Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Telemental Health Expansion for Mississippi University Students - Our congressionally directed spending project, Telemental Health Expansion for Mississippi University Students, will create a telemental health service to help address the elevated rate of mental health concerns reported by students across Mississippi public universities. These services will provide universities with additional therapy providers and psychiatric medication management specialists to help meet the rising demand for mental health services. The University of Mississippi Medical Center has established 3 main goals to address the deficit in mental health resources available to Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) students: to create a state-wide medication management service via telemental health, provide therapy support, and create a mental health collaboration network between all 8 MS public universities. Any MS state university student 18 years of age or older can access services. We aim to treat at least 400 patients throughout the one-year grant period. Services offered will include time-limited therapy support and medication management services. The therapy support will be offered through in-house referrals made by medication management providers seeing students who may benefit from additional care. Our Licensed Professional Counselors will support students' by providing evidence-based skills for mood and anxiety management to augment their medication management treatment. Therapy will also be offered to students with concerns not well addressed by medication, such as adjusting to college. Multiple psychiatric nurse practitioners will be hired to increase the number of available appointments to students throughout the state, including students in remote areas with limited access to providers. Each psychiatric nurse practitioner will be supported by a psychiatrist collaborator. Medication management services, excluding controlled substances, will be provided for students presenting common mental health concerns, such as depression and anxiety.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).