Best Practices in Addressing Mental Health Issues Affecting Education Abroad Participants

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This publication provides education abroad professionals (located both in and outside the United States) with a better understanding of how to identify and help education abroad participants who are facing mental health challenges in increasing numbers.

Table of Contents

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1. Introduction (available to nonmembers)
   
2. Mental Health Concerns: What Are They and How Can Professionals Help?
3. Before They Go I: Collaborating with Counseling Offices
4. Before They Go II: Preparing Staff and Advising Students
5. Handling Emergencies Abroad
6. Legal Concerns
7. Web-based Mental Health Resources for Students and Staff

Acknowledgments

NAFSA would like to give special thanks to the following individuals who contributed to this publication:

Editor

• Barbara A. Lindeman, Director of Study Abroad – Assistant Director of the International Center, University of Missouri-Columbia

Authors

• Jeff Prince, PhD, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, University Health Services, University of California-Berkeley (Chapters 1 and 2)
• Inés DeRomaña, Senior Policy Coordinator, University of California Education Abroad Program (Chapters 3 and 7)
• Joanna Holvey-Bowles, Vice President for Student Affairs, Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University (Chapters 4 and 5)
• Steve Hopkins, Esq., Cultural Insurance Services International (Chapter 6)
  

Contributors

• Mark McLeod, PhD, Director of the Emory University Student Counseling Center
• Michelle Scheib, Project Specialist, National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange/Mobility International USA

NAFSA also gratefully acknowledges T.W. Lord & Associates, a NAFSA Global Partner, for underwriting this project.