Category: Screening Opportunities

Mental Health Screening Resources

Publicly available screening tools

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The following screening tools are publicly accessible, and can be helpful resources to make available on your institution’s website. Click the links to download any of the screening tools below:

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) Scale
CAGE AID Assessment – a quick questionnaire to help determine whether an alcohol and/or other drug assessment is needed.

 

SBIRT – Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment by SAMHSA

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SBIRT is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for persons with substance use disorders, as well as those who are at risk of developing these disorders. Primary care centers, hospital emergency rooms, trauma centers, and other community settings provide opportunities for early intervention with at-risk substance users before more severe consequences occur.

  • Screening quickly assesses the severity of substance use and identifies the appropriate level of treatment.
  • Brief intervention focuses on increasing insight and awareness regarding substance use and motivation toward behavioral change.
  • Referral to treatment provides those identified as needing more extensive treatment with access to specialty care.

Click here to view more information about SBIRT on the SAMHSA website.

Online programs for substance abuse education

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JED Campus recommends that you provide messaging to your students about the risks and consequences of substance use/misuse. The following are programs you can use on your campus.

  • Vector Solutions- AlcoholEdu
    • Alcohol misuse doesn’t just put college students’ safety and health at risk, but greatly threatens the ability of colleges and universities to achieve their missions. And while today’s students are increasingly drinking less or not at all, alcohol and other drugs continue to negatively impact student well-being.
    • AlcoholEdu® for College is an interactive online program that uses the latest evidence-based prevention methods to create a highly engaging learning experience, inspiring students to make healthier decisions related to alcohol and other drugs.
    • This course has been taken by more than 11 million first-year college students since its launch in 2000.
    • Click here to learn more about the AlcoholEdu course. 
  • Additionally, you can view the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) Library Database to find more tools used for screening and assessment of substance use and substance use disorders.

Sample screening campaigns and programs

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Below you will a list of example screening campaigns and programs. We hope this can be helpful to review as you work to implement these types of campaigns at your institution.

  1. University of California San Diego – “With A Little Help From Their Friends”.
  2. Drexel University – “A ‘Check-up from the Neck Up'”
  3. Montclair State University – “Self Help Screenings” 
  4. Southern Utah University – “Student Mental Health Resources” 

 

MindWise Innovations — Mental Health Screening for Colleges

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Campuses today offer a wealth of student support systems, including health and counseling centers, but students can often be hesitant to walk in the door.

This is where our online Screening Program offers a simple, confidential way for your students to check on their behavioral health and get connected to the resources you already have available.

Students take a short, online quiz to see if how they’re feeling matches common symptoms of conditions like anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, disordered eating, and more. All screens are anonymous, have been clinically validated, and provide immediate feedback.

To learn more about MindWise’s Screening Program click here. 

CAMS – Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality

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CAMS is first and foremost a clinical philosophy of care. Developed 30 years ago, it is a therapeutic framework for suicide-specific assessment and treatment of a patient’s suicidal risk. Multiple clinical trials in the U.S. and internationally have proven the effectiveness of CAMS. It is a flexible approach that can be used across theoretical orientations and disciplines for a wide range of suicidal patients across treatment settings and modalities.

Home Page for CAMS

Interactive Screening Program by AFSP

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The Interactive Screening Program (ISP) is an online program utilized by mental health services at institutions of higher education, law enforcement agencies, workplaces, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). ISP provides a safe and confidential way for individuals to take a brief screening for stress, depression, and other mental health conditions, and receive a personalized response from a caring mental health counselor.

Even when people know about available mental health services, shame, fear, and embarrassment often prevent them from seeking help.  Through your ISP website, individuals can anonymously communicate with a mental health professional to receive recommendations, feedback, and support for connecting to available mental health services.

Listed in the Best Practice Registry for Suicide Prevention, ISP is being used by college and university counseling centers, medical and professional degree schools, hospital networks, corporations and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), connecting thousands of people to help they would not have sought otherwise.

Click to navigate directly to ISP for Institutions of Higher Education.

Online Suicide Risk Screening and Intervention With College Students

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This pilot randomized controlled trial examined the effect of an online intervention for college students at risk for suicide, Electronic Bridge to Mental Health Services (eBridge), which included personalized feedback and optional online counseling delivered in accordance with motivational interviewing principles. Primary outcomes were readiness to seek information or talk with family and friends about mental health treatment, readiness to seek mental health treatment, and actual treatment linkage.

Abstract:

Method: Participants were 76 college students (45 women, 31 men; mean age = 22.9 years, SD = 5.0 years) at a large public university who screened positive for suicide risk, defined by at least 2 of the following: suicidal thoughts, history of suicide attempt, depression, and alcohol abuse. Racial/ethnic self-identifications were primarily Caucasian (n = 54) and Asian (n = 21). Students were randomized to eBridge or the control condition (personalized feedback only, offered in plain report format). Outcomes were measured at 2-month follow-up.
Results: Despite relatively modest engagement in online counseling (29% of students posted ≥1 message), students assigned to eBridge reported significantly higher readiness for help-seeking scores, especially readiness to talk to family, talk to friends, and see a mental health professional. Students assigned to eBridge also reported lower stigma levels and were more likely to link to mental health treatment.
Conclusions: Findings suggest that offering students personalized feedback and the option of online counseling, using motivational interviewing principles, has a positive impact on students’ readiness to consider and engage in mental health treatment. Further research is warranted to determine the robustness of this effect, the mechanism by which improved readiness and treatment linkage occurs, and the longer term impact on student mental health outcomes.

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Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among Student-Athletes: The Effects of a Targeted Athlete-Specific Brief Intervention

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In this study in the Journal of American College Health, researchers conducted a personalized intervention for D1 athletes at the University at Albany who showed tendencies toward heavy episodic drinking. The intervention highlighted the relationship between alcohol use and athletic performance and showed positive results that the intervention may contribute toward less heavy alcohol use. Presented here are the research article, a presentation slide deck, a sample feedback report provided to student participants, and a copy of the athlete survey.

Abstract:

Objective: This study examined the effects of a single session motivational interviewing–based in-person brief alcohol intervention that contained student-athlete–specific personalized drinking feedback.
Participants: Participants were 170 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes meeting
screening criteria for heavy episodic drinking.
Methods: Baseline assessments of alcohol use frequency and quantity, norm perceptions of peers’ alcohol use, experiences of negative consequences, and use of protective behaviors were administered to student-athletes prior to a 1-session brief intervention containing personalized feedback highlighting the relationship between alcohol use and athletic performance. Follow-up assessment was conducted
3 months post intervention.
Results: Student-athletes participating in the athlete-specific brief intervention showed significant reductions in their alcohol use and alcohol-related negative consequences, increases in use of protective behavioral strategies, and corrections in norm misperceptions at 3 months post intervention relative to a no treatment comparison group.
Conclusions: Student-athlete–specific brief alcohol interventions show promise in addressing high-risk drinking, reducing associated harms, and supporting health.

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JED Recommendations: Screening Opportunities

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IDENTIFY STUDENTS AT RISK:
SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES 

 

Schools should consider providing robust screening opportunities at diverse touchpoints in the student experience.
This is one of three major objectives in the Identify Students at Risk Domain.
Under this objective, schools should take the following action steps:

 

  • Implement screening or wellness days focused on substance use and common mental health issues on a regular basis. Screening days need not be staffed by clinicians and should be facilitated by various offices on campus, including, but not limited to:
    • Health and counseling services
    • Health/substance abuse education
    • Dean of Students office
    • Academic advising
    • Residential life and education
    • Student organizations
    • Athletics and recreation
  • Implement standardized screenings for substance use and misuse and common mental health problems by health service clinicians at primary care visits.
    • Students are more often seen at health services than in counseling so it is important that these screenings occur on a regular basis at the health center
    • Primary care clinicians should implement self-care plans for those students who screen positive for mild-to-moderate mental health issues and refer to counseling for more serious issues
  • Provide and publicize screening tools for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders on the counseling and/or health education websites.
    • Information about on- and off-campus support resources and assistance should be provided with all screening tools so that students who have a positive screen will know what to do and how/where they can access help.

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