The STAND Program
(A part of the Innovative Treatment Network)
The Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND) Program allows students to assess whether they are experiencing symptoms and offers immediate treatment options best fit for their needs. Since launching in 2017, we have received a number of inquiries. In recognition that other campuses may be interested in adapting our model for their own, we created this page to share our practices and materials. While this initial set up was established for our campus, we envision that it is a model that may be replicated in a variety of settings and easily customized for different population groups.
Overview of Approach with UCLA Students
Features
Next Phases
- Tiered Treatment Approach
- Mental Health Tracker to Identify Individuals Requiring Treatment
(formerly the Check In Survey) - Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT) Program
- Personalized in-person treatment through the STAND clinic
- Resilience Peer Network
- Behavioral Health Tracking
- Risk Detection and Assessment Strategies
Read about each feature in-depth and see our outcome measures: https://ucla.box.com/v/StudentStudy-overview.
- Artificial Intelligence to track depression symptoms
- Developing algorithms for combining symptom tracking with behavioral health tracking to prompt alerts
- iCBT module development to establish more personalized treatment
- Novel Behavioral Health Tracking features
- Modifications to Mental Health Tracker (formerly the Check In Survey)
Program Promotional Materials
FAQs About the Mental Health Tracker
Our Fall 2017 quarterly newsletter highlighted the launch of the Innovative Treatment Network, with a project aimed at identifying and providing treatment for depression among UCLA students – and then evaluating the impact of this program.
For more information, read the Fall 2017 newsletter and subscribe to receive quarterly updates.
Read about the rollout of the Mental Health Tracker (formerly the Check In Survey) to screen and treat UCLA students for depression and anxiety.
Media Coverage and Internal Communications
Happenings
- Associated Press references UCLA smartphone technology developed to detect and monitor student depression AP News, 03 Jan 2019
- UCLA’s depression online screening and treatment methods for students highlighted The University Network, 21 Sep 2018
- NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt reports on the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge student screening and treatment NBC Nightly News, 26 May 2018
- New York Magazine issue contains article about UCLA Depression Grand Challenge NY Magazine, 28 April 2018
- Modern Healthcare features UCLA student study & Resilience Peer Network (RPN) Modern Healthcare, 24 March 2018
- UCLA featured in TIME article about approaches taken by college campuses to address mental health TIME, 19 March 2018
- The Chronicle of Higher Education features UCLA Depression Grand Challenge The Chronicle of Higher Education, 08 March 2018
- Fox News reports on the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Fox News, 24 Nov 2018
- Chancellor Block publicly announces UCLA to offer new mental health screening and treatment program to all incoming students UCLA Newsroom, 14 Sep 2017
- New York Times features UCLA Depression Grand Challenge The New York Times, 07 June 2017
Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter
Our Fall 2017 quarterly newsletter highlighted the launch of the Innovative Treatment Network, with a project aimed at identifying and providing treatment for depression among UCLA students – and then evaluating the impact of this program.
For more information, read the Fall 2017 newsletter and subscribe to receive quarterly updates.
Learn More
For more details about the features and outcome measures, please refer to this document: https://ucla.box.com/v/StudentStudy-overview.
If you still have more questions, please contact Michelle Craske (craske@psych.ucla.edu) with a cc to DGCStudies@mednet.ucla.edu to set up a meeting or call.