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Improving Mental Health of Student Parents: A Framework For Higher Education (2021)
This framework, provided by Ascend at the Aspen Institute and The Jed Foundation, contains guidance for administrators, faculty, and staff at higher education institutions to help them better understand how they can support the mental and emotional well-being of parenting students.
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A Pilot Test of a Graduate Course in Suicide Theory, Risk Assessment, and Management (2016)
This article looks at the effectiveness of a graduate-level course on a group of five graduate clinical psychology students. The researchers found that the course improved student awareness of 10 core competencies and their ability to connect with and assess a suicidal patient.
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Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress: A Faculty Handbook
Often, there are indicators that a student is experiencing distress long before a situation escalates to a crisis. To assist students in maintaining their mental health and maximizing their intellectual growth, it is important to identify difficulties as early as possible. This handbook will help you to identify students in crisis and provide you with…
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Creating a Culture of Caring (2020)
From Active Minds and the Association of College and University Educators comes this guide of applied methods that faculty can use to support student mental health and wellbeing.
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Taking a Leave of Absence: A Guide for Campus Leadership, Faculty, & Staff (2021)
Provided by the Ruderman Family Foundation in partnership with Active Minds, this guide is designed to assist faculty and staff with creating a culture of caring and support for students who have decided to take a leave of absence. It provides strategies that institutions can use to assist students in their decision to take a…
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Students, Parents and Suicide: What’s the Role of the University? (WBUR, 2018)
This article looks at the legal and moral obligations that a college or university has regarding students in crisis and when to involve the parents.
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Virginia Suicide Prevention Resource Directory (2020)
This directory is designed to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use reference of programs available in Virginia to assist individuals who may need suicide prevention resources. The directory also provides a list of available resources that are needed when people are impacted by suicide. All known national, state, and local resources are provided whenever possible.
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Help Yourself. Help Others.
From MindWise Innovations comes this self-assessment tool that can be used to assess the emotional health of you or a loved one. They offer various screeners for various conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, psychosis, substance use (with specific screenings for alcohol and opioid use), gambling, and eating disorders. They also offer a well-being screener…
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ULifeline Self Evaluator
This self-evaluation tool offers students the ability to utilize one of four available screeners for the purposes of screening for depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), eating disorders (SCOFF), and substance use disorders (CAGE-AID). Optionally, students may enter the name of their school, which will allow the screener to provide them with information on resources that are…
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Ulifeline – Resources for College Mental Health
An anonymous, confidential, online resource center where college students can be comfortable searching for the information they need and want regarding emotional health.
