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This document is a tool to aid colleges and universities in developing awareness of various issues and concerns relating to students in institutions of higher education and in developing or revising policies, protocols and procedures suitable to your unique environment. Making decisions about students who may be distressed, suicidal, or threatening to others can be difficult on many levels. An… (read more)

To help put a thoughtful plan into place should a mental health condition arise, NAMI and JED have created this guide to help start the conversation. It offers both parents and students the opportunity to learn more about mental health, including what the privacy laws are and how mental health information can be shared.

"Set to Go is a program from JED to help high school students prepare for the transition to college and to life after high school. Research with first-year college students shows most wish they were better prepared emotionally for the transition from high school to college. This preparation should begin in high school and Set to Go was created to help. Emotional preparedness for life after high… (read more)

In 2001, the Surgeon General released the first national suicide prevention strategy. As a follow-up to the strategy, a panel of leading experts from various disciplines convened to participate in a roundtable discussion addressing the significant impact of suicide on college and university campuses and the urgent need for intervention. The overall objectives were to gain a more thorough… (read more)

The webinar, led by Phoenix House's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, M.D., discusses the effect that skyrocketing rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths are having on college students across the nation. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the United States is in the midst of a severe epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths. In 2010, there were nearly 17,… (read more)

Whether a campus is rural or urban, large or small, private or public, community/technical or four-year traditional, most schools have one or more teams with a purpose of supporting students of concern or preventing harmful behaviors. These groups are often called Threat Assessment Teams, Behavioral Intervention Teams, Case Management Teams, etc. The position of campus teams is a somewhat tricky… (read more)

Between February 2012 and June 2017, Kognito surveyed 14,584 faculty and staff members and 51,294 undergraduate students in 100+ colleges and universities in the U.S. Participants were asked to complete the brief online survey as the first step in taking Kognito's evidence-based and interactive mental health simulation entitled At-Risk." The data suggests strongly that while faculty, staff, and… (read more)

ULifeline is an anonymous, confidential, online resource center where college students can be comfortable searching for the information they need and want regarding emotional health. The website provides information and resources on wellness and to help others in need, a self evaluator, and facts about such topics as alcohol and drugs, anxiety disorders, stress, emotional health, and suicidal… (read more)

JED Campus is a nationwide initiative of The Jed Foundation (JED) designed to guide schools through a collaborative process of comprehensive systems, program, and policy development with customized support to build upon existing student mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention efforts. By becoming a member of JED Campus, a school demonstrates a commitment to the emotional well-being… (read more)

Learn from experts in suicide prevention and college mental health about our current understanding of suicide clusters on college campuses and in other settings. Presenters discuss the epidemiology and demographics of suicide clusters; what we know about settings in which clusters are more likely to occur; and how to reduce the risk of contagion through effective communication, intervention, and… (read more)