TUS Midlands Policy Practice amp Beyond Student Success amp Mental Health the need for a supportive environment continues into the students prioritisation of mental health support in Health and Wellbeing ID: 1046137
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1. Treasa Fox, SynthSCS, Lead Work Package 2, TUS MidlandsPolicy, Practice & Beyond: Student Success & Mental Health
2. “….the need for a supportive environment continues into the students’ prioritisation of mental health support in ‘Health and Wellbeing’. NFT&L 2019
3. “Student success optimises the learning and development opportunities for each student to recognise and fulfil their potential to contribute to, and flourish in, society.” (NFT&L 2019)Mental Health: “A state of wellbeing in which the individual recognises their own abilities and is able to cope with normal daily stresses in life” (WHO, 2005). Wellbeing: “Wellbeing relates to the extent to which an individual is feeling good and functioning positively…. measured across four key indicators – happiness, life satisfaction, feeling things done in life are worthwhile, and low anxiety.” (Thorley 2017)
4. Eg Psychological distress caused by loss, grief
5. Five-fold increase in students reporting mental health problems over past 10 years (Thorley, 2017).Across 21 countries, the 12-month prevalence of any DSM-IV/CIDI disorder was 20.3% among college students (Auerbach et al 2016)
6. 27% increase in students registered with disability services for mental health over the past 5 years (AHEAD, 2019) 21% of respondents fell into the severe and very severe categories for depression (MWS 2) v 14% (MWS 1) (Dooley et al, 2019)26% of respondents fell into the severe and very severe categories for anxiety (MWS 2) v15% (MWS 1) Self harm/suicidal ideation 29% increase in self-harm among those aged10-24 over last 10 years (NSRF 2019) 8% of respondents reported a suicide attempt (MWS 2) v 7% (MWS 1) 53% of respondents thought that life was not worth living (MWS 2) v 43% (MWS 1) 33% of respondents reported deliberate self-harm (MWS 2) v 22% (MWS 1)
7. Policy
8. SynthSCS/Work Package 2 aims: “To enhance how the public, private, voluntary and community sectors work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people”“A specific focus will be suicide prevention/intervention/postvention activities across 22 HEI's, to inform HEA national guidance, as per action 3.3.3 in Connecting for Life Strategy:
9. HEA Connecting For Life Working Group
10. 2018 HEA establishes Connecting for Life Working GroupInternational guidance & best practices collatedkey stakeholder consultationFramework developedWorking Group2019 Innovation and Transformation Fund SynthSCS ProjectJo Smith, University of Worcester, Suicide Safer ProjectTreasa Fox , AIT & SynthSCS Project LeadNational Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework DevelopmentResources Collated & DevelopedFinal draft review by WG16th June 2020Framework ReleaseOctober 2020
11. National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Consultations Site visit to 22 HEI Student Counselling Services Oct 2019 to March 2020Irish Student Health Association (ISHA)Disability Advisors Working Network (DAWN)HEA CfL Working Group + sub-group4th March 2020 National Consultation Day26th March 2020 USI Consultation16th June 2020 HEA CfL WG approves final draft
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13. Figure 6: An ecological perspective on health promotion programmes (adapted from McLeroy et al., 1988)
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15. LEAD build and support national and institutional strategies for student mental healthCOLLABORATE develop partnerships on campus and in the community with health services to support student mental healthEDUCATE build campus knowledge and skills on student mental health and suicide preventionENGAGE create campus communities that are connected, safe, nurturing, inclusive and compassionate IDENTIFY prioritise awareness training for all staff and students to enhance recognition and referralSUPPORT provide students with safe, accessible and well-resourced mental health supportRESPOND ensure that institutions have the critical incident protocols required for varying levels of student mental health crisis TRANSITION establish student supports throughout the higher education journeyIMPROVE collect and analyse data to inform measures to improve student mental health
16. A framework to inform and organise actions, interventions and strategy/policy at national/sectoral level and at institution levelActions, interventions, policies and strategies recommended are evidence based, in one central resource.Efficient: time and resources-saving, avoiding re-inventing the wheel……and BeyondAn important tool for reporting on and analysing funding expenditureGuides investment in sectoral level initiatives
17. Practice
18. Launch of PCHEI and 50808 Partnership 14/9/2020
19. Keyword Partnership with 50808Anonymous 24/7 free text support, “providing anything from a calming chat to support in a crisis”. HSE funded
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21. Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality Developed in a university mental health setting Reduces suicidal ideation in 6-8 sessionsReduces overall symptom distress, depression, hopelessness, and changes suicidal cognitionsIncreases hope and improves clinical retention to carePatients like CAMS and the process of doing CAMSWorks better with less severe patients at baseline presentation Decreases ED visits among certain subgroupsA promising impact on self-harm behavior and suicide attempts Relatively easy to learn
22. Beneficiary (HEI, etc.)Number of Staff Trained Carlow College2Dublin City University10Dundalk Institute of Technology5Galway Mayo Institute of Technology5Institute of Art Design and Technology 2Institute of Technology Sligo3Letterkenny Institute of Technology2Mary Immaculate College4Maynooth University8Munster Techological University10National College of Art and Design8National College of Ireland6National University of Ireland Galway35Technological University Dublin 19Technological University of the Shannon23Trinity College Dublin37University College Cork23University College Dublin7University of Limerick20Waterford Institute of Technology920 institutions238Training co-funded by the National Office for Suicide Prevention and the HEA
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24. HEA Connecting for Life Working Group continues, connecting voluntary and statutory groups to Higher Education settingsConnecting expenditure to framework goals/actions makes future funding more likelySDS (WP1) will provide information on directing resources/future initiatives and support case for fundingA strong template has been established for economies of scale and scalability of initiatives across the sector.
25. Thank You!