Supporting Mental Health as a Campus Community
We're here to help you support the students in your life.
University faculty and staff may be the first to notice when a student is struggling. You may also be the person a student feels most comfortable going to for help. This puts you in a unique position to support mental health on campus. We're here to help you support them.
Call & Consult
When you're in doubt about how to handle a student concern, call us at (520) 621-3334. A CAPS professional will return your call and problem-solve with you about situations. If someone you know is in an immediate suicidal crisis or emergency, call 911. View more crisis support resources.
Recommended Syllabus Statement
Use your syllabus as a mental health and wellbeing tool with this wellbeing syllabus statement.
Notice. Care. Help.
It's our framework for supporting mental health and wellness as a community. Here's what it means:
Free Trainings for Faculty & Staff
Notice. Care. Help. Training
Concrete strategies for applying Notice. Care. Help. at an individual and community and level.
Kognito
Practice communicating with students about mental health in a simulated environment.
Mental Health First Aid Training
Identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders.
QPR Suicide Prevention Training
Learn to recognize suicide warning signs, talk with someone you're concerned about, and connect others with helpful resources.
Notice. Care. Help. for Graduate Students
Graduate students have many overlapping roles in the university where they may need to address the mental health of others. Graduate school is also a time when many students experience more stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges of their own. When we can address mental health as a community, everyone benefits. Join other graduate students in this interactive training as you learn how to use the Notice. Care. Help. framework in your personal and professional lives. Topics include learning the signs that someone’s struggling, reaching out and offering help to someone you're concerned about, creating a community of care, de-escalation strategies, and finding support for yourself.
Spring 2024 Training Dates:
Additional Resources
Tools for Student Supporters
Information and resources to help you support student mental health.
Request a Presentation
We strive to educate the UA community to foster a supportive environment for student learning, living, and growing.
Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office team members are well-versed in student behavior, educational outcomes, and University resources.
Life & Work Connections
Life & Work Connections provides mental health services for UA faculty or staff members.
We Want to Hear From You
Please take a moment to complete our Together We Care survey and share your insights with us.