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At Stony Brook University, Student Health, Wellness, and Prevention Services is organized into seven integrated areas under a unified leadership model, enabling cross-functional collaboration and a campus-wide culture of well-being.Student Health, Wellness, and Prevention Services is organized into seven interconnected areas under unified leadership, enabling cross-functional collaboration and a culture of well-being. This structure ensures mental health promotion is embedded across multiple touchpoints on campus, from clinical care and prevention to peer support, academic engagement, and public safety.This integrated structure ensures mental health education and skills training are embedded across multiple access points, available to all members of the campus community, and responsive to student and employee needs. All incoming students complete online orientation module on mental health resource information followed by in-person workshops during the orientation. This foundation is further strengthened through the first-semester 101 curriculum, which deepens students’ understanding of available mental health resources. To ensure continued awareness, the university has implemented a mental health syllabus statement across courses. Graduate students also receive mental health resource orientation through their respective schools, as well as presentations delivered by CAPS and CPO. All our students have access to ongoing voluntary mental health education, including prevention and outreach workshops focused on stress management, resilience, and mindfulness, as well as peer-led “Mindful Moments” and healing arts events. Suicide prevention efforts include QPR (Question–Persuade–Refer) bystander training and campus-wide awareness initiatives such as the Walk of Hope. We also offer various support and skills-based groups, such as DBT-based emotion skills training, Anxiety management groups, and relationship skills workshops, etc. Students can also access informal in-person support through peer-to-peer workshops and engagement activities, as well as virtual peer support through the TimelyCare platform, providing multiple accessible avenues for connection and guidance. Faculty and staff have access to tailored mental health trainings designed to help them recognize and respond to students in distress. A key resource for employees is the Stony Brook Red Book (www.stonybrook.edu/redbook), a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate guide outlining how to respond to a range of student concerns—from mental health crises to housing insecurity. It includes clear referral pathways to resource. Residential life and Student Affairs staff receive advanced training in crisis de-escalation, supporting neurodiverse students, referral protocols, and triage tools. Health and wellness professionals complete specialized suicide prevention and intervention training, while employees can access QPR and Mental Health First Aid through the Healthier U program in partnership .Our Residential staff and Student Affairs Staff members are offered more consistent and rigorous training on supporting the mental health needs of students. Trainings topics such as crisis de-escalation, supporting neurodiverse students, referral protocols, and the use of the Pathways triage tool. Furthermore, all CAPS clinicians and health and wellness professionals were trained on 12 hours of Suicide Prevention and Intervention training by the American Association of Suicidology annually. In addition, through the Healthier U initiative, Stony Brook’s Employee Assistance Program offers faculty and staff access to mental health trainings like QPR and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), in partnership with the United University Professions (UUP) faculty/staff union. Together, these efforts reflect the university’s strong commitment to building a well-informed, responsive, and caring campus community. Public safety efforts are also integrated into the system:The Stony Brook University Police Department is training all staff in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) practices and deploying a mental health response vehicle for campus crises.Additionally officers have completed the 40-hour CIT training, which prepares them to respond to individuals in behavioral health crises. CIT is a nationally recognized program that improves safety and outcomes by fostering collaboration between law enforcement, mental health professionals, and community members.Through this integrated, multi-layered approach, Stony Brook University ensures that mental health education, prevention, and response skills are consistently accessible, inclusive, and responsive—building a well-informed, compassionate, and supportive campus community.
