Over the last decade, students' demand for mental health services has significantly grown—and it shows no signs of slowing down. Many colleges and universities have heavily invested in hiring additional full-time clinicians, but they are still unable to keep pace.
We've compiled custom resources to help your institution holistically address mental health on campus. Click on the table of contents to start exploring our highlighted resources, events, and services, or access our research library for help on the following topics:
Featured Resources
Events
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Past Events
Student Mental Health in Fall 2021: What Institutional Leaders Need to Know
This on-demand webinar examines how institutions can support mental health as students return to campus this fall and explore what senior institutional leaders need to know about the future of campus mental health and well-being.
Partner Services
Mental Health Services Diagnostic
Assess how your institution is managing the increased demand for campus mental health service with EAB's brief diagnostic exercise. Next, send the completed diagnostic to your EAB Strategic Leader or [email protected] for tailored guidance on addressing your most critical areas of opportunity.
Research Library
Create a Campus-Wide Culture of Well-Being
Three ways to support campus well-being as a university leader
Mental health has consistently topped the list of university leader concerns through the pandemic. ACE surveyed university leaders on multiple occasions across the last year, and each time, mental health has garnered the number one spot – above long-term financial viability and enrolment numbers.
How to Prepare Your Campus for the Mental Health Crisis Coming this Fall
Guests share findings from their research into how colleges and universities are preparing to handle a potential deluge of mental health challenges this fall.
How Gen Z’s intensifying demand for mental health care affects campus resources
Institutions must develop campus-wide strategies to promote gen z mental health as the volume and severity of mental health issues continues to rise.
The Rise of the Chief Wellness Officer
Chief Wellness Officer (CWO) positions have grown rapidly across the past few years due to growth in appreciation for proactive well-being support and escalating demand for mental health services. This white paper outlines common responsibilities, reporting lines, and desired expertise and credentials for these positions as well as example job descriptions.
Meeting the Escalating Demand for Mental Health and Well-Being Support
Beyond the counseling center, many other departments, faculty, and staff across campus are experiencing increased demand for well-being support. However, hiring additional clinical staff is not a sustainable, long-term solution.
Expanding Well-Being Initiatives Through Faculty Partnerships
Review EAB’s three recommendations for partnering with faculty and academic colleagues on well-being initiatives.
Meet the Escalating Demand for Mental Health Support
Maximize Counseling Center Operations and Efficiency
Clinical time is an extremely valuable resource, so students and institutions will be well-served to ensure that time is used most efficiently. View this Roadmap for strategies on how to maximize counseling center operations and efficiency.
How to Build a Mental Health Stepped Care Model
Use this guide and downloadable template to build out a comprehensive mental health stepped care model for your institution.
How Vanderbilt University created the Student Care Network
How Vanderbilt University reorganized services into a student care network.
Meeting the Escalating Demand for Mental Health Services
Maximize current campus and community resources to meet students’ mental health needs with these 23 practices.
How to Set and Communicate a Sustainable Scope of Service
This webconference will explore how to create or refine a scope of care statement and communicate your scope of care with students, families, and campus partners.
3 models for differentiated mental health crisis responses on campus
We’ve outlined three differentiated mental health crisis response models for college and universities, along with their respective benefits and challenges.
Improve training and assessment to better support students of concern
The behavioral intervention team (BIT) at Central Michigan University (CMU), called the Care Team, wanted to formalize their responsibilities to increase efficacy and reach to students in need of mental health support services.
Scale Support and Connect Students to Best-Fit Resources
Bolster mental health support for graduate students this fall
While many campuses have bolstered mental health support and promotion broadly in recent years, graduate students have too often been overlooked. Studies have shown that graduate students are six times more likely than the general population to experience depression and anxiety—but graduate students are rarely the focus of our outreach efforts.
Expanding Well-Being Initiatives Through Faculty Partnerships
Review EAB’s three recommendations for partnering with faculty and academic colleagues on well-being initiatives.
Connecting Low Risk Students to Meaningful Resources on Campus
This webconference will share tactics for driving utilization of existing self-serve resources and how to foster non-clinical connections that do not center on individual therapy.
A new place for students to turn for mental health help: Their peers
As colleges struggle to keep up with the explosion of demand for mental health services, students are taking matters into their own hands.
EAB Mental Health Experts
To speak directly with one of EAB's research experts on campus mental health, reach out to your Strategic Leader.
Build a comprehensive mental health support system on campus
Learn more about how the Student Mental Health & Well-Being Collaborative can help you.
