For college students, mental health screening kiosks offer ‘Check-Up from the Neck Up’

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A ‘Check-Up from the Neck Up’ — Men­tal Health Screen­ing Kiosks at Drex­el (Drex­el Now):

“Dur­ing their time in col­lege, most stu­dents learn the impor­tance of look­ing out for their own health.

How­ev­er, some miss the con­nec­tion that their men­tal well-being is just as impor­tant as keep­ing a reg­u­lar exer­cise reg­i­men or eat­ing the right diet…

Paul Furtaw, asso­ciate direc­tor of coun­sel­ing ser­vices, likened the kiosks to the blood pres­sure mea­sur­ing machines seen at the back of drug stores.

“You don’t need to be a licensed clin­i­cian,” he said. “You can just be a lay per­son find­ing out about yourself.”

The kiosks sup­port screen­ing for six dif­fer­ent men­tal health issues: Anx­i­ety, depres­sion, post-trau­mat­ic stress dis­or­der, bipo­lar dis­or­der, sub­stance abuse or eat­ing dis­or­ders. All of the screen­ings are avail­able online.”

Learn more:

• Six tips to build resilience and pre­vent brain-dam­ag­ing stress
• Next in men­tal health, sub­stance abuse: Pre­ven­tive inter­ven­tions to strength­en work­ing memory