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Virginia College Mental Health Study (2011)
Prepared for The Joint Commission on Health Care at the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, this report addresses the roles and responsibilities of colleges in responding to possible student mental health crises, including notification and sharing of information, threat assessment, initiation and participation in commitment proceedings, and follow-up.
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Patient Safety Plan Template
This is a safety plan template from the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention, a brief evidence-based collaboration between a clinician and a suicidal individual with the goal of reducing acute risk.
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Balancing Safety and Support on Campus: A Guide for Campus Teams (HEMHA, 2012)
A resource created by the Higher Education Mental Health Alliance (HEMHA) to provide guidance for the structure and function of “campus teams” (commonly called threat assessment teams). In the wake of violent acts at universities in Virginia and Illinois, many campuses have created campus teams to identify and assess the behaviors of distressed students. These…
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The Coalition of Clinician Survivors
Formerly known as the “American Association of Suicidology Clinician Survivor Task Force”, The Coalition of Clinician Survivors provides resources, support, consultation, and education to mental health and other professional caregivers who have suffered a loss by suicide of either a professional or personal nature.
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A Developmental Framework for a Code of Student Conduct: The NCHERM Group Model Code Project (NCHERM, 2013)
This article provides guidance and resources for colleges and universities, large or small, public or private, to be better able to craft a comprehensive code of conduct for their students.
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Making the Call: Parental Notification of Suicidal Students (NCHERM, 2015)
A resource created by two attorneys and two clinicians addressing the question of when parents should be notified about suicidal students.
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The Implementation of Mental Health Clinical Triage Systems in University Health Services (2006)
This article outlines the processes and procedures involved in developing and implementing a clinical triage system through the perspectives of two sites. Issues addressed include how a mental health service moves to the utilization of a clinical triage system, the processes and components involved in the successful transition to a clinical triage system, the impact…
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Resource Document on College Mental Health and Confidentiality (Council on Psychiatry and Law, 2016)
This document was prepared to guide practitioners to provide good clinical care within the framework of relevant law.
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Psychological Approaches to Suicide Treatment and Prevention (2015)
This article looks at the psychological methods for treating suicidality within the field of clinical suicidolgy. The article focuses on two major areas within the field: The first being treatments that, through randomized controlled trials, have shown to be effective for treating suicidality and the second area being new brief suicide-specific treatments.
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Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights (Bazelon, 2017)
A resource created by The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law discusses students’ rights as they relate to mental health. The resource provides straightforward, easy-to-understand explanations of many issues that students may have questions about, including privacy rights and ways to seek accommodations for mental health concerns.
Resources
This resource library is a compilation of publications and websites that are related to suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, and mental well-being promotion. Use the dropdown to browse by category or click the Resources link in the navigation for an easy-to-browse option.