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COVID-19 and Safely Delivering Mental Health Services As Campuses Re-open

Steps to mitigate and slow the spread of COVID-19 have been in effect since March of this year. As states start to slowly re-open businesses and workplaces including colleges and universities, the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) strongly advocates for a public health-informed approach to re-commencing in-person mental health services.

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2020 Innovation Scholar Award Winners (May 2020)

AUCCCD Member, Kim Gorman, director of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center & Kathleen Brennan, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, winners of the Innovation Scholar Award at Western Carolina University. May 2020

AP News: College seniors face job worries, family stress amid virus

AUCCCD Board Member, Barry Schreier is quoted in the AP News article, College seniors face job worries, family stress amid virus. April 2020

Jeffrey Ng contributes to a series of podcasts to support the community

AUCCCD Member, Jeffrey Ng contributes to a series of podcasts to support the community during this period of online and remote instruction. April 2020

Inside Higher Ed: Coping with a Pandemic (Mar 2020)

AUCCCD Survey Coordinator, Peter LeViness, interviewed by Inside Higher Ed in article, Coping With a Pandemic. March 2020

AUCCCD endorses AUCCCO's Impact Statement on COVID-19 | March 2020

AUCCCD endorses AUCCCO's Impact Statement on COVID-19 | March 2020

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Statement on Telemental Health during the Coronavirus Crisis

As President of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), I am writing to you today in light of how the current COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the ability of colleges and universities to serve the mental health needs of college students. In order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many colleges have moved to distance learning as an avenue for students to continue their academic studies. However, this move means that many college counseling centers will utilize telemental health services in order to provide much needed psychological care to already vulnerable students who are likely experiencing increased anxiety and social isolation. This includes students who live in another state rather than where their college is located. In most states, mental health professionals are prohibited from practicing across state lines.

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Chronicle of Higher Education: Therapy for the Snapchat Generation (Feb 2020)

Peter Cornish and Zoe Ragouzeos are featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education regarding Therapy for the Snapchat GenerationFebruary 2020

UM Dearborn's Article: Students' demands for mental health are changing fast. How can we keep up? (Feb 2020)

Todd Sevig and Sara Byczek have an "expert-to-expert conversation" in UM Dearborn's article, Students' demands for mental health are changing fast. How can we keep up?  February 2020

The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle of Higher Education's article, Students Are Showing Up at Counseling Centers in Droves (Jan 2020)

AUCCCD Board Member, Ben Locke and the Annual CCMH Report are referenced in The Chronicle of Higher Education's article, Students Are Showing Up at Counseling Centers in Droves. January 2020

Psychiatric News Article: University MH Centers Strain to Keep Up With Increased Demand (Jan 2020)

AUCCCD President, Sharon Mitchell is quoted in the Psychiatric News article University MH Centers Strain to Keep Up With Increased DemandJanuary 2020

USN: How to Handle Homesickness in College (Dec 2019)

AUCCCD members, Jason Parcover and Barry Schreier, are interviewed for USN article How to Handle Homesickness in College. December 2019

The Telegram: Suicide Prevention Leaders' Death Leaves College Counselors Shaken (Oct 2019)

Megan Kersting, Charles Morse & Barry Schreier are quoted in The Telegram Article, Suicide Prevention Leaders' Death Leaves College Counselors Shaken. October 2019

The Atlantic: How College Changes the Parent-Child Relationship (Sept 2019)

Kristen Gray is quoted in the The Atlantic article, How College Changes the Parent-Child Relationship. September 2019

The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle of Higher Education article, Overburdened Mental-Health Councilors Look After Students: But Who Looks After the Counselors (Sept 2019)

Expectations of counseling services was discussed by Richard Shadick in The Chronicle of Higher Education article, Overburdened Mental-Health Councilors Look After Students: But Who Looks After the Counselors. September 2019

CGTN: World Suicide Prevention Day: 47,000 lives lost each year to suicide in the US

Richard Shadick discussed the importance of treatment to prevent suicide in China Global Television Network Article. September 2019

Graduate Student Mental Health and Wellness (Aug 2019)

Board Members in the News! Graduate Student Mental Health and Wellness, August 2019

Community College Journal Article, Student Stress Surges (Aug 2019)

Sue Stock is featured in the Community College Journal Article, Student Stress Surges, August 2019

AUCCCD STATEMENT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES “CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS”

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new “conscience protections” for health care providers, insurers and employers who refuse to provide, participate in, pay for, or refer patients for abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and advance directives. The rule expands on the powers of HHS’s Office for Civil Rights to enforce these protections for providers even for counseling and the provision of referral information. The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) stands with many professional organizations in opposing the expansion of these conscience protections. We have grave concerns about how these “protections” will negatively impact college students’ ability to get accurate information about and access to essential services. We are especially concerned about the impact on low-income and minority women, and the access to needed care and information for other populations, specifically lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and individuals living with HIV and AIDS.

Inside Higher Ed Article Rethinking College Mental Health (May 2019)

Read the Inside Higher Ed Article Rethinking College Mental Health, written by AUCCCD member Gary Glass. May 29, 2019