Mental Health and College Stuents

Question 1

mental health disorders are….

Answer 1

common, consequential, and largely untreated
AND a leading cause of disability, morality, and leading cause of disability for young

Question 2

College offers a critical time and opportunity for intervention

Answer 2

• early prevention detection of treatment saves lives and improves outcomes

Question 3

economic reason to invest in mental health

Answer 3

increased retention, productivity, and student satisfaction

Question 3

academic impacts of mental health

Answer 3

untreated mental health disorder are associated with lower GPA enrollment discontinuity and drop out

Question 4

covid impact

Answer 4

increase in severe depression, academic impairment and distress, barrier to care, student to care

Question 5

socio-political events impact

Answer 5

post trump muslim ban higher mental health issues

Question 6

Higher Education MH disparities

Answer 6

gender and sexual minorities, students of color and international students

Question 7

Inequities across insitutions

Answer 7

higher prevalence or MH problems from students 18-22, less likely to offer counseling and psychiatry, reduced off of revealing MH services

Question 8

Public health approaches to MH

Answer 8

addresses basic needs: undermines education experiences and credential attainment food and housing insecurity, develop life skills, promoting social network, important protective factor, students turn to each other, identifying risk, encourage help seeking

Question 9

Effective

Answer 9

skill training w/ supervised practice screening,

Question 10

Promising

Answer 10

peer programs, belonging interventions, learning interventions

Question 11

mental health needs public health

Answer 11

clinical services and insufficient, inequalities= large and persistent, population level approaches root cause and focus on prevention are needed