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Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator for College Mental Health Services and Programs
Provided by the Healthy Minds Network, this tool is designed to help higher education institutions determine the economic returns of mental health improvement programs or services they provide for their students.
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Mental Health and Academic Success in College (2009)
Using a random longitudinal sample, this first of its kind study attempts to determine the extent that student mental health is a forecaster of academic success. Controlling for previous academic performance and other variables, they found that depression is related to a higher likelihood of dropping out and is an important predictor of a lower…
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Campus Mental Health Action Planning (2011)
The Jed Foundation and Education Development Center, Inc. created a series of four expert-led online events to guide campuses in developing the most effective approach to promoting mental health and intervening with at-risk students.
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Increasing Student Retention through Improved Mental Health (2017)
From Kognito comes this white paper that looks at reasons why higher education institutions should invest in their students’ mental health and how these investments can help their students. It also visits the reasons that students may not seek help and provides steps that can be taken to better connect students who may be at…
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Investing in Student Mental Health: Opportunities & Benefits for College Leadership (2019)
Prepared by the American Council on Education, this article presents data and case examples from higher education institutions, explaining why funding mental health initiatives makes economic sense and fulfills institutional priorities. The article includes recommendations and strategies that campuses can implement to support student mental health.
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Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care (Action Alliance, 2019)
Published by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, in collaboration with health care and suicide prevention experts, this guide looks at the challenges in care transitions and the need for better care coordination and practices in the transition from inpatient to outpatient care. The guide presents evidence-based, achievable practices that providers and healthcare systems…
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Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe (Action Alliance, 2018)
Published by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, in collaboration with healthcare and suicide prevention experts, this guide was created to assist healthcare organizations to improve the identification of and support for people who are at increased risk of suicide and for advocates who work with clinics and hospitals to improve patient safety.
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Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students (SAMHSA, 2021)
SAMHSA provides this guide to educating college personnel, clinicians, and practitioners about strategies for screening and treating anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among transition-aged college students (18-24 years old). The guide presents five evidence-based programs and practices (including gatekeeper training, mindfulness-based stress reduction, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior…
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Uniting for Suicide Postvention
Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this site contains postvention support and resources for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.
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Aftermath of Tragic Events: The Development and Use of Community Support Meetings on a University Campus
Over the last eight years at Cornell University, we have developed a program of community support to help constituencies within the larger university community come together in the aftermath of tragic events. This was initiated as a way to help students cope with the suicides of peers, but its scope has expanded to include a…
