COLLEGE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
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COLLEGE CONSULTATION SERVICES
College Mental Health Program
Consultation Service for Institutions of Higher Education
Leveraging our expertise to address your campus' mental health needs
Background and Overview:
The College Mental Health Program at McLean is offering a range of consultation services to college and university administrators, student affairs professionals and mental health providers. As institutions of higher education seek to address the evolving mental health crisis inpreventive and innovative ways, we offer guidance regarding effective resources, programming, policies and practices. We bring six years of direct higher education administration experience in college mental health systems and extensive clinical expertise to the challenges facing college campuses. We are uniquely positioned to address national trends as we treat hundreds of college students from 150 colleges and universities each year. Our approach considers your unique campus climate and culture when working with you to create a comprehensive and coordinated mental health system that serves the evolving needs of your college students.
Designing Your Campus Consultation:
Your campus consultation may include (1) a visit to your campus, (2) an evaluation of your campus mental health system and concerns, (3) individual and group meetings with various administrators and mental health providers, (4) facilitated student focus group sessions and, (5) opportunities for confidential input from key college constituents. You may select from a range of special areas of focus listed below to design a campus consultation tailored to your needs and concerns.
Special Focus Areas-
- Evaluation of your campus mental health system
- Engaging student media for responsible coverage of campus suicide and prevention efforts
- Case management programs for enrolled, high-risk students
- Strategies and systems for addressing campus crises and critical incidents (e.g., deaths, accidents, suicides, stalking)
- Strategic design, placement and introduction of mental health educational resources
- Decreasing campus stigma
- Effective collaboration with student mental health organizations
- Strengthening coordination of campus services and communication on behalf of at-risk students
- Strategies for effective academic and mental health advocacy within the context of confidentiality, right to privacy and fear of stigma
- Interpreting FERPA and HIPAA
- Establishing a “stigma-free” zone in the Dean of Students office-why it matters in mental health
- Engaging parents appropriately
- Working more effectively with unique student populations (e.g., International students and their families, GLBTQIA community, student athletes, Greek students, first year students, students who disclose mental illness post-admission, students with serious mental health concerns)
- Strategies for implementing an effective mental health withdrawal and readmission process and policy
- Integration of multicultural variables into campus mental health outreach, prevention and intervention
For fees and more information please contact:
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, Ph.D. Director, College Mental Health Program @ McLean Hospital Instructor in Psychology, Harvard University School of Medicine Spinder-amaker@partners.org; 617.855.2921
