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Webinar: Mental Health Equity on Campuses Requires More Extensive Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mental health challenges [are] prevalent among students,” said Dr. Swapna Hingwe , associate director of counseling and psychiatric services at Michigan State University. Shawnté Elbert , chief health equity officer at Columbus Public Health.

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10 Best Practices for Supporting College Students’ Mental Health

Timely MD

Derek, Wagner, Josie, and Epcot are the famous all-star pups that make up Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center therapy dog team. According to the latest data from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) , the majority of college counseling center directors are white (59%) and female (70%).

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How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources

EAB

Carl Dindo, the Director of Campus Health Services for Northern Arizona University, to discuss innovative approaches to meeting student mental health needs. Dindo and his team have focused on connecting students with the right information, counseling, and other mental health resources in places and ways that students find most helpful.

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Strategies for Inclusive Care that Drive Student Success

Timely MD

Ellie Sturgis, Director of Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech, shares how partnering with TimelyCare enabled them to retain more of their campus counselors. Supplementing after-hours support As most campus counseling centers can attest, just because the doors close for the day does not mean mental health crises stop.

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Four Trends in College Students’ Mental Health

Timely MD

Parsons, Director of Counseling Services at Johnson C. 4: More colleges are incorporating telehealth and virtual care options At college counseling centers, caseloads have soared, and hiring (and keeping) health care professionals is more difficult. The panelists included: Tierra M. Smith University R.

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Four Trends in College Students’ Mental Health

Timely MD

Parsons, Director of Counseling Services at Johnson C. At college counseling centers, caseloads have soared, and hiring (and keeping) health care professionals is more difficult. The panelists included: Tierra M. Smith University. 4: More colleges are incorporating telehealth and virtual care options.

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Silent Sufferers: Combating Loneliness in College Students Requires Campus-wide Collaboration

Timely MD

Currently, many mental health programs are created to address mental health concerns at the individual level, such as in-person and virtual counseling services, online self-help programs, and campus self-care events, and these initiatives continue to be valuable. We always say, ‘your counseling center is built for you, by you.’