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The present study analyzes mental health risk and protective factors from 2,472 respondents gathered through the National College Health Assessment-II survey to inform the development of a mental health program for post-secondary students at an institution in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

This study addresses the underutilization of mental health services despite the high prevalence of mental disorders among youth and emerging adults. Data were collected from six cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey from 2011 to 2016, and population characteristics associated with service use were analyzed.

This conceptual paper’s purpose is to share insights from a consensus building event focused on fostering relationships and knowledge-sharing among an international group of multidisciplinary students, faculty, and staff who explored ways to bring a kindness framework into post-secondary education.

The focus of the current study was to examine student-identified academic and mental health concerns, the prevalence of psychological distress in the student population, student utilization of counselling services, and perceived barriers to accessing counselling services.

Using the conceptual framework of learning landscapes, the author argues that students with mental health concerns experience uneven and sometimes inequitable learning environments across their post-secondary education due to the differing microclimates created by individual instructors.

In this study, a broad‑scoping online survey was publicly distributed to post‑secondary students in Ontario, collecting demographic, sociocultural, economic, and educational information while assessing various components of mental health.

This study aimed to examine facilitators and barriers for students seeking mental health services through service providers’ perspectives.

This study examined a series of perceived campus environment factors and the relationships among these perceived campus environment variables and students’ mental well-being, risk of harmful drinking, and their willingness to seek help for a substance use or mental health concern.

This study describes the psychometric testing of the Mental Health Continuum (MHC) model among undergraduates of three Canadian universities. The MHC is a tool that consists of 6 items to guide students the way to attend to, or monitor, signs and behavior indicators of their mental health status and suggest appropriate actions to improve their mental health.

This scoping review aimed to investigate the outcomes of animal-assisted therapy for college students. Among the 37 publications that met the study's eligibility criteria, results suggested that there are statistically significant positive changes to college students' mental health as a result of these animal-assisted therapies.