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Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Student Affairs for a vote of the full senate on
April 21, 2021, a resolution to increase student mental health and well-being support at UHM.听 Approved unanimously through acclamation by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on April 21, 2021.听

RESOLUTION TO INCREASE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING SUPPORT AT UHM听

WHEREAS, one of the missions of the University of Hawaii, at Manoa, is to achieve and maintain a healthy student body and university community; and

WHEREAS, as a steward of Native Hawaiian values, culture, and traditions, an important value of the University of Hawaii at M膩noa is the concept of “L艒kahi” – that total health is the balance and harmony of the physical, emotional, family, environmental, and spiritual; and

WHEREAS, there has been an on-going shortage of mental health specialists at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa (UHM) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as was identified and addressed by the M膩noa Faculty Senate in 2015; and

WHEREAS, in 2021, students are facing increasingly difficult medical, emotional, financial, and academic challenges as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, of the UHM students who participated in an intake assessment appointment at the Counseling and Student Development Center in the fall 2020 semester, 43 percent considered suicide in the past, with 6.8 percent of students reporting they considered suicide in the past month; and

WHEREAS, JABSOM Department of Psychiatry is willing to participate in a hui with other key UHM departments and services to increase programs and resources to benefit students鈥� mental health and well-being; and

WHEREAS, the hui is willing to create an action plan that meets students鈥� mental health needs, and is in collaboration with other allied health professionals on campus, including but not limited to, the UHM Counseling and Student Development Center, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and Department of Psychology; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate requests the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa administrative leadership prioritize mental and behavioral health for the UHM student body and support the establishment of the mental health and well-being hui under the leadership of the UHM Counseling and Student Development Center, supported by the JABSOM Department of Psychiatry; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate recommends that UHM administrative leadership establish G-funded positions at the 麻豆传媒M膩noa Counseling and Student Development Center, to help the institution attain the recommended national standard of one mental health professional per 1000-1500 students; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate recommends that UHM administrative leadership provide funding to support JABSOM Department of Psychiatry trainee physicians who can provide services at the 麻豆传媒M膩noa Counseling and Student Development Center; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate requests the hui be provided funding through the CARES Act and/or any other available COVID-19 pandemic funding.