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9 - Building Action from Awareness Movements

from Part Three - Prevention with Emerging Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Conlin Bass
Edited by
Sally M. Hage
Sally M. Hage
Affiliation:
Springfield College
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Summary

College students disproportionately live with increased risk and burden of mental illness and suicide, yet most students do not access formal campus mental health services. One part of the solution to this problem has been the Bandana Project (BP), a peer-led mental health awareness and suicide prevention program. The program leverages the members’ vested interest in peer support, mental health promotion, and suicide prevention efforts to foster connectedness and offer alternative support to those who may be struggling. Education offered through the program orients members to relevant, evidence-based suicide prevention strategies and to various mental health resources. The program may contribute to reducing the burden of suicide and mental illness on campuses and help make college communities more supportive of students’ mental health. Further development, applications, and limitations of this program on the college campus setting – and beyond – are discussed.

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mental healthmental illnesssuicidesuicide preventionpeer supportcampus
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An Ounce of Prevention
Evidence-Based Prevention for Counseling and Psychology
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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