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IncREASIng nUmBERS Of cOLLEgE and university students are experiencing psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and suicide ideation. Yet students in distress are unlikely to seek counseling services. Resident assistants (RAs) can serve an important function in identifying and referring students in distress. However, adequate training is essential. This article describes what RAs need to know about the warning signs of students in difficulty; the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required for making an effective referral to counseling; and strategies for RA training in these areas.

Resident assistants can serve an important function in identifying and referring students in distress . However, adequate training is essential .

In recent years, conversations about a mental health crisis on college and university campuses have become commonplace (Benton, 2006; Kadison & DiGeronimo, 2004; Reynolds, 2009). In the fall of 2006, the American College Health Association conducted the National College Health Assessment (NCHA), which revealed that almost 79% of the participants reported feeling very sad and almost 60% reported feeling hopeless. Just over 42% of participants at times felt so depressed that it was difficult to function, and 9.4% seriously considered suicide (American College Health Association, 2007). In the spring 2005 administration of the NCHA (ACHA, 2006), 1.5% of college student respondents reported attempting suicide at least once during the previous school year. Depression and anxiety were listed among the top ten physical and mental health problems that students had experienced in the previous school year, with 20% reporting depression and 13% reporting anxiety (ACHA, 2005). Kadison and DiGeronimo (2004) refer to “an epidemic of depression” (p. 95) on college and university campuses, with 16.1% of students reporting a diagnosis of depression at some time in their lives (ACHA, 2006). Over onethird of students reported stress as the number one impediment to academic performance in the previous school year (ACHA, 2007). Also among the top ten impediments to academic performance were sleep difficulties (25%) and depression/anxiety (15%) (ACHA, 2007). According to the summary of the fall 2006 NCHA, 83% of respondents reported “feeling overwhelmed by all I have to do”

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Letter from the Editor
Training Resident Assistants to Make Effective Referrals to Counseling
Professional Development Needs for New Residential Life Professionals
Structural Analysis of the Resident Assistant Cultural Diversity Questionnaire
Recent Alumni Perceptions of Hall Government Leadership Learning
Resident Assistants as Rule Enforcers Versus Friends: An Exploratory Study of Role Conflict
College Housing Dissertations: A Bounded Qualitative Meta-Study
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