Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) 2014 Annual Report. Publication No. STA 15-30
Author: Pennsylvania State University, Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH)
Date: 2015-01-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Annual Reports,Mental Health,College Students,Student Records,School Counseling,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Student Characteristics,Gender Issues,Sexual Identity,Sexual Orientation,Homosexuality,Racial Differences,Ethnicity,Geographic Location,First Generation College Students,Instructional Program Divisions,Programs,Transfer Students,Housing,Place of Residence,Interpersonal Relationship,Drug Therapy,Hospitals,Self Destructive Behavior,Suicide,Violence,Sexual Abuse,Psychological Patterns,Trauma,Substance Abuse,Intervention,Family Role,Peer Influence,Disabilities,Extracurricular Activities,Religion,Income,Military Service,Critical Incidents Method,Scores,Counseling Effectiveness,Psychotherapy

The mental health of today's college students continues to be a top-level concern for institutions of higher education, whether it is viewed from the perspective of staffing mental health services on campus, responding to after-hours crises in residence halls, providing accessible treatment with limited budgets, managing behavioral threats, or maintaining student safety during personal crises. With the backing of more than 280 counseling centers, multiple national organizations, and the addition a full-time project manager in 2014, the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) is striving to infuse the national dialogue about college student mental health with high quality data that is capable of informing policy. This report summarizes data contributed to CCMH during the 2013-2014 academic year, closing on June 30, 2014. De-identified data were contributed by 140 college and university counseling centers, describing 101,027 unique college students seeking mental health treatment, 2,900 clinicians, and over 770,000 appointments. The report reminds readers to keep the following points in mind: (1) Counseling center members that contributed data for research first received local IRB approval; (2) The actual number of clients may vary by question because not all questions are asked at each center; (3) CCMH members using Titanium Schedule are able to contribute all clinical data described in this report. CCMH members using the CCAPS Web service (via Medicat, Point and Click, and Pyramed) are currently only able to contribute CCAPS data; (4) Because data are gathered as part of routine clinical practice at participating counseling centers, CCMH clinical data is thought to closely represent the population of students who are seeking services at participating institutions that contribute data. [This 2014 report was made possible by: Collaborative efforts of over 280 university and college counseling centers; Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD); Titanium Software, Inc.; van Ameringen Foundation; Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA); American College Counseling Association (ACCA); American College Personnel Association (ACPA); Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services (CCAPS); American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP); and Penn State University's Student Affairs.]