Supporting the Mental Health and Wellness of Chemical Engineering Students at the Department and College Levels
Supporting the Mental Health and Wellness of Chemical Engineering Students at the Department and College Levels
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支持院系和学院化学工程专业学生的心理健康
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2020
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D. Tomasko
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A. Maxson;D. Tomasko
人们对大学生心理健康和健康的担忧与日俱增，许多人认为这个国家现在面临着心理健康危机。近年来，自杀率和寻求帮助的学生数量都有所增加。大学一直在争先恐后地应对对心理健康资源日益增长的需求，许多教育工作者发现自己不知所措，不知道该怎么做才能帮助那些有心理健康问题的学生。在俄亥俄州立大学，化学和生物分子工程系(CBE)和工程学院正在开展几项心理健康和健康倡议。2018年对CBE本科生的一项调查显示，自报心理健康问题的比例令人震惊。为此，成立了一个由教职员工组成的CBE健康委员会。该委员会的目标是1)增加学生/教职员工和学生/学生的互动，2)促进关于心理健康的公开讨论，以帮助消除精神疾病，3)让学生了解他们可以获得的心理健康资源，4)提高教职员工对学生可能面临的压力和困难的类型的认识，以及5)培训学生不断地意识到自己和他人的心理健康和健康。为了支持这些目标，在学年期间举办了几种不同类型的健康活动(每学期约10次活动)，有关校内外心理健康资源的信息已张贴在整个大楼内，教职员工正在共同努力安排考试，以避免学生负担过重。在大学层面，已经创建了一个心理健康圆桌会议，来自各系的教职员工和学生与学院管理人员聚集在一起，讨论他们如何在系内创造关怀的文化。圆桌会议还提供了一个论坛，让教育工作者和学生可以向咨询和咨询服务以及自杀和精神健康工作队等大学资源的代表学习和提供反馈。圆桌会议每学期开两次会。
Concerns about the mental health and wellness of college students have been growing, and many believe the nation is now faced with a mental health crisis. Suicide rates and the number of students seeking help have both increased in recent years. Universities have been scrambling to respond to the increased demand for mental health resources, and many educators have found themselves at a loss about what to do to help students who approach them with mental health concerns. At The Ohio State University, several mental health and wellness initiatives are underway within the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and the College of Engineering. A 2018 survey of CBE undergraduate students revealed alarming rates of self-reported mental health issues. In response, a CBE Wellness Committee of faculty and staff members was created. The committee’s goals are to 1) increase student/faculty and student/student interaction, 2) foster open discussion about mental health to help destigmatize mental illness, 3) inform students about the mental health resources available to them, 4) raise awareness among faculty members about the types of pressures and difficulties their students may be facing, and 5) train students to be continually aware of the mental health and wellness of themselves and others. In support of these goals, several different types of wellness events are held during the academic year (approximately 10 events per semester), information about onand off-campus mental health resources has been posted throughout the building, and faculty members are working together on exam scheduling to avoid overloading students. At the college level, a Mental Health Round Table has been created where faculty members and students from all departments come together with college administrators to discuss how they are creating cultures of caring within their departments. Round table meetings also provide a forum where educators and students can learn from and give feedback to representatives from university resources such as Counseling and Consultation Services and the Suicide and Mental Health Task Force. The round table meets twice per semester.