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Student Mental Health

Student Mental Health . Steve Frantz Jonathan Eichten Office of the Chancellor Kathy Bell Karen Machlica Century College. History. “The mental health of students attending college is increasingly becoming a cause for concern.” --American College Health Association, 2007.

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Student Mental Health

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  1. Student Mental Health Steve Frantz Jonathan Eichten Office of the Chancellor Kathy Bell Karen Machlica Century College

  2. History • “The mental health of students attending college is increasingly becoming a cause for concern.” --American College Health Association, 2007. • Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois tragedies • Boynton Health Surveys included significant part on mental health

  3. Context Boynton survey data: • 22.4% of all students experienced some form of depression • 23.5% of students at 2-year campuses • 19.2% of students at 4-year campuses

  4. Members Bay, Scott, Anoka Ramsey Community College Beckering, Don, Office of the Chancellor Blake, Kathy, Central Lakes College Connolly, Christine, Minnesota State University, Mankato Cooley, Nick, Minnesota State College Student Association Cram, Stan, Rochester Community and Technical College Davis, Holly, Minnesota State University Student Association Eggers, John, St. Cloud State University Eichten, Jonathan, Office of the Chancellor Frantz, Steve, Office of the Chancellor Goings, Scott, Office of the Chancellor Jenkins, Stephen, St. Cloud State University Moore, Shannah, Minnesota State University Student Association Overland, Wanda, St. Cloud State University Reitmeir, Mary Ann, Bemidji State University Saunders, Cheryl, Minneapolis Community and Technical College Schmidt, LeAnne, Inver Hills Community College Swatfager-Haney, Patricia, Minnesota State University, Mankato Tillman, Debbie, Normandale Community College Wiese, Warren, Minnesota State University, Moorhead

  5. Themes • Development of a Healthy Environment • Targeted Interventions

  6. Recommendation 1 The system should include student mental health as an inherent component to achieving its strategic priorities of increasing access and opportunity, and promoting and measuring high-quality learning programs and services.

  7. Recommendation 2 System campuses should focus on best practices and programming that encourage students to make connections and become engaged in the collegiate experience.

  8. Recommendation 3 The system should collect consistent campus data regarding the mental health of students, and the longitudinal impact of programs and intervention.

  9. Recommendation 4 The goal is to empower staff, faculty and student leaders to better recognize and respond to situations where student mental health may be the issue or an underlying issue.

  10. Recommendation 5 System campuses should improve processes to effectively address concerns about student mental health and make appropriate referrals.

  11. Recommendation 6 The system should develop and/or utilize an on-call after hours mental health center for student information and referral.

  12. Recommendation 7 The system should examine mental health staffing and service/program models including external collaborations to best meet the needs of students.

  13. Recommendation 8 The system should take measures to keep mental health services as accessible as possible.

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