Virginia Teach One Year later: How Campuses Have Responded. A summary from Campus Safety Magazine.com of the results of the CS Post Virginia Tech Study showing how this tragedy has impacted the approaches campuses use to prevent, detect and respond to such emergencies.
Understanding Mental Illness: - After the Virginia Tech Tragedy. From SAMHSA – a list of links to PDFs about recognizing and dealing with victims of trauma.
College Campus Violence Prevention and Response: This 127-page 2008 report from Applied Risk Management includes a survey of the current state of campus violence preparedness and prevention in Massachusetts and makes recommendations for best practices.
Supporting Students: A Model for Colleges and Universities. This report from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law provides useful information for college staff on depression and students and makes recommendations regarding crisis preparedness and resources.
NAMI on Campus Clubs: This article from the website of the National Alliance for Mental Illness encourages students to join or form their own student-led, student-run organization to provide mental health support, education, and advocacy in their university or college setting.
The Presidential Role in Disaster Planning and Response: Lessons From the Front. This 12-page 2008 report from the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) establishes guidelines, including guidelines for mental health assistance, for college presidents to follow before, during and after a disaster.
Campus Public Safety Preparedness for Catastrophic Events: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes and Explosives. This 2006 148-page report from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators uses detailed case studies gathered from focus groups meetings of campus security professionals at colleges and universities that have experienced terrorism or disaster, to identify current and future training needs to help campus public safety departments prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism or natural disasters on college campuses.
Stress Management Tips for Parents of College Students: in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Incident. This article from the American Psychiatric Association Online contains many useful communication tips for parents of college students that have experienced stress or trauma.
Coping With Disaster: Tips for College Students. This 2-page factsheet from the Mental Health Association of Rockville, Maryland provides tips for recognizing commons responses to disaster, coping, and returning to normal life, and provides a list of online mental health resources.
Depression on College Campuses: The University’s Role in Responding to Crisis, Disaster and Loss. From the University of Michigan’s Depression Center website, this article provides a summary of their 2006 conference on disaster mental health. Includes links to video of several conference participants.
