Community Consultation and Intervention: Supporting Students Who Do Not Access Counseling Services

Although the severity of psychological problems among college students and the demand for campus counseling services has increased, many students who could benefit from mental health services still do not access them. This article describes Community Consultation and Intervention, a program designed to support students who are unlikely to access professional help despite the best efforts of traditional counseling center outreach. Community Consultation and Intervention reaches into the campus community to intervene by advising faculty and staff who may be the only contact for a distressed student, taking on a nontraditional “student support” role in direct interactions with students, offering advocacy when university systems or other environmental stressors precipitate psychological problems, and providing case management and crisis intervention services on behalf of the university when troubled students are especially concerning and disruptive to their communities. The most novel element of the program—the student support role—is distinct from conventional counseling in that it privileges problem solving, support, advice, and advocacy over focusing on emotions and other traditional mental health interventions. Case studies and programmatic challenges are described.     

高校生命教育实施途径探究——由石家庄高校大学生生命意识现状引发的思考

在探究生命教育背景、内涵、目标、内容的基础上,通过对石家庄市高校生命教育开展现状进行实际的调查分析,结果显示大学生心理压力过大,缺乏对生命价值与意义的深层次认识;高校在生命教育课程设置、心理健康教育与宣传、校园实践活动的开展上都存在不足。高校生命教育的实施途径有:进行课程开发,建立生命教育课程体系;加强心理健康教育,构建三级心理健康工作网络;寻求多样化生命教育形式,开展丰富的校园活动。     

Creating and Implementing a Faculty Interest Group for Historically Underrepresented Faculty

This article describes the creation and implementation of a faculty interest group for historically underrepresented faculty at a large, urban community college in the Northeast. Faculty interest groups provide opportunities for faculty across disciplines to meet to explore common interests and share concerns and best practices. The faculty interest group described in this article was designed to explore and address the challenges faced by historically underrepresented faculty and facilitate the process of attaining reappointment, promotion, and tenure. Nationwide, nearly half of community college students come from populations that are also historically underrepresented, and community colleges are challenged to recruit and retain faculty that mirror the student body. Research demonstrates that historically underrepresented faculty members enrich the overall education of all students, and yet a significant number of those faculty members describe their college campuses as unwelcoming. Factors that make campuses unwelcoming for these faculty include, but are not limited to, the following: isolation and marginalization; salary disparities; microaggressions based on race, gender, and sexual identity; heightened visibility; and additional role demands. Community college administrators ought to be concerned with historically underrepresented faculty members’ satisfaction and persistence on campus because these faculty members are vital members of the academy. Faculty interest groups for historically underrepresented faculty may provide the support and professional development opportunities that will ensure their retention and success in academia.     

College/University Counseling Centers Supporting Study Away: Challenges and Opportunities

Research points to significant numbers of students on college campuses experiencing mental health distress and an ever increasing number of college students who are choosing to make an off-campus educational experience a part of their college careers. When we consider both of these trends together, it is quite apparent that a significant number of students with mental health concerns will spend periods of time studying away from campus, with converging concerns among college mental health and study away professionals about how to best support these students. This article seeks to outline both challenges and opportunities inherent in the collaboration between campus professionals in supporting students with mental health issues before and during their study away experiences.     

Teachers’ knowledge and confidence for promoting positive mental health in primary school communities

This paper reports an investigation into Australian primary school teachers’ knowledge and confidence for mental health promotion. Questionnaires were delivered to 1397 teachers. In-depth interviews were held with 37 teachers. Quantitative results showed that half to two thirds of teachers felt efficacious and knowledgeable about selected components of mental health promotion. Independent judgments by staff about students’ mental health status concurred with students’ scores on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in about 75% of cases, indicating a good level of staff awareness about students’ mental health status. Exposure to the KidsMatter Primary mental health promotion initiative was associated with improvements in teachers’ efficacy, knowledge and pedagogy, with small to medium effect sizes. Qualitative analysis indicated that teachers’ subject-matter and pedagogical knowledge were heavily reliant on curriculum resources. Implications of the findings for the implementation of school-based mental health promotion initiatives are discussed.     

Active Minds: Creating Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Awareness

Utilizing student peers is one vital avenue for improving the prevention, detection, and treatment of mental health disorders on college campuses (The Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia, 2011). This article will briefly review research findings indicating the importance of student peers and then focus on a promising model and growing movement, established by Active Minds Inc., an organization dedicated to engaging students in mental health promotion and prevention on campus. We will describe Active Minds’ history, goals, model, and programming, and give indications about future directions. After a decade of existence, Active Minds has seen firsthand the challenges and rewards of utilizing student peers to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses.     

加强心理健康教育,建设和谐校园

大学校园作为社会的一部分,它的和谐与稳定对整个和谐社会建设有特殊的重要意义。加强大学生心理健康教育是构建和谐大学校园的重要内容。通过对大学生心理健康现状、影响大学生心理健康原因的分析,提出了相应的对策:将大学生心理健康教育与思想政治工作相结合;针对不同年级、专业,关注特殊群体;营造健康向上的校园文化氛围;普及心理卫生知识,重视心理咨询与辅导。     

对大学生心理健康教育对策的思考--基于校园文化建设的视角

大学生在校园文化的建设上扮演主要角色,积极健康的心理有助于大学生的发展,同时对完善校园文化的建设也有重大意义。校园文化对大学生的心理健康发展起着引导作用,良好的校园文化能提升大学生心理健康水平。心理健康教育能为校园文化提供不竭动力,通过对校园文化背景下大学生心理健康教育策略的探索,可进一步促进大学生的全面发展。     

大学生心理健康素质现状分析

复旦大学心理健康教育中心于2004年对本校大学生的心理状况进行了调查。结果显示：(1)我校学生心理健康状况总体良好,但仍有近20％的学生感到苦恼;(2)学生心理困扰主要集中于个人发展因素和现实生活因素两大方面;(3)学生对心理咨询的接受度仍有待提高;(4)学生应对生活中挑战与挫折时以积极应对方式为主;(5)多数学生能从周围的朋友、亲人或老师那里获得足够的心理支持;(6)学生人格因素与他们的心理健康有密切关系;(7)从心理支持、应对方式、人格因素三大方面可以很好地预测学生的心理健康状况。建议：(1)加强心理健康知识和心理保健的宣传与教育;(2)积极开设心理健康教育课程;(3)加强对学生辅导员的心理学知识培训;(4)加强对学生人格的教育;(5)营造良好校园人际心理氛围;(6)在校园文化建设中纳入心理教育主题;(7)将“心理咨询中心”更名为“心理健康教育中心”。     

Disqualifying Specified Students from the Campus Psychological Service

Abstract

Inasmuch as college mental health programs are ordinarily mandated and designed to provide a wide range of services, modalities of treatment, and a competent professional staff determined to assist students in various states of crisis, there is usually little thought or attention given to denying services to particular students. Nevertheless, most college mental health programs are, from time to time, beset by students who attempt to utilize their services in a manner that is highly inappropriate, sometimes quite disruptive, and, in extreme cases, even dangerous. This article will provide certain guidelines and criteria that may be used, when and if necessary, for disqualifying such students from utilizing the campus psychological service.     

Anatomists provide the foundation for learning pathophysiology

The need for interdisciplinary graduate training programs which prepare students to conceptualize the application of their research in clinical settings continues to grow. Though several programs have been cultivated to address this need, demand still outweighs supply. The following describes a curriculum developed with the intent of incorporating medical knowledge into a PhD graduate training program. Development of this Molecular Medicine program by the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Med into Grad" initiative. The core curriculum of this program begins with a foundation in Human Physiology and Disease course in which anatomy faculty introduce students to a basic overview of gross anatomy structure and function. This course is followed by five fundamental basic science courses, a composite course focusing on principles of clinical and translation research, a course on laboratory techniques and three, 12-week research rotations. In the second year of the program, students begin their dissertation research, complete their qualifying examination, and partake in an individually tailored Clinical Experience course. Interdisciplinary graduate programs like this provide another venue for faculty in anatomical sciences to help aspiring translational scientists relate basic science knowledge to human pathophysiology and health.     

Examining Mental Health Differences between Transfer and Nontransfer University Students Seeking Counseling Services

This article sought to examine the differences between transfer and nontransfer students on mental health factors, social involvement, and academic success. It was found that transfer students had significantly higher scores on several mental health factors as compared to nontransfer students. It was also found that transfer students were less involved in athletics and campus organizations, but engaged in more work hours per week. Finally, results indicated that the transfer students were not experiencing significant differences in their academic performance compared to nontransfer students. Future research should examine these differences to better understand the impact of the transition and adjustment of transferring to a new institution.     

高等学校心理健康教育课程的调查与分析——提高大学生心理健康意识是心理健康教育的关键

为了了解大学生对于心理健康教育课程的课程目标、课程内容、授课形式的认识,以及他们对授课教师能力与素质的要求,促进高校心理健康教育课程的科学化建设,采用分层随机取样的方法对367名大学一年级至四年级学生进行了调查。分析结果表明:提高大学生心理健康意识是高校心理健康教育的关键;心理健康教育需要面向全体学生,不同年级的大学生对心理健康教育有不同的需求;体验活动和案例教学是大学生最喜欢的授课形式;大学生认为,丰富的心理咨询经验是心理健康教育教师最需要具备的能力与素养。     

Partnering with school providers to codesign mental health interventions: An open trial of Act & Adapt in urban public middle schools

Schools are well positioned to provide access to youth mental health services, but implementing effective programs that promote emotional and behavioral functioning in school settings is complicated by the poor fit of interventions developed in research settings to complex school contexts. The current study formed a research–practice partnership with two urban public schools and mental health providers employed by those schools (N = 6, 100% female, 50% Black/African American, 50% White/Caucasian) in the adaptation of a depression prevention intervention, Act & Adapt. The intervention was modified by decreasing meeting time and streamlining session content, increasing flexibility, making intervention materials more similar to academic curriculum, and increasing the focus on managing disruptive behavior within group sessions. In an open trial, sixth-grade students (N = 22; 59% boys, 31% Hispanic, 22% Black/African American, 4% Asian, 30% White/Caucasian) at both schools who were identified as clinically “at risk” reported improvements from baseline to postintervention and at 1-year follow-up on measures of emotional and behavioral difficulties and coping strategies, with parallel results by caregiver report. The providers reported satisfaction with the intervention, and qualitative analyses of provider focus groups suggested both barriers and facilitators to research-practice collaborations to implement mental health interventions in schools.     

远程高等教育残疾学员心理健康状况因子分析——以广西广播电视大学为例

为了了解残疾学员在远程高等教育学习环境下的心理健康状况,为今后探索残疾人远程高等教育提供参考依据,文章运用因子分析法中的主成分分析法,对影响残疾学员心理健康的主要因素进行了分析。分析结果认为,残疾学员的心理问题集中体现在自我意识、自我评价、学业情绪、孤独感等方面,学习焦虑问题较突出,不同专业学员总体的心理健康水平存在差异。建议关注课程设置、学习环境与残疾学员心理健康之间的关系。     

Responding to the needs of students with mental health difficulties in higher education: an Irish perspective

Abstract

This article presents findings from a recent national study supported by Association for Higher Education Access & Disability and the National Learning Network (2016) to investigate the experiences of students with mental health difficulties in higher education in Ireland. The data investigation was a combination of both survey and qualitative research activities. A total of 22 out of 28 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Ireland participated in a national survey. In addition 14 students and 11 professionals participated in focus groups and semi-structured one-to-one interviews. This article focuses on the qualitative data collected. While the topic of the needs of students with mental health difficulties is an under-researched area in Ireland, this study does recognise and build on recent work both nationally and internationally. The study demonstrates the benefits of a whole campus approach to meeting the needs of students with mental health difficulties combined with specialised supports. It recommends that that individual HEIs review existing policies and practices for students with mental health difficulties.     

Sexuality education as a collective responsibility: a new health education curriculum in Cyprus

The development of health promotion is typically viewed as a reaction against both the excessive responsibility placed on individuals concerning their health-related choices and the absence of recognition of environmental factors associated with personal decision making. What though does sexuality education mean from the perspective of health promotion? According to one approach, it implies the existence of a curriculum that recognises the environmental factors affecting sexuality and sexual behaviour. It also suggests a curriculum that aims to empower students to engage with risky sexual behaviour, not just as a personal issue but also as a social matter. The emphasis is placed not merely on developing personal knowledge and skills associated with sexuality and sexual behaviour but on enabling active citizens to protect themselves and their co-citizens from sexual risks and to promote healthy sexuality. This paper discusses such a health promotion perspective in relation to the sexuality education curriculum as recently developed in Cyprus. It demonstrates how a health promotion perspective in relation to sex education can be translated into the establishment of learning objectives, appropriate pedagogic methods and the development of school materials.     

University of California Peer Review System and Post-tenure Evaluation

The peer review system at all campuses of the University of California is a long standing program of pre- and post-tenure evaluation. All faculty are reviewed on a schedule of 2 to 4 years by department colleagues, the dean, and a campus faculty committee which normally results in a merit increase. This system of pre- and post-tenure review throughout a faculty members' career poses a substantial workload for faculty, departments, and the campus; but it is regarded by faculty and campus administrators as crucial to maintaining a faculty of very high quality. This article describes the well-established review process, which may provide ideas for those institutions planning on enhancing their approaches to peer review .     

优化体育教学促进大学生心理健康的实证研究

针对目前大学生心理健康状况,结合体育教学的学科优势,对大学生心理健康进行有效的干预,试图构建适合大学生的优化体育教学课程体系,并对其效果进行了实证研究,实验结果显示实验班的学生在人际关系因子、抑郁因子、焦虑因子等的得分上比实验前有显著性下降,且优于对照班。表明本次实验研究设计的优化体育教学方案能够改善大学生的心理健康状况,且效果优于传统体育教学。     

Engagement in two interdisciplinary graduate programs

This qualitative study examines two US interdisciplinary graduate programs which involve faculty and students from different disciplines. Haworth and Conrad’s engagement theory of quality graduate education was applied. It was found that when interdisciplinary programs facilitate engagement by supporting diversity, participation, connections, and interactive teaching and learning, students report positive experiences. Engagement is particularly achievable when an interdisciplinary administrative unit (e.g., a school or center) grants degrees and serves as a tenure home for faculty. Students earning degrees in traditional departments had more difficulty connecting interdisciplinary requirements to their disciplinary work, and were often faced with incompatible program requirements or advice from faculty members. Although they desire to do interdisciplinary work, the students and faculty in traditional departments are required to meet additional and often conflicting requirements. Engagement may further be complicated because these participants feel divided between collaborations, social networks, and expectations that pull them in different directions.