The new CollegeResponse online screening tool offers enhanced user-friendly design and customization options. Participating colleges can customize the home page with their college logo, photo of campus, banner and school colors. Each college is also given a simple URL for students to easily access the online screenings.
The new design also features a new “Guide Me” section that helps users determine which online questionnaire they want to complete. Finally, students can learn about counseling center services and receive referrals to a college’s health services center (or other resources in the community) for professional evaluation and treatment.
College counseling and health centers now have the ability to automatically generate utilization reports – weekly, monthly and quarterly – providing critical data about usage and screening results. These reports provide valuable information, enabling colleges to focus its resources and customize its prevention, intervention and treatment programs to reach most groups of students.
Get Online and Get Results
As part of National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) in October of 2009, more than 400 schools offered the new online screening program to their students. During the week of NDSD (October 4 – 10, 2009), 8,887 mood and anxiety disorders screenings were completed online. Results include:
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3,972 depression
screenings completed: Of those, 28.32% scored unlikely for symptoms of
depression, 51.33% scored likely, and 20.34% scored very likely for symptoms of
depression. Of those who scored likely or very likely, 50.84% said they would
follow up for further evaluation, 21.99% said they would not follow up, and
27.16% had no response.
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2,538 generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
screenings completed: Of those, 18.91% scored negative for symptoms and 81.09%
scored positive for symptoms of GAD. Of those who scored positive, 50.88% said
they would follow-up for further evaluation, 25.12% said they would not
follow-up and 24% had no response.
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2,125 bipolar disorder
screenings completed: Of those, 22.82% scored positive for symptoms and 77.18%
scored negative for symptoms of bipolar disorder. Of those who scored positive,
52.69% said they would follow-up for further evaluation, 26.63% said they would
not follow-up and 20.68% had no response.
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520 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screenings completed: Of
those, 41.35% scored full positive for symptoms of PTSD, 40.58% scored partial
positive and 18.08% scored unlikely for symptoms of PTSD. Of those who scored
positive, 39.74% said they would follow-up for further evaluation, 31.41% said
they would not follow-up and 28.85% had no response.
Schools can continue to register for the online program as well as the upcoming in-person events. The National Eating Disorders Program (NEDSP), which kicks off a week-long awareness campaign February 22-29, 2010, offers screening tools and educational materials for anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating disorders for both men and women. In April, National Alcohol Screening Day will provide yet another opportunity for college counseling and health centers to educate, raise awareness, and screen students for alcohol use disorders.
For more information, to view a demo of the new online screening, or to
register for National Depression Screening Day (NDSD), National
Eating Disorders Screening Program (NEDSP), or National Alcohol
Screening Day (NASD), visit www.MentalHealthScreening.org/college or call
781.239.0071.