University Health Service
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Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: University Health Service
Classmark: LUA/ACA/009
Date(s): 1952-2001
Size and medium: 1 box
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/3878
Collection group(s): University Archive | LGBTQ
Description
BOX 1
1. The Effect of Environment and Constitutional Factors on the Performance in Examinations of First Year Students, Department of Student Health, Nov 1952.
2. The Influence of Some Factors in the Preliminary Medical History Form on First Year Examination Results, by Dermot McCracken, circa 1965-66.
3. University Student Performance: The Changing Pattern of Medical & Social Factors over Three Years & their Correlations with Examination Results, by Dermot McCracken, Volumes I & II, July 1969. X 2 (1 set formerly University of Leeds Collection, Special Collections, S-1)
4. 'The Mental Health of Students' by Ronald J Still, Sept 1966 which includes brief references to 'homosexual' students and their experiences of mental health (in one case specifically attributed to their sexuality)
5. North Eastern Universities O & M Unit Report 77, University of Leeds Student Health Service, Oct 1973.
6. Folder containing papers re. Informal Policy Group on Aids, 1987-88 holds various materials which include brief references to 'homosexual, bisexual' transmission risk, as well as a retrospective report on a DES pamphlet stating 'certain students had construed the booklet as having a bias against homosexuals.'
7. Student Health Service Report, 1972-73; Statistical Record of Psychological Reactions Observed in Leeds University Students Session 1972-73; and A Survey of the Operation of the Student Health Services in the University as they have Developed Between 1949 & 1972, June 1972.
8. Misc. incl. Information on Your Health Service, 1972 & 1988; Student Welcome letter; Notice re. Health Service Arrangements on Campus; Immunisation Record Booklet; and excerpt: The Last Student Ally Goes, Leeds Student, 29 June 1973.
9. Counselling Service Annual Report, 1995/96-1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02 & leaflets re. Student Counselling Service (USCS). 'Major issues dealt with in counselling' are listed, including sexuality. Includes details of conferences attended by staff, some of which were LGBTQ+ related.
10. University of Leeds Student Health Service: Guide to the Entrance Medical Examination (n.d.).
11. Notes on the Preliminary Medical Examinations - October 1964.
12. File containing Report of the University of Leeds University Health Service for the Session 1981/82 with supporting statistical papers.
13. File containing Report of the University of Leeds University Health Service for the Session 1980/81 with supporting statistical papers.
14. 14. File containing misc. papers on mental health of students, including: Statistical Record of Psychological Reactions observed in Leeds University Students 1970-71 and 1971-72 (in which the diagnosis index lists 'sexual deviations' as a diagnosis); Survey of Student Suicide, 1971; correspondence re. student mental health questionnaire; Obsessionality in University Students (n.d.); etc.
15. Helping Students with Mental Health Difficulties: a document produced by the group on Student Mental Health Issues (2001)
16. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Safety Measures in Chemical Laboratories, 1949
17. Publication: Helping Students with Mental Health Difficulties: a document produced by the Group on Student Mental Health Issues (c2000?) (received from Press Office July 2009).
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September 1999; updated May 2000; December 2000; December 2001; May 2003; July 2009
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