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Engaging State Policymakers to Support College Student Mental Health: A Resource Guide for Campus Leaders
This toolkit from the American Council on Education provides knowledge and resources to help campus leaders, staff, and students advocate for increased state support and funding for college student mental health.
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Responding to Suicide: Postvention Guidance for Student Housing Managers
The Jed Foundation—in partnership with the College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition and Hi, How Are You Project (HHAYP)—has released an emergency preparedness guidebook for student housing managers on how to handle the sudden and tragic loss of a community resident. Titled Responding to Suicide: Postvention Guidance for Student Housing Managers, the guidebook offers protocols…
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Firearm Safety Counseling
From the Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans (STRIVE) YouTube channel, Dr. Craig Bryan demonstrates the firearm safety counseling approach used in brief cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (BCBT) with an at-risk patient. This approach is influenced by the core principles of motivational interviewing, and involves four general phases: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and…
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Mental Health Crisis Response on Campus
Developed by the Center for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, this toolkit provides guidance and direction for campuses to develop wholistic approaches to crisis management.
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More Colleges Are Hiring Crisis-Response Teams for Mental-Health Emergencies (2022)
This article is from the Chronicle of Higher Education and is about the movement of many universities toward crisis response teams for mental health emergencies.
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Guidelines for Responding to Students in Crisis at the University at Albany
The University at Albany has shared its Guidelines for Responding to a Student in Crisis. These guidelines are intended to assist faculty, professional staff, administrators, and other University employees in addressing student-related crises. While some campus officials play more active roles in responding to student crises, it is important for all University faculty and professionals…
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Code of Virginia § 23.1-804: Institutional crisis and emergency management plan.
This is the Virginia Code requiring all public institutions to develop and adapt crisis management plans.
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
This website gives background and current information about the crisis line and crisis response resources.
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Restricting Access to Lethal Means on College and University Campuses
Steps to assess and implement the restriction of means for suicide on higher education campuses.
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Connectedness and Suicide Prevention in College Settings (2012)
This article presents a definition of connectedness, four core components of a connectedness framework, and intervention implications for suicide prevention on college campuses.
