Resources
Recommended resources to support student health and wellness.
Counselors at the PGCC can connect students, supporters, staff, and faculty with a variety of mental health resources. Learn various on-campus and community opportunities to enhance the support of student health and wellness.
Recommended resources to support student health and wellness:
- Holistic Wellness: A guide highlighting actions and resources for student mental health and wellbeing and the Student Crisis Response, a guide to identify the best resource for students in crisis or needing mental health support.
- We encourage using the accessible formats to translate into other languages using Google Translate.
- Holistic Wellness and Student Crisis Response Accessible Format
- Student Self-Care Workbook
- Soluna App - Anonymous access to professional mental health coaching. Available to young adults aged 13-25.
- 211 Monterey County - A program of United Way Monterey County, is the comprehensive information and referral service for Monterey County.
- United Way Monterey County has streamlined the process for finding behavioral health resources by creating a key word text program in Spanish and English that will connect users to targeted resources on the 211 website. Text 831-215-3342
- For mental health resources text WELL-BEING or BIENESTAR para español
- For substance use resources text CARE or ATENCION para español
- For youth resources text YOUTH or JUVENTUD para español
- For suicide prevention text HOPE or ESPERANZA para español
- Sam's Guide to Monterey County Family Resources - local community resources
- Active Minds - Mental Health Advocacy
- Sleep Tips for Academic Success (Sleep Tips for Academic Success text version)
Consultation with PGCC staff is available to any CSUMB faculty or staff member by phone or in person. If you are concerned about a student and are uncertain about what to do, please call us (831-582-3969), identify yourself as a faculty or staff member, and say you are concerned about a student or situation and would like to consult with a counselor. Usually this service is available immediately.
Recommended resources to support student health and wellness:
- Holistic Wellness: A guide highlighting actions and resources for student mental health and wellbeing and the Student Crisis Response, a guide to identify the best resource for students in crisis or needing mental health support.
- We encourage using the accessible formats to translate into other languages using Google Translate.
- Faculty Foster A Culture of Wellness: Infographic highlighting the faculty's commitment to fostering a culture that acknowledges, normalizes, and encourages utilization of wellness services.
- Academic Resolution: We encourage using the accessible formats to translate into other languages using Google Translate.
Red Folder
"The Red Folder urges CSU employees to intervene if they see a student in distress. The resource contains information on common signs of mental illness, how to respond in incidents where a student might be a threat to themselves or others, and who to contact on campus in case of an emergency. It also outlines which situations require police intervention or a referral to campus psychological services."
- California State University Public Affairs
Suggested Syllabus Statement
Holistic Wellness, Learning, and Engagement
CSUMB believes in a holistic wellness, learning and engagement paradigm. Many departments support students with their physical, mental, financial, intellectual, emotional and spiritual wellness. As a college student you may need assistance with anything, including tutoring, testing accommodations, emergency funds or mental health support. While at CSUMB, we hope you enhance and maintain your wellness. We also hope you learn to respond to challenges by seeking available guidance. View the list of CSUMB student resources below and learn about their services at www.csumb.edu/help/campus-resources.
First Year Seminar Discussion Guide
FYS professors are encouraged to use our discussion guide to explore various mental health topics with your students. Our guide provides discussion questions and resources for the following topics:
- Loneliness and Homesickness
- Relationships
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Substance Abuse
These discussions can stand alone or can be facilitated prior to a PGCC presentation.
Learn More About Services
Colleges and departments may request PGCC representatives to be available for Q&A.
As a member of the California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) campus community, you are constantly interacting with students. At times, you will have contact with students whose problems or behaviors may lead to concern, create discomfort, or affect the education of other students. The difficulty is that most often, these situations do not often resolve without support or intervention.
As a faculty or staff member, interacting daily with students, you are in an excellent position to recognize behavior changes that may indicate emotional distress within a student. A student's behavior, especially if it is inconsistent with your previous observations, could well constitute an inarticulate "cry for help." Although you are not likely a trained counselor, you can serve as a first responder helping students in crisis connect to professional help.
This document was created to help you when these difficult occasions occur. It offers straightforward advice, techniques and suggestions on how to cope with, intervene, and assist troubled students in or out of the classroom.
Active Minds empowers students to change the perception of mental health, reduce stigma & encourage help seeking.
Learn how CSUMB club members are helping their peers using the VAR model:
- Validate feelings and expressions
- Appreciate the courage to share
- Refer self-care skills and support options
Email our club officers to become a member: activeminds@csumb.edu