Ethical Issues and Considerations for Working with Community College Students with Severe and Persistent Mental Disorders

Community College Students’ Awareness of Risk Factors for Mental Health Problems and Referrals to Facilitative and Debilitative Resources

“…The emerging findings from the literature indicate that community college students are vulnerable to MHDs (Francis & Abbassi, 2010;Katz & Davison, 2014). Students who are making the transition to college and living in university residence halls are at particularly increased risks for developing MHDs (Blanco et al, 2008).…”

“…The emerging literature on MHDs in community college settings indicates that community college students are more vulnerable to MHDs compared to 4-year university students (Francis & Abbassi, 2010;Katz & Davison, 2014). In particular, community college students were more likely than university students to indicate that they were living with severe MHDs, for example, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or addictions (Katz & Davison, 2014).…”

“…Furthermore, community colleges are significantly less likely to have on-site mental health services compared to 4-year universities (American College Health Association, 2010). In addition, community college students indicated that they were less knowledgeable about the warning signs for MHDs compared to university students (Francis & Abbassi, 2010;Katz & Davison, 2014). For the purposes of the current study, the terms 4-year university students and 4-year universities represent college students who were enrolled in academic institutions that were 4-year colleges.…”

Persisting past probation : an exploration of the experiences and the perceptions of community college students on academic probation, an interpretative phenomenological analysis

“…Further, conflicted and/or abusive relationships (Dusselier et al, 2005) were also discovered as sources of anxiety among students with mental health issues. The literature also affirms that community college students were more likely to face mental health problems and to struggle academically (Barnett, 2011;Francis & Abbassi, 2010). Community college students were more likely to face adverse health outcomes and chronic disease, (Barnett, 2011;VanKim, Laska, Ehlinger, Lust, & Story, 2010) resulting in nearly half of all first-year students to drop out of community colleges, a factor contributing to and resulting from student mental health problems (Walters, 2003).…”

“…The college should sponsor and campaign focus groups/workshops that include dialogue that make receiving counseling services less of a social taboo. According to the literature, risks for mental health problems such as depression, disruptive family situations, stress regarding academic performance, issues on sexual identity, violence on campus, and pre-existing severe and persistent mental illness were identified as contributors to mental health problems on community college campuses (Francis & Abbassi, 2010). Further, conflicted and/or abusive relationships (Dusselier et al, 2005) were also discovered as sources of anxiety among students with mental health issues.…”