scholarly journals Student Mental Health in a Chiropractic University Setting

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa E. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological Counseling ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
College Population ◽  
Substance Related Disorders ◽  
Chiropractic Students

Objective: This report is an attempt to frame the types of emotional challenges seen at a university counseling center with a unique population of chiropractic students compared with the normative college population. Methods: The psychological complaints of students were examined to determine the population that has utilized psychological counseling over the last 2 years at this institution. Results: The following issues were identified as the top three presenting concerns for individuals pursuing psychological counseling: mood disorders, relationships, and substance-related disorders. Conclusion: The counseling center's top three issues pursued for counseling are consistent with the research of mental health issues on college campuses. Counseling services at a university are an integral part of the institution, as evidenced by statistics from undergraduate and graduate college settings.

scholarly journals Counseling over Time as a Correlate of Non-Urgent Undergraduate Institutional Commitment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Gary Blau ◽  
John DiMino ◽  
Iris Abreu ◽  
Kayla LeLeux-LaBarge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Institutional Commitment ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mental Health Concerns ◽  
The Right ◽  
Over Time

The general purpose of this study was to examine counseling services as a correlate of institutional commitment and related variables over time on a sample of non-urgent undergraduates. Data for non-urgent clients at a University Counseling Center (UCC) were collected using on-line surveys over four time-periods. Within-time correlations generally showed that mental health concerns was negatively related to institutional commitment, while counseling help belief was positively related. Institutional commitment is defined as a student feeling that he or she selected the right institution to attend Using a smaller sample, i.e., n = 15, of complete-data clients matched-over-time, overall level of mental health concerns significantly declined, while institutional commitment significantly increased. Counseling help belief decreased from Time 1 to Time 2 but then increased over time. Scientifically demonstrating to higher-level University administration that counseling over time can positively influence undergraduates’ institutional commitment can help the UCC to increase its allocation of university-based resources to keep pace with non-urgent client demands.

Enhancing Attitudes and Reducing Fears about Mental Health Counseling: An Analogue Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanía Ægisdóttir ◽  
Michael O'Heron ◽  
Joel Hartong ◽  
Sarah Haynes ◽  
Miranda Linville
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Male Students ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Analogue Study ◽  
Negative Beliefs ◽  
Intake Interview

This study examined the effects on 330 college students of addressing and validating negative client attitudes and fears associated with seeking counseling at a university counseling center, and client willingness to engage in counseling past the first session. Results suggest that addressing fears and negative beliefs about counseling during an intake interview influenced male students who had not previously sought counseling. Their image concerns were reduced and their tolerance for stigma associated with seeking counseling increased. Suggestions about how to address negative attitudes and fears about counseling are provided.

Mental Health Services in a Diverse, Twenty-First-Century University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Lyda ◽  
Norian Caporale-Berkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Counseling Center ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Immersion Experience ◽  
Counseling Center Directors

Increasing numbers of students seek support for psychological problems, as documented by university counseling center directors in the United States (Gallagher, 2014) and university mental health service providers in Europe (Ruckert, 2015). It is also well understood that in order to learn effectively students must be ready to learn, and that such readiness requires mental and emotional health. Minerva is building its counseling and wellness services from scratch, and here we discuss the ways that Minerva provides fertile ground to combine known best practices with innovative approaches to student support and wellbeing. This chapter describes the unique opportunities and challenges presented by Minerva’s diverse student population and global immersion experience with respect to student mental health and wellbeing.

scholarly journals Mental health concerns of undergraduate and graduate students: Depression, anxiety, eating concerns, and substance misuse

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Jason Matacotta
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Eating Concerns ◽  
College Population ◽  
History Of ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Mental Health Concerns

This study investigated mental health concerns reported by undergraduate and graduate college students attending a public university. The sample consisted of 1,451 students seeking counseling services with an average age of 23.6 years. The results show that depression, anxiety, eating concerns, and substance misuse are the most cited mental health concerns impacting academics and overall wellbeing. Data reveal other factors contributing to mental health concerns in the college population. Among these are history of self-harm behaviors or suicide, experiences of trauma, and uncertainty about or delay in accessing supportive services.

scholarly journals Exploring User Needs for a Mobile Behavioral-Sensing Technology for Depression Management: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingbo Meng ◽  
Syed Ali Hussain ◽  
David C Mohr ◽  
Mary Czerwinski ◽  
Mi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Mobile Sensing ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Health Service Provider ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Sensing Platform ◽  
Objective Evidence ◽  
Depression Management

BACKGROUND Today, college students are dealing with depression at some of the highest rates in decades. As the primary mental health service provider, university counseling centers are limited in their capacity and efficiency to provide mental health care due to time constraints and reliance on students’ self-reports. A mobile behavioral-sensing platform may serve as a solution to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of university counseling services. OBJECTIVE The main objectives of this study are to (1) understand the usefulness of a mobile sensing platform (ie, iSee) in improving counseling services and assisting students’ self-management of their depression conditions, and (2) explore what types of behavioral targets (ie, meaningful information extracted from raw sensor data) and feedback to deliver from both clinician and students’ perspectives. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 9 clinicians and 12 students with depression recruited from a counseling center at a large Midwestern university. The interviews were 40-50 minutes long and were audio recorded and transcribed. The interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach. Clinician and student interviews were analyzed separately for comparison. The process of extracting themes involved iterative coding, memo writing, theme revisits, and refinement. RESULTS From the clinician perspective, the mobile sensing platform helps to improve counseling service by providing objective evidence for clinicians and filling gaps in clinician-patient communication. Clinicians suggested providing students with their sensed behavioral targets organized around personalized goals. Clinicians also recommended delivering therapeutic feedback to students based on their sensed behavioral targets, including positive reinforcement, reflection reminders, and challenging negative thoughts. From the student perspective, the mobile sensing platform helps to ease continued self-tracking practices. Students expressed their need for integrated behavioral targets to understand correlations between behaviors and depression. They also pointed out that they would prefer to avoid seeing negative feedback. CONCLUSIONS Although clinician and student participants shared views on the advantages of iSee in supporting university counseling, they had divergent opinions on the types of behavioral targets and feedback to be provided via iSee. This exploratory work gained initial insights into the design of a mobile sensing platform for depression management and informed a more conclusive research project for the future.

scholarly journals College Students’ Attitudes Toward Counseling for Mental Health Issues in Two Developing Asian Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Angus C.H. Kuok ◽  
Jafar Rashidnia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Powerful Predictor ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Counseling ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study examines 300 college students in Iran and China. It clarifies that students from China have more positive attitudes toward counseling than those from Iran using a quantitative survey with well-established existing scales in the literature. The regression tests show different indictors for college students’ attitudes toward mental health counseling in these two developing countries. Anticipated risk has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in Iran. Stigma has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in China. Implications have been discussed for educational departments and governments to advocate positive evaluations on mental health counseling services.

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