Student mental health webinar

It is estimated that one in four university students will experience mental illness and students are increasingly speaking to student support services and faculty members about their mental health concerns. COVID has highlighted the difficulties many students face, while staff report feeling ill-equipped to deal with complex or acute mental health problems.

This one-hour webinar focuses on using simple relational skills and psychological techniques to manage a student in acute distress, engage them in a solution-focused conversation, and establish professional boundaries early on.

This webinar is based on our one-day Maudsley Masterclass Mental health skills for university faculty and personal tutors, which uses case-based interactive learning to empower university staff to work skilfully within their professional boundaries, providing effective and time-efficient support to students.

The following topics are covered:

• Managing students during acute distress or panic with de-escalation techniques
• Therapeutic engagement and ‘moving on’ from acute distress
• Managing professional boundaries · Signposting to other services