There is a broad increase in students coming to our campuses with mental health difficulties. Therefore, it is essential for student affairs staff as well as counselors to have an understanding of key concepts and how they impact college and university mental health. This webinar is designed to give student affairs administrators and college counseling staff a review of the most pressing issues impacting college and universities from a mental health perspective.

Join us and you will hear the president of the American College Counseling Association provide a clear outline of issues impacting incoming students from a mental health perspective. Dr. Brian Van Brunt will review ACHA data, AUCCCD data and popular media surveys conducted by MTV and the JED foundation to highlight these trends. Discussion will include how these trends are impacting budget decisions, potential choices to charge for counseling services, looking at outsourcing or limiting on-campus counseling benefits.

• Review the “top 10” most common mental health emergencies and how to best address these difficulties on campus.
• Explore how student affairs administrators, staff and academic faculty can work together for a common purpose.
• Discover some new and creative ideas (many of which are FREE!!!) in the area of prevention and outreach programming for suicidal students.
• Discuss key mental health issues that impact staff and faculty and understand how to develop creative and collaborative ways to work within the college or university setting.
• Develop a useful knowledge of current trends in mental health student problems as they impact student affairs, faculty and counseling staff from a variety of sources and national surveys.
• Review prevention programs (QPR, ASSIST, SAFE Talk) and student peer groups attempting to address these issues (Active minds, depressiontribe and TWLOHA).
• Explore the dangers of some prescription medications, the need for support groups and outreach prevention programs to address anxiety in its many forms.
• Discuss issues around threat assessment, mental health issues on college campus and how best to assist students be successful in their academic studies.

• Student Services
• Deans
• Faculty
• Advisors and Counselors
• Student Support Staff
• Campus Safety
• Emergency/Crisis Coordinator