365bet's Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and 自杀 预防.

自杀是 第二个 leading cause of death for college students. 作为一个机构，我们必须明白 that preventing suicide involves a community working together. 根据… House Bill 1354, 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 has developed a 预防自杀 计划 and an associated protocol that deploys a variety of initiatives to improve student health and wellbeing and to prevent suicide. 该计划有三个主要组成部分: 自杀 预防, 自杀 干预, and 自杀 Postvention.

预防

培训: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 will provide annual 预防自杀 training to faculty, 教职员和学生. Gatekeeper training will be offered by an on-campus team of certified QPR运动鞋. Additional trainings will be provided at select FYE courses, Govs Row, Student 领导/ Work Orientation, etc. 365bet QPR运动鞋 are certified via relationships with the QPR institute and Tennessee 自杀 预防 Network.

信息的传播: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 will promote available resources related to suicide prevention services to include, but not be limited to, its partnership relationships, campus resources, the National 自杀 预防 Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and 的 Jason Foundation ‘A Friend Asks’ app on the 365bet website, in addition to additional 校园媒体和培训形式.

计划的散发: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 will disseminate a link to the 计划, each academic term via appropriate and effective channels of communication to faculty, staff and students, e.g. 电子邮件、社交媒体、手册等. 的 365bet Mental Health and Wellness Committee will be responsible to disseminate the 计划 and record each dissemination.

Develop Healthy Habits and Resiliency skills: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 will develop ongoing programming and efforts to teach student the skills necessary to cope with the stress of college life, increase healthy behaviors, reduce harmful decision making and be academically successful. 自杀 预防 Week programming strongly emphasizes student resiliency and wellbeing.

学生的参与: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 will grow student involvement and participation through the development of student peer educators and/or peer advocates responsible for distribution of educational materials and programming related to 预防自杀 and mental 健康促进. Peer advocates will be developed in partnerships with campus groups.

关系: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 has established effective working relationships with area mental health facilities to provide additional mental and emotional support to our students, particularly Centerstone, Steven A. 科恩军人家庭诊所 Tennova医疗.

More information regarding partnerships between 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 and the 当地社区可在 http://mcgtn.org/health. That Montgomery County Health Department will have available a comprehensive list of partners and services available to members of the 365bet community which may include crisis referral services, support groups, military services, recovery center, etc. “Public Health Directory” and can be found on their home screen and was developed in partnership with the Montgomery County Health Council.

可能的下一步: the 预防自杀 task force would like to initiate discussions about the possibility of partnering with Academic Affairs to encourage faculty to add mental health messages 到课程大纲. In particular, we expect to reach out to faculty representatives 有了这个想法.

干预

提问、说服、参考: QPR is 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学’s preferred model of gatekeeper training, by which faculty, students, and staff can learn to recognize suicide 风险 and respond 适当地. 的 QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven 预防自杀 training. 危机的迹象 都在我们身边. In recognition of this important initiative, this year we increased the number of certified QPR运动鞋 serving our campus by 400%, going from one trainer 到五. Key components covered in QPR training include the following:

• How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
• How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
• 的 common causes of suicidal behavior
• 自杀的征兆
• 如何为处于危机中的人寻求帮助

Behavioral 干预 Team (BIT)/Care Team: 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学’s BIT/Care Team encourages faculty, 教职员和学生 to communicate about and facilitate supportive responses to students of concern. 每当 students of concern and their 的情况下 are brought to the attention of the team, BIT/Care Team members meet to gather data and 计划 for a coordinated response. 的 ultimate goal is to provide students of concern with assistance, to mitigate 风险, 或两个. 的 team’s ultimate goal is to help keep the 365bet community healthy and safe through early, appropriate intervention and to promote a safe environment focused 关于学生的学习和成功. 的 campus community will be educated on an ongoing basis regarding the team and how to respond to students of concern.

通知BIT/护理小组: any faculty, staff, or student may notify the BIT/Care Team of their concern about 一个特别的学生. Hyperlinks to the (anonymous) BIT/Care Team Student of Concern form can be found on 万仕达 or on the Student Conduct and Case Management website 在这里.

报告的形式

学生辅导服务: suicide intervention is a key component of Student Counseling Services operations. During normal business hours, staff are available to consult with faculty, staff, and students on a variety of topics, including how to intervene with students in crisis 的情况下. Under optimal conditions, individuals (i.e.(教职员工或学生) with a good working relationship with a student of concern will directly discuss their concerns with the student and seek additional professional/medical as needed. 同样的, anyone may contact Student Counseling Services to speak with a licensed mental health professional regarding concerns about a student. Generally speaking, students’ concerns are sorted (triaged) according to a series of steps which are outlined below. 后 business hours, on-call counselors are available through Campus Police (x 7786) if a mental health safety assessment is deemed necessary.

盘后紧急情况: when a student is in an apparent mental health crisis after business hours, Campus Police (x 7786) is the first point of contact. Campus Police will notify the on-call counselor when they deem it necessary to assess a student’s 风险 for suicide. 一次 contacted, the on-call counselor will assess any situation over the phone, speak with both the initiating officer and the student, and determine whether or not it is necessary to come to campus to resolve the crisis. If the provider can handle the situation with the student over the phone, then he/she will attempt to do so and explain the resolution of the situation to the police officer on scene. 如果是随叫随到的辅导员 deems it necessary to come to campus to resolve the crisis, then the provider will check in with the officer on scene before interviewing the student. 这些采访 are not “after hours counseling” but opportunities for a licensed mental health professional to evaluate the student’s safety and recommend appropriate next steps. 后续 counseling session in the 健康与咨询 Center is ordinarily scheduled for 下一个工作日. 的 following diagram outlines mental health crisis response 程序.

Postvention

通知: once a death by suicide has been verified, it is important to quickly mobilize and organize internal and external resources. 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学’s Office of Student Affairs uses an extensive notification checklist to ensure affected members of the community are properly notified and supported as needed.

支持: close friends, fellow team or club members, colleagues on the same work team or neighbors in the community may have a particularly hard time and need extra support for a period 的时间. Those who need support might also include a colleague who recently argued with the deceased or a romantic partner who initiated a breakup. 自杀永远不会 the result of one thing, but rather the convergence of multiple factors.

心理教育: because we know t在这里 is a possibility of copycat deaths or contagion, especially following a suicide death among adolescents or young adults, we believe that postvention efforts must include screening members from the community for depression and/or suicidal 风险. This imperative is bolstered by the 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (CDC, 2008) findings indicating that 28% of students met screening indicators for 抑郁症和14.5%的人认真考虑过自杀. 此外，案件查找是 consistent with a public health approach to preventing an illness, and so the Department of Student 健康与预防 takes the lead on this.

资源: an important part of responding to any potentially traumatic event is linking individuals and groups to resources for continued, local support as needed. 提供个人, family members, and the university with a list of local mental health resources, including contract information for emergency metal health assessment. 如上所述，当 suicide deaths occur in a given locale, a crucial part of the response includes ensuring that the local community professionals are collaborating with a single vision and 计划.

评价: leaders involved in the postvention devote periods for review and solicitation of feedback from all constituents, with the results of the feedback being built into 自杀预防计划. Along these lines, the Chair of the 学生健康 Steering Committee will solicit feedback from all involved in the prevention, intervention, and postvention process: students, workers, those involved with implementing the 计划, as well as management and local officials, if appropriate. 主席将使用这些 findings to improve any organizational and/or community structures related to suicide prevention, intervention, and/or postvention.