Best Practices
While at the Bazelon Center, Karen Bower developed a model policy for educational institutions which treats self-injurious thoughts and behavior as a mental health issue, encourages students to seek help without punishing them, and addresses confidentiality in mental health counseling services. The model policy can be found here.
Along with the Leadership21 Committee, a group of young adults who advised the Bazelon Center, Karen Bower edited and developed YourMind-YourRights, a guide for students.
Karen Bower also co-authored the “Legal and Ethical Issues in College Mental Health” chapter in Mental Health Care in the College Community, Jerald Kay and Victor Schwartz, Eds. (2010). The full chapter can be read here.
Karen also authored an Op-Ed in Inside Higher Education titled “How Not to Respond to Virginia Tech,” which offers guidance on responding to students with mental illness after a campus emergency.
For information on ADA decisions see:
DOJ ADA Settlements and Consent Agreements http://www.ada.gov/settlemt.htm
For more information on Mental Illness, see:
The Jed Foundation
National Alliance for Mental Illness
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, Inc
National Institute of Mental Health
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
We Connect
LawLifeline
National Council for Behavioral Health
Active Minds
National Action Alliance
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Start Your Recovery
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
National Alliance for Mental Illness
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, Inc
National Institute of Mental Health
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
We Connect
LawLifeline
National Council for Behavioral Health
Active Minds
National Action Alliance
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Start Your Recovery
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance