Download or read book Student Assistance Program Outcomes of Students at Risk for Suicide written by Virginia Sue Biddle and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Promoting Behavioral Health and Reducing Risk among College Students written by M. Dolores Cimini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting Behavioral Health and Reducing Risk Among College Students synthesizes the large body of research on college students’ behavioral health and offers guidance on applying evidence-based prevention and early intervention strategies using a comprehensive public health framework. Chapters authored by leading researchers and practitioners address a broad spectrum of important behavioral health issues, interventions, and challenges. Moving beyond a theoretical discussion to strategies for implementation, this book addresses the special issues and potential barriers faced by practitioners as they translate research to practice, such as resource limitations, organizational resistance, challenges to program sustainability, and the unique needs of special populations. This cutting-edge compendium will appeal to both practitioners and researchers involved in providing prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for college students.
Download or read book Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support in Graduate Education written by Sarah Joyce Clapp and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for students in higher education, accounting or over 1,100 student losses each year (Appelbaum, 2006; National Mental Health Association & The Jed Foundation, 2002; Rodríguez, 2013; Silverman et al., 1997; Suicide prevention Resource Center, 2004; Wilcox et al., 2010). Moreover, recent data suggests that suicidal behaviors and prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders among the university student population is trending upward (Center of Collegiate Mental Health, 2020), highlighting suicide prevention and mental health (SP/MH) support and promotion as crucial considerations for student support at institutions of higher education. Data suggests that graduate students are at an elevated risk for suicide compared to undergraduate students (Silverman et al., 1997), however graduate students are underrepresented in literature exploring SP/MH in higher education (Bruns & Letcher, 2018; Evans et al., 2018; Garcia-Williams et al., 2014; Hyun et al., 2006; Moffit et al., 2014). Best practice for evidence-based prevention science advocates for a high fidelity between prevention programming and the target population (Castro et al., 2004; Chen et al., 2013). Therefore, it crucial that graduate students receive more focused attention in university SP/MH support and promotion research in order to inform guidelines and evidence-based practice for graduate student congruent SP/MH support and promotion in the campus setting. This study utilized a comparative case study methodology (Bartlett & Vavrus, 2016) to explore SP/MH support and promotion in graduate education. Four research questions guided this study: (1) What is the nature of the graduate academic programs’ participation in mental health support and suicide prevention initiatives for graduate students? “Nature” is defined as the current and historical creation, maintenance, and sustainment of a network of relationships with campus mental health resources and suicide prevention initiatives, and internal messaging and materials related to mental health and suicide prevention. (2) What perceptions to the graduate program stakeholders have pertaining to the academic program’s climate and culture related to suicide prevention, mental health, and the support of graduate student needs in these areas? (3) What are graduate students’ lived experiences of program climate and culture in relation to mental health and suicide prevention within their graduate academic program, specifically in regard to perceptions of stigma, attitudes toward help-seeking, awareness of behavioral health resources and information, and accessibility or barriers to connecting with resources? And (4) Drawing on the social ecological model’s levels of influence (individual, relational, community, societal), in what facets are graduate students perceiving the most support for mental health and suicide prevention, and what are the potential gaps between program mental health climate and culture and graduate student needs? A graduate education case was recruited from Midwestern State University (MWSU), a large land-grant university located in the Midwest region of the United States. MWSU’s College of Public Health (CPH) formed the field for this study. Data collection included semi-structured interviews with five CPH stakeholders (3 administrators, 2 embedded counselors) and 13 CPH graduate students (8 doctoral level, 5 masters level), and collection of publicly available information and artifacts demonstrating SP/MH support and promotion within CPH and MWSU. The outcomes of this study include insight into how SP/MH support and promotion is created, sustained, and maintained at a programmatic level, and how the resulting climate and culture relative to SP/MH is experienced and perceived at the graduate student level. Significant contributes to current conceptualizations of comprehensive campus SP/MH support and promotion are explored.
Download or read book Preventing College Student Suicide written by Deborah J. Taub and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students. Further, one in ten college students has considered suicide in the past year. Experts have called for a comprehensive, systemic approach to campus suicide prevention that addresses both at-risk groups and the general campus population. Since 2005, 138 colleges and universities have received funding under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act to develop and implement campus suicide prevention programs. This volume highlights successful strategies implemented by grantee campuses. These approaches can serve as models to address student suicide and prevention on other campuses. This is the 141st volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.
Download or read book Student Assistance A Guide for School Administrators written by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this guide is to provide school leaders and administrators with key information regarding student assistance services. In this guide, we review aspects of providing student assistance, including connections to existing school, substance use, and mental health initiatives; key components of effective programming; considerations for implementation; and planning for success. Information provided in this guide will assist school leaders in beginning and/or improving student assistance services and provide guidance on more comprehensive resources for this critically important work.
Download or read book College Student Suicide written by Jennifer Kathleen Rice and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College suicide rates are stable, but up to 10% of students experience suicidal ideation each year, and most do not access mental health services. Little is known about campus mental health service structure and delivery. In a mixed model, quantitative-to-qualitative design, this study examined the link between suicidal ideation, mental health service use, and suicide attempt using archival survey data of over 25,000 college students from 70 campuses, collected in 2006 by the UT Austin-based National Research Consortium of Counseling Centers in Higher Education. Survey respondents had lower levels of 12-month suicidal ideation (6%) than typical national rates, and almost half of those with ideation had accessed mental health services. The quantitative analysis included multiple psychosocial and demographic variables known to affect suicide risk - an extension of prior college suicide research. Bivariate and regression tests of association found that several health service variables, for example seeing a counselor, were significantly associated with higher rates of suicide attempt. This seemingly counter-intuitive finding was mostly driven by a group of "high reactors"--Students with both significant distress and a higher tendency to access services. The qualitative analysis sought to expand knowledge of what resources students use to cope with ideation, including formal healthcare or informal sources of support, and how this differed on two variables: whether students had accessed services and whether they had made a suicide attempt. Survey respondents' open-ended descriptions of what they found helpful or unhelpful during their suicidal crises were analyzed for common themes. Social support from friends and loved ones was more often reported by service users than non-service users, and was associated with lower attempt rates. Social interaction increased attempt rates if students described receiving unhelpful feedback, such as shaming or minimization of their emotional state, and this risk was greater for those students who also did not see any mental health provider. Another common theme that was associated with lower suicide attempt rates, regardless of service use, was the use of coping behaviors and skills, such as talking problems through with a friend. These findings suggest areas of focus for future research and intervention; for example, mental health providers can guide students in recruiting appropriate social support. This study contributes to the understanding of how and whether suicidal students utilize campus mental health services and other sources of support, which is needed for guiding policy on suicide prevention efforts and directing future research on service effectiveness. Campus-level variables were also examined for differences in suicidal behaviors and service use, with few differences found across the 70 campuses.
Download or read book Suicide in Schools written by Terri A. Erbacher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical, easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention, assessment, intervention and postvention strategies. Utilizing a multi-level systems approach, this book includes step-by-step guidelines for developing crisis teams and prevention programs, assessing and intervening with suicidal youth, and working with families and community organizations during and after a suicidal crisis. The authors include detailed case examples, innovative approaches for professional practice, usable handouts, and internet resources on the best practice approaches to effectively work with youth who are experiencing a suicidal crisis as well as those students, families, school staff, and community members who have suffered the loss of a loved one to suicide. Readers will come away from this book with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals, think about suicide prevention from a three-tiered systems approach, how to identify those who might be at risk, and how to support survivors after a traumatic event--all in a practical, user-friendly format geared especially for the needs of school-based professionals.
Download or read book Suicide Prevention in Schools written by Antoon A. Leenaars and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that schools have a much larger role to play in the prevention of suicide among children and adolescents than they have generally undertaken hitherto. Sets out various ways in which teachers can detect suicidal tendencies and make appropriate interventions.
Download or read book Reducing Suicide written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people's experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person's risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners' ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.
Download or read book Suicide Prevention and Youth written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resiliency in Action written by Nan Henderson and published by Resiliency In Action. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to build bounce-back kids, families, schools, and communities is the theme of Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families, and Communities. It is edited by internationally recognized resiliency expert, trainer, and consultant Nan Henderson, M.S.W., whose publications are used in more than 25 countries. The book is a research-based, practical guide for educators, counselors, parents, community organizers, and mentors and is filled with the latest strategies for helping children, families, schools, and communities bounce back from risk, stress, trauma, and adversity.More than two dozen experts in the fields of child, family, organizational, and community resiliency contributed to the book, which challenges a widely accepted myth about people especially young people, who experience risks, stress, trauma, and adversity in their lives, according to Henderson. Contrary to popular opinion, the majority of these individuals, over time, do bounce back and do well. There is a growing body of scientific research from several fields that documents this fact and yields important information as to what can be done every day to facilitate this process of overcoming.This book is really three books in one: it contains the most recent research, hands-on and practical strategies, and stories of resilient individuals and best practices. The book includes 60 chapters grouped in seven sections: The Foundations of Resiliency, Resiliency and Schools, Resiliency and Communities, Resiliency Connections (Mentoring, Support, and Counseling), Resiliency and Youth Development, Resiliency and Families, and Resiliency and the Brain.
Download or read book Educational Resilience in inner city America written by Margaret C Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of life in inner-city America and the education of its people is often recounted as a tragedy; the ending is often predictable and usually dire, highlighting deficiency, failure, and negative trends. As with most social problems, children and youth in the inner cities are hit hardest. But this dismal view is only half of the full picture. The cities of our nation are a startling juxtaposition between the despairing and the hopeful, between disorganization and restorative potential. Alongside the poverty and unemployment, the street-fights and drug deals, are a wealth of cultural, economic, educational, and social resources. Often ignored are the resilience and the ability for adaptation which help many who are seemingly confined by circumstance to struggle and succeed "in the face of the odds." This book helps to broaden the utilization of ways to magnify the circumstances known to enhance development and education, so that the burden of adversity is reduced and opportunities are advanced for all children and youth -- especially the children and youth of the inner cities who are in at-risk circumstances. The focus is on: * raising consciousness about the opportunities available to foster resilience among children, families, and communities, and * synthesizing the knowledge base that is central to implementing improvements which serve to better the circumstances and educational opportunities of children and families. This volume is intended for a wide audience of readers, but particularly those who are in a position to shape public policy and deliver educational and human services.
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of School Mental Health written by Mark D. Weist and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so few therapeutic outlets readily available to young people, schools have evolved into mental health centers for many students. Yet schools are hampered by limited access to resources needed to provide mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention services. Like its acclaimed predecessor, the Second Edition of the Handbook of School Mental Health offers ways for professionals to maximize resources, make and strengthen valuable connections, and attain more effective school-based services and programming. At the same time, the Handbook provides strategies and recommendations in critical areas, such as workforce development, interdisciplinary collaborations, youth/family engagement, consultation, funding, and policy concerns, summarizes the state of current research, and offers directions for further study. Chapters model best practices for promoting wellness and safety, early detection of emotional and behavioral problems, and school-based interventions for students with anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other common challenges. In spotlighting this range of issues, the contributors have created a comprehensive game plan for advancing the field. Among the Handbook's topics: Pre-service training for school mental health clinicians. Cognitive-behavioral interventions for trauma in schools. Increasing parental engagement in school-based interventions. Models of psychiatric consultation to schools. Culturally competent behavioral and emotional screening. Bullying from a school mental health perspective. Prevention and intervention strategies related to a variety of mental health problems in schools. The Second Edition of the Handbook of School Mental Health is an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, and other professionals in child and school psychology, special and general education, public health, school nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry, social work and counseling, educational policy, and family advocacy.
Download or read book Mental Health Substance Use and Wellbeing in Higher Education written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional wellbeing is a "very" or "extremely" important factor in student success. Studies have found the dropout rates for students with a diagnosed mental health problem range from 43 percent to as high as 86 percent. While dealing with stress is a normal part of life, for some students, stress can adversely affect their physical, emotional, and psychological health, particularly given that adolescence and early adulthood are when most mental illnesses are first manifested. In addition to students who may develop mental health challenges during their time in postsecondary education, many students arrive on campus with a mental health problem or having experienced significant trauma in their lives, which can also negatively affect physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. The nation's institutions of higher education are seeing increasing levels of mental illness, substance use and other forms of emotional distress among their students. Some of the problematic trends have been ongoing for decades. Some have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic consequences. Some are the result of long-festering systemic racism in almost every sphere of American life that are becoming more widely acknowledged throughout society and must, at last, be addressed. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education lays out a variety of possible strategies and approaches to meet increasing demand for mental health and substance use services, based on the available evidence on the nature of the issues and what works in various situations. The recommendations of this report will support the delivery of mental health and wellness services by the nation's institutions of higher education.
Download or read book Student Outcomes for a District Wide School Suicide Prevention Program written by Karen Hoff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suicide in Schools written by Terri A. Erbacher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extensively updated second edition of Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical, easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention, assessment, intervention, and postvention strategies. The Suicide in Schools Model provides readers with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals, how to screen, assess, and monitor suicide risk, create collaborative safety plans, and plan for reentry after a suicidal crisis. The authors expand this new edition with detailed case examples and innovative approaches such as upstream prevention strategies, usable handouts, and internet resources to effectively work with youth facing a suicidal crisis as well as students, families, and school staff who have suffered a suicide loss. Updates include expanding the literature on cyberbullying and social media, the higher risk of suicide in ethnoracial minoritized youth and LGBTQ+ students, and the role of suicide in school violence. This book is essential reading for school-based administrators, crisis team members, and mental health professionals as well as for outside providers who work collaboratively with school districts.
