How One University Uses a ‘Mental Health Kiosk’ to Reach Students
Автор: Chronicle of Higher Education
Загружено: 2015-09-02
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Drexel University has become the first U.S. college to deploy a “mental health kiosk” on campus. The sleek iPad-like device is stationed in the heavily trafficked student Recreation Center and is just one of several Drexel programs designed to support students' mental health. The hope is that omnipresent touch-screen technology might make that first call for help less intimidating.
“Mental health services are available here,” says Annette J. Molyneux, associate dean in the Office of Counseling and Health. “The students, unfortunately, that we don’t capture sometimes are the ones that are at highest risk and those are the ones we need to get our arms around somehow or another.”
The kiosk is funded by a $5,000 grant from Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation in Philadelphia. In addition to providing resources for students, faculty, and staff, it also provides community resources for those not associated with the university.
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