{"id":308,"date":"2026-08-13T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/new-student-behavioral-health\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:21:10","slug":"sbh-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/sbh-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavioral Health Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uwsa-background-color-block angle-top alignfull has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OVERVIEW<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the urging of Senior Student Affairs Officers during the 2018-19 academic year and following a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/download\/meeting_materials\/2019\/april_4-5,_2019\/April-4,-2019-(Thursday)-Board-of-Regents-Minutes.pdf\">presentation to the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents in April 2019<\/a>, former President Ray Cross established the Student Behavioral Health Initiative and charged three workgroups with developing recommendations to address the growing influence of behavioral health issues on the personal and academic lives of students. Counseling, Health, and other Student Affairs professionals representing all 13 UW universities participated in the workgroups during Summer\/Fall 2019 and completed reports summarizing their recommendations in Spring 2020. The overarching goal of the initiative is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of students, in service to their personal and academic goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comprehensive public health framework composed of the following three intervention levels guide the work of the Initiative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prevention<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Creating healthy campus environments and improving overall well-being for all students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Early Intervention<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Reaching targeted\/vulnerable populations and providing resources to address issues early<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Treatment &amp; Crisis Response<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Providing critical treatment and crisis response services to help those in greatest need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Summary_Summer-2026.pdf\">Activities Summary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Header-1024x302.png\" alt=\"Stock images laid out in a banner\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Header-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Header-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Header-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/SBH-Header.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1024x571.png\" alt=\"Pyramid diagram of crisis response steps\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2048x1143.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-behavioral-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}