Training for University Faculty and Staff
Mental Health Training for Increases in Suicide and Drug Overdose
A recent article published in STAT on February 6, 2017, "A dangerous wait: Colleges can’t meet soaring student needs for mental health care" illustrates that colleges across the country are unable to meet the demand for mental health care which is leaving students on wait lists for weeks. Students on many campuses are so frustrated that they are demanding expanded services by reaching out to 20 top universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and Columbia where seven students have died from suicide and suspected drug overdose this school year alone.
Hermance Associates can provide your public or private college, university or post-secondary school with the necessary training to help identify students with mental health illness that may be at risk of hurting themselves, another student or another campus community member. Training sessions are geared toward university officials, public safety officers, resident leaders, faculty members and support staff members. Our consulting services and training programs are offered to individuals or groups in one-hour, two-hour or three-hour sessions.
Hermance Associates Comprehensive Experience is State-of-the-Art
Travis Hermance has over 20 years of comprehensive experience dealing with college students, faculty and staff in both emergency and non-emergency mental health and substance use situations. He has completed emergency behavioral health evaluations for college students experiencing psychiatric or substance use related emergencies in leading area emergency departments in Rhode Island and Massachusetts including Butler Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center, Miriam Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Additionally, Travis has held the significant responsibility of completing behavioral health evaluations for students from most Rhode Island colleges including Brown University, Providence College, Rhode Island College, Johnson & Wales University and Roger Williams University. He has conducted thorough student investigations in hospital emergency departments by interviewing family members, friends, school officials as well as a systematic student interviews to discuss concerns, symptoms and medications that may be involved. Travis’ evaluations typically consists of issues related to severe depression, suicidal thoughts from academic, relationship or social stressors. His substance abuse evaluations involve students that suffer from binge drinking, blackouts, aggressive behaviors and accidental drug overdoses. Travis has made numerous determinations about inpatient treatment planning or outpatient counseling treatment planning. His experience also includes helping students and officials navigate the recommended course of treatment. This includes working in collaboration with university officials, public safety officer, college counseling center directors and staff members with regard to concerns about the student, his/her safety and the recommended discharge plan.
Common Questions Hermance Associates Addresses
How do university faculty and staff determine if a student is at risk to themselves or someone else?
How do colleges help students in crisis get into immediate treatment?
What is causing the dramatic increase in students with anxiety and depression?
Which crisis interventions can I use with a student experiencing trauma?
What techniques can university officials use to help students with mental health or substance use issues?
Hermance Associates will help your school community learn effective interventions to address these dramatic increases in mental health symptoms among college students. We are a group of dedicated, licensed mental health and substance use professionals who provide education and consulting services in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Our goal is to help you make and keep your college, university or post-secondary school safe. We will ensure that your officials recognize and appropriately deal with students that may suffer from a variety of behavioral health issues. If a crisis arises, we will assist you in navigating the road to a healthy recovery and positive outcome for both the student and the higher educational institution.
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