THRIVE at DU (Training, Help-seeking, Resilience, Intervention, Voice, and Engagement) - The University of Denver (DU) will implement THRIVE at DU (Training, Help-Seeking, Resilience, Intervention, Voice, and Engagement), a four-year campus suicide prevention initiative serving 11,500 undergraduate and graduate students in Denver, Colorado. THRIVE will strengthen behavioral health infrastructure and improve access to services for students at risk for suicide, depression, serious mental illness, and substance use disorder. Strategies include annual needs assessments and behavioral health screenings; a campus-wide stakeholder collaboration plan and Data-to-Action Collaborative; strengthened crisis response and referral networks; peer education, wellness coaching, and mid-level supports; evidence-based gatekeeper and suicide prevention training; mental health promotion; Nature Rx outdoor wellness programming at the Kennedy Mountain Campus; and lethal means safety strategies. Over four years, THRIVE will screen 375 students, engage 7,200 students in wellness coaching and peer education, train 2,320 students, faculty, and staff in suicide prevention and mental health promotion, and disseminate mental health awareness and help-seeking messages to 4,640 campus community members. The project will strengthen early identification and referral, connections to campus and community behavioral health services, peer-led prevention, resilience, social connectedness, help-seeking, and continuous quality improvement.
