Sunday, April 27, 2025
4/27/2025
Connect to Wellness at Monmouth University: A Competent Community Initiative - Connect to Wellness at Monmouth University: A Competent Community Initiative (CONNECTWELLMU) is a comprehensive program to address the mental health, health and substance use issues that lead to increased risk for suicide and suicide-related behavior among college students, including military-affiliated (still in service)/veteran, first-generation, transfer and graduate students. CONNECTWELLMU widens our safety-net and competent community by expanding connections between campus service providers, between students and services, and between the community and campus to create a deeper level of support for students experiencing mental health and substance use issues, or at-risk for suicide. Goal 1. Improve the connection/infrastructure between students and appropriately trained behavioral healthcare providers who treat mental health and substance use disorders. Objective 1.a. Increase the communication and collaboration between campus mental health (CPS), health and substance use providers. Objective 1.b. Increase the communication and collaboration between campus and off-campus resources for general population and high-risk populations (i.e. military-affiliated/veteran students, students reintegrating from hospital; first-generation, and transfer students). Objective 1.c Improve access to timely mental health and substance use services on campus Goal 2. Improve college students', faculty, and staffs' ability to effectively respond to college students with mental health and substance use disorders. Objective 2.a. Improve clinicians ability to effectively assess and manage suicide risk Objective 2.b Improve student and adult gatekeepers' ability to identify mental health and substance use issues among peers and students. Goal 3. Improve early identification of students at-risk for mental health and substance use issues Objective 3.a. Implement selective screening for mental health and suicide risk, using PHQ-9 in health, CPS and substance use services Objective 3.b. Increase identification of students with mental health challenges on campus Objective 3.c. Improve knowledge of sending high schools in suicide prevention Objective 3.d. Develop and disseminate resources for parents/families of general population of students as well as special populations (i.e. military-affiliated/veteran students, students reintegrating from hospital; first-generation, and transfer students). Goal 4. Increase awareness of available mental health and substance use services on- and off-campus Objective 4.a. Create a CONNECTWELLMU web-based portal for campus services and wellness Objective 4.b. Increase student awareness of services and promote help-seeking Objective 4.c. Promote National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and crisis services Objective 4.d. Increase faculty (full-time and adjunct) awareness of mental health, substance and other services on campus
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