Technical Assistance

QPR Training for trainers initiative

The Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health is offering an opportunity to become a QPR Instructor for a limited number of campus-community members. The intention of this QPR Instructor course is to equip members of Ohio’s campus-community with suicide prevention knowledge and skills specifically for pre-professional and professional students. Students enrolled in professional and pre-professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, veterinarian medicine, pharmacy, and law, are exposed to unique stressors that can often lead to supports and referrals for mental, emotional and behavioral needs. Approximately 45 to 75% of individuals who die by suicide have seen a primary care provider within a month before their death and also a significant percentage of people who die by suicide or experience suicidal ideation have contact with a healthcare provider according to researchers. As a QPR Instructor, you will have the ability to instruct others to become QPR Gatekeepers and help prevent suicide at Ohio’s institutions of higher education. Additionally, as a member of this exclusive cohort, you will become a member of a QPR community of practice.

OPCSMH QPR T4T Flyer

QPR T4T Training FAQ

the Ohio Wellness Campus Collabortive

The Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health (OPCSMH) recently received founding via GEERs by The Ohio Department of Higher Education in partnership with The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to develop the Ohio Wellness Campus Collaborative (OWCC).

The OWCC will provide technical assistance, support, resources, workshops, and training to a cohort of five campus-community partnerships to address pandemic-related behavioral health issues with students enrolled in Ohio’s public universities, community colleges, and non- profit higher education institutions.

The OPCSMH will partner with The Ohio State University Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (OSU HECAOD) and PreventionFIRST! The following campuses are participating in the cohort:

• Bowling Green State University at Firelands
• Edison State Community College
• Kent State University at Columbiana County Campuses
• Ohio University at Zanesville
• Rhodes State College

The Ohio Healthy Campus Initiative

In 2016, The OPCSMH, in collaboration with the JED Foundation and Peg’s Foundation, developed the Ohio Healthy Campus Initiative. The Ohio Healthy Campus Initiative is a cohort of campuses that participated in the JED Campus Program and the Healthy Minds Study. The JED Campus Program assesses fidelity to the comprehensive mental health approach and supports the development of strategic plans to improve students’ emotional well-being. The Healthy Minds Study is a survey of students developed by the University of Michigan to determine the prevalence of mental disorders, help-seeking behavior and attitudes about mental health. Each year campus stakeholders from a cross-section of Ohio colleges and universities convened to discuss the Healthy Minds Study annual data and to learn about implementing best practices on campus.

Previous CAMPUS COMMUNITY CHATS

View transcript of the may 12th campus community chat: recognizing and responding to a first episode of psychosis

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View transcript of the April 21st Campus Community Chat: helping students cope & de-stress

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View transcript of the October 21st Campus Community Chat: Collegiate Recovery Programs: Supporting Recovery Initiatives for the Campus-Community

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To learn more about Ohio Healthy Campus Initiative email: opcsmh@380cebbe0d.nxcli.io