PiP 2024

As rates of mental illnesses among college students continue rising, upstream prevention strategies are necessary. But viewing the problem through a lens focused on illness can reduce collaboration opportunities. The presenter will share research and programming based on the dual continua model of mental health to help engage students, faculty, staff, and administrators in the use of innovative strategies designed to boost flourishing and academic performance while simultaneously reducing mental illness symptomology.

The goals of this presentation are to expand the framework of mental health from a dichotomy of ill or well to one of a dual continua of complete mental health, to examine the current prevalence of mental illness and mental health in college student populations, and to provide a foundation to engage students, faculty, staff, and administrators on college campuses in innovative strategies to build and support the complete mental health of their student populations.