Mental Health and Substance Use: A Qualitative Study of Resident Assistants' Attitudes and Referral Practices

Autor/inn/en	Reingle, Jennifer; Thombs, Dennis; Osborn, Cynthia; Saffian, Steven; Oltersdorf, Dan
Titel	Mental Health and Substance Use: A Qualitative Study of Resident Assistants' Attitudes and Referral Practices
Quelle	In: Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 47 (2010) 3, S.325-342 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-6605
Schlagwörter	Resident Advisers; Mental Health; Referral; Substance Abuse; Interviews; Social Attitudes; Social Behavior; Student Needs; College Students; Dormitories; Student Behavior; At Risk Students; Motivation; Evaluation Methods; Attitude Measures; Training; Experience; Mental Disorders; Florida; Ohio; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Collegestudent; Student housing; Studentenwohnheim; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Ausbildung; Erfahrung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit
Abstract	This study described mental health and substance use referral practices of resident assistants (RAs). Interviews were conducted with 48 RAs at three campuses. RAs generally had positive attitudes toward helping residents, and believed that existing norms supported their referral actions. However, many perceived referring residents to be emotionally burdensome, and they were not confident referrals would lead to positive outcomes. RAs reported referring residents for professional assistance only when problems were judged to be severe, essentially engaging in a form of clinical evaluation to make referral decisions. Recommendations for enhancing the continuum of care provided to distressed residents are discussed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10