“No matter where a student comes in, whether it’s because they are having study problems, are insomniacs or have problems with their roommates, that will all be coordinated so there will be better coverage,” he said.

Mental Health Services Chief Richard D. Kadison wrote in an e-mail last night that his department strives to reach out to students in need.

“As a most recent example, and with the help of student groups, today, we participated in activitities supporting national depression screening day at our health fair and had more than 700 students go through the screening, the largest number we have ever had,” he wrote.

Andrew L. Kalloch ’06, co-chair of the Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG), said the statistics may be misleading.

“One [suicide] as opposed to zero is a statistically insignificant difference. That’s not to say that one life is insignificant,” he said.

Kalloch said MHAAG is planning an upcoming panel on suicide in November.

“We think that while there’s been improvements to the mental health system, especially in the last year, the work is not done,” he said. “The work is never done.”

—Katharine A. Kaplan contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Hana R. Alberts can be reached at alberts@fas.harvard.edu.