Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) 2020 Annual Report

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2020 Annual Report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) documents statewide and campus counseling-center findings and trends, supported by collaborative efforts of university and college counseling centers and partner organizations. The report introduces and explains the CLI framework, highlights updates to CLI distribution, and analyzes characteristics of high, mid, and low CLI zones. It also summarizes annual trends across mental health, CCAPS, and CLICC indicators, including standardized data and case closure patterns.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages40

Reading Time1 h 41 min

AccessFree to download

Acknowledgements

Business Team at Penn State University

2020 Report Introduction

2020 Changes

Reminders from Prior Reports

2020 Highlights

2020 Annual Report Special Section

Introduction

Understanding the CLI

NEW for 2020: Updating the CLI Distribution

NEW for 2020: Counseling Center Characteristics and the CLI

Conclusions and Next Steps

Annual Trends

Mental Health Trends

CCAPS Trends

CLICC Trends

Counseling Center Resource Utilization by Students

Standardized Data Set (SDS)

Clinician Index of Client Concerns (CLICC)

Case Closure and Reasons for Closure of Case

Case Events

Client Demographic Information

Mental Health History Items

Provider Data

Center Information

Institutional Data

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| | | | | Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 2
Business Team at Penn State University ................................................................... 2
Advisory Board (2019–2020 and 2020–2021) ............................................................. 3
Recommended Citation ............................................................................................... 3
Contact Information ..................................................................................................... 3
2020 Report Introduction ............................................................................................. 4
2020 Changes ..................................................................................................... 4
Reminders from Prior Reports ......................................................................... 4
2020 Highlights .................................................................................................. 5
Other 2020 Highlights ....................................................................................... 5
2020 Annual Report Special Section .......................................................................... 5
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 5
Understanding the CLI ...................................................................................... 6
NEW for 2020: Updating the CLI Distribution ................................................ 6
2018-2019 CLI Distribution ......................................................................... 6
NEW for 2020: Counseling Center Characteristics and the CLI .................... 7
Counseling Center Characteristics and CLI Zones ................................. 7
Discussion: Describing High vs. Low CLI Zones ................................... 10
Common Shared Characteristics ............................................................ 11
Summary of CLI Zones and Characteristics ................................................. 13
Low CLI Centers (30 to 72) ....................................................................... 13
Mid CLI Centers (73 to 167) ...................................................................... 13
High CLI Centers (168+) ............................................................................ 13
Conclusions and Next Steps .......................................................................... 15
Recent CCMH Publications ........................................................................................ 16
Annual Trends ............................................................................................................. 17
Mental Health Trends ...................................................................................... 17
CCAPS Trends .................................................................................................. 19
CL ICC Trends .................................................................................................... 20
Counseling Center Resource Utilization by Students ............................................ 21
Standardized Data Set (SDS) ..................................................................................... 21
Clinician Index of Client Concerns (CLICC) ................................................... 21
Case Closure Form .......................................................................................... 23
Reasons for Closure of Case .............................

FAQs

What is the CLI and how is it explained in the 2020 report?

The report provides an introduction to the CLI framework, explains how it is understood, and describes how CLI zones relate to counseling center characteristics.

What changes to CLI distribution were introduced in 2020?

The report includes a dedicated section labeled “NEW for 2020: Updating the CLI Distribution,” detailing the update and its context.

What types of trends and utilization metrics are covered in the annual trends section?

The report summarizes annual trends including mental health trends and CCAPS/CLICC trends, and it covers counseling center resource utilization by students using standardized and clinician index data.

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