supplemental Benefit Plan includes items not covered by the YHP Hospitalization-Specialty Care Plan, such as prescription medicine, durable medical equipmentbraces, insulin pumps, crutches, and also offers additional coverage for inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse services.
A complete description of the plan's services and benefits is described in the Yale Health Plan Student Handbook. Waiving Coverage
Waiver forms must be completed and returned prior to Sept. 15 for the fall term and-or full year, and prior to Jan. 31 for the spring term each year.
For additional information, call the YHP Member Services department at 432-0246.
AIDS Resource and Counseling Center
The AIDS Resource and Counseling Center of Yale University Health Services provides individual, confidential counseling for undergraduates, graduate and professional students, faculty and staff. The center serves as a resource for HIV antibody testing information -- anonymous and confidential -- risk reduction, prevention, support groups and other services available to people with HIV-AIDS and their families and friends.
The center selects and trains student peer educators who present informational workshops to incoming freshmen and organizations within the Yale and New Haven communities. This program provides information on HIV-AIDS prevention, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, communication and risk reduction. These workshops and other educational materials, such as pamphlets, brochures and videos, are available through the center.
Educational and informational programs are also provided for graduate and professional students individually and collectively. Representatives from each school are involved in designing appropriate activities to target their peers.
The AIDS Resource and Counseling Center is located in the University Health Services Center, 17 Hillhouse Ave. Office hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, call 432- 1892.
Division of Mental Hygiene
The Division of Mental Hygiene provides consultation, evaluation and crisis intervention throughout the year for all members of the Yale Health PlanYHP. All students are eligible for limited individual or group therapy, free of charge. Other regular YHP members may be referred after evaluation to private practitioners or clinics outside the Yale University Health Services for ongoing treatment. The cost of this treatment is partially covered by a limited co-insurance benefit.
For more information, call 432-0290 during the day; 432-0123 nights and weekends.
Sex Counseling Service>/b>
The Sex Counseling Service of the Yale University Health Services functions through the Division of Mental Hygiene. The service provides counseling for students and members of the Yale Health Plan on problems related to sex. These may include questions or concerns about sexuality, contraception, pregnancy, and sexual relations, function and orientation. For further information, call 432-1893.
Personal Counseling
Freshmen counselors are associated with each residential college. They assist freshmen in scheduling and selecting courses and with problems that may be encountered during the first year at Yale. Ethnic counselors are available to advise and assist minority students. Contact residential college deans for information. Graduate and professional students are available in some residential colleges to discuss problems with undergraduates. College deans can provide these students' names.
Pathways Peer Counseling
Pathways Peer Counseling is a student-staffed service for students with questions about personal, sexual and social problems related to gay, lesbian and bisexual concerns. The confidential service provides information, referrals and a chance to talk.
For the service's telephone number, contact the Yale College Dean's Office at 432-2908 in mid-September.
Walden Student-to-Student Counseling
Walden Student-to-Student Counseling is a crisis and non-crisis counseling service provided by professionally trained counselors for Yale students in need of an objective sounding board for their emotional, social and academic problems. The student counselors provide supportive, sympathetic listening while maintaining strict confidentiality, and are well informed about other University counseling services. Located in the basement of Silliman College, Walden is open seven days a week for walk-in counseling 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Phone-in counseling is available 8 p.m.-8 a.m. For the service's telephone number, contact the Yale Col-lege Dean's Office at 432- 2908 in mid-September.