1. Student Mental Health & Wellbeing
Elizabeth Cracco, PhD, Director, Counseling & Mental Health Services
March 8, 2019

2. National Student Mental Health Trends 2007-2016

3. UConn American College Health ACHA Survey Results - 2017
* All measures are for past 30 days, except Above Average Stress is for the past 12 months.

4. Counseling & Mental Health Services FY15-FY18
10.6% of UConn Students Use Counseling & Mental Health Services

5. Mental Health as a Continuum
Reacting
Injured
Severe/
Persistent
Impairment
Informal
Self Help
Community Supports
Coping
Family/Friends
Common
Reversible
Supportive Services
Self-Care
Skill Building
Significant Functional Impairment
Time-Out
Course of Treatment
High Risk
Duration
Difficulty with independent functioning
Multidisciplinary treatment
Student Overall Wellbeing Strategies
Core Mental Health Services

6. Call for prevention and community-level interventions
Increase in demand and acuity, even with additional clinical staff
Public health models:
Address problems “up river!”

7. Jed Foundation Model of Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention

9. Case Management

11. Center for Collegiate Mental Health
4/22/2019

12. UConn Specific Data
4/22/2019

13. UConn’s Commitment to Student Wellbeing
Engaging the UConn Community to Create Collective Impact around a Healthier Campus and a Culture of Wellbeing
Strategies:
2017 President’s Symposium on Mental Health
2018 & 2019 Symposium on Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD)
Partnering with Undergraduate Student Government
Partnering with Academic Affairs
Transform the AOD Coalition into the Wellness Coalition
Redesign Wellness & Prevention to be a Model of Support for Health Promotion & Collective Impact Work