Past Conferences
Since 2002, the Depression on College Campuses Conference (DoCC) has brought together hundreds of attendees together to address important issues on campuses around the world.
Since 2002, the Depression on College Campuses Conference (DoCC) has brought together hundreds of attendees together to address important issues on campuses around the world.
Since 2002, the Depression on College Campuses Conference (DoCC) has brought together hundreds of attendees together to address important issues on campus, shape service delivery, promote the use of resources to improve college mental health, and much more.
Explore past conference listings below, including information on the themes and objectives of each event and recordings of opening key notes.
The 2022 conference examined the lessons learned over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic—from conceptual framework and concrete changes related to virtual and hybrid learning models. Participants joined keynotes, workshops, and sessions to discuss new research findings, model programs, and innovative strategies to advance how we support student wellness in a holistic and equitable way.
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The 17th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference covered new research findings, model programs, and policies which highlight evidence-based approaches to identify and determine the level of intervention required to best match student need to improve health outcomes.
How Can Digital Technologies Help Us? Thomas Insel, MD, President and Co-Founder, MindStrong Health
Mental Health Disability on Campus: Cultivating Communities of Wellbeing in Higher Education
Leah Goodman, MA, OTD, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dorothy Gotlib, MD, Staff Psychiatrist, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Michigan; Phillip Saragoza, MD, Psychiatrist, Ann Arbor Center for the Family; Victor Schwartz, MD, Chief Medical Officer, The Jed Foundation; Stuart Segal, PhD, Director of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, University of Michigan
Strategic Engagements: UCLA Depression Grand Challenge & Resilience Peer Network Elizabeth Gong-Guy, PhD, Executive Director, Campus and Student Resilience, UCLA
Motivational Interviewing in the Prevention and Treatment of Depression Bill Miller, PhD, Co-founder of Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico
Creating a Healthy Campus: Best Practices and Innovative Strategies from Winners of The Healthy Campus Award Sara Abelson, MPH, Vice President for Student Health & Wellness, Active Minds Inc.; Joseph Behen, PhD, Executive Director, Counseling, Health, and Disability Services, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chris Brownson, PhD, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director, Counseling and Mental Health Center, University of Texas at Austin; Sandra Davis, MEd, LPC, COMTREA School Liaison, Jefferson College; Mary Ann Takemoto, PhD, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, California State University, Long Beach
Attending at Scale, Responding Personally: Supporting Students in an Information Age
Timothy McKay, PhD, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, Education
(L-R) Awardee Nate Sawyer of Emory University, Stephanie Salazar, Manager, Outreach and Education, Eisenberg Family Depression Center, and awardee Forrest Cao, University of Michigan.
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Corporate Sponsorship
Takeda Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc. and Lundbeck, USA
Foundations
Linda Aikens and Diane Orley on behalf of the George Orley Mental Wellness Initiative
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Individuals
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Ada Louise Wilkie, in memory of Nancy Corinne Lombardi
Friends and family of Nancy Corinne Lombardi and Corinne Lombardi
The Orley Family, in loving memory of George A. Orley
University of Michigan
Opening Keynote Presentation
Bernice A. Pescosolido, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research, Indiana University
Introduction by Evan M. Rose, President, The Steve Fund; Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc, Director, The AAKOMA Project, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center and Senior Scientific Advisor, The Steve Fund; Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Advisor, The Steve Fund, and adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Howard, Johns Hopkins, and New York University Schools of Medicine; David Rivera, PhD, Associate Professor, Educational & Community Programs, Queens College CUNY and Advisor to the Steve Fund
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Individuals
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Diane and Randy Orley
University of Michigan
Office of the Provost
College of Engineering
School of Public Health
School of Social Work
College of Pharmacy
Ross School of Business
School of Dentistry
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Division of Student Life
Law School
Newnan Academic Advising Center
Rackham Graduate School
School of Natural Resources and Environment
School of Nursing
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
School of Information
School of Kinesiology
A Long-term View of the Student Mental Health Crisis: Lessons Learned over 25 Years Michael D. Young, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (retired), University of California Santa Barbara
Elke Smeets, PhD, Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Netherlands;
Redefining the Culture of Stress: A Leadership Perspective Javaune Adams-Gaston, Ph.D, Vice President for Student Life, The Ohio State University; Gina Casalegno, BA, MS, Dean of Student Affairs and Associate Vice President, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan H. Murphy, PhD, Vice President, Student and Academic Services, Cornell University
Rethinking Stress: The Role of Mindsets in Determining the Stress Response
Alia Crum, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Aetna Student Health
Office of the Provost
College of Engineering
School of Public Health
School of Social Work
College of Pharmacy
Health System
Division of Student Life
Law School
Newnan Academic Advising Center
Rackham Graduate School
Ross School of Business
School of Dentistry
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Natural Resources and Environment
School of Nursing
School of Information
School of Kinesiology
The Science of Resilience: Implications for Prevention and Treatment of Depression in College Students Steven M Southwick, MD, Glenn H. Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry, PTSD and Resilience, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center
Connections between Mental Health and Academic Outcomes Amelia M. Arria, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health; Joseph M Behen, PhD, Executive Director, Counseling Health and Disability Services, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Daniel Eisenberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan; Sara Goldrick-Rab, PhD, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
On Purpose: Lessons in Life and Health from the Frog, the Dung Beetle, and Julia Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan School of Public Health
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Individual
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Aetna Student Health
Medical School
College of Engineering
Office of the Provost
School of Social Work
Athletic Department
School of Public Health
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Division of Student Life
Law School
Newnan Academic Advising Center, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Rackham Graduate School
School of Dentistry
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Natural Resources and Environment
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
School of Information
School of Kinesiology
Donald Vereen, MD, MPH, Director of the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center, and Director of Community Academic Engagement, Prevention Research Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Scott Cousino, MBA; Helen Stallman PhD, DClinPsych, CertMedEd, MAPS; Blake Wagner, Jr, PhD; Blake Wagner, III, Filmmaker, “Inkblots: Tiny Shifts Can Lead to Big Changes”
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Ada Louise Wilkie
Medical School
College of Engineering
Office of the Provost
School of Public Health
Michigan Institute for Clinical Health Research (MICHR)
Athletic Department
College of Pharmacy
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Law School
Newnan Academic Advising Center, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Office of the Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
Rackham Graduate School
School of Dentistry
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Natural Resources and Environment
School of Social Work
School of Nursing
Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
School of Kinesiology
School of Information
Brittany Snow, Actress and Founder of Love is Louder; Courtney Knowles, Director, Love is Louder, The Jed Foundation
Supporting Student Resilience: Strategies for Parent Moderator:Angela Farrehi, MA, LLP, Student Advocacy Manager, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. Panelists: Ronald Albucher, MD, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, Vaden Health Center, Stanford University; Susan Montgomery, PhD, G. Brymer Williams Collegiate Lecturer, College of Engineering, University of Michigan; Susan Cain, MS, Ann Arbor, MI
A performance by the University of Michigan Educational Theatre Company, based on interviews with U-M students
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
Individual
Katherine and Tom Goldberg Ada Louise Wilkie
University of Michigan
Medical School College of Engineering School of Social Work Rackham Graduate School Athletic Department Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Law School Newnan Academic Advising Center, College of Literature, Science & the Arts School of Dentistry School of Music, Theatre & Dance School of Nursing University Health Service, Division of Student Affairs School of Kinesiology School of Natural Resources and Environment Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Information
Special Thanks to our Donors
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Individual
Katherine and Tom Goldberg Ada Louise Wilkie
Foundation
The Charles E. Kubly Foundation
University of Michigan
Medical School College of Engineering Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Office of the Provost School of Social Work School of Public Health College of Pharmacy Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Law School Newnan Academic Advising Center, College of Literature, Science & the Arts Office of the Vice President, Division of Student Affairs School of Dentistry School of Nursing School of Kinesiology School of Natural Resources and Environment Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning School of Information
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Individual
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Foundation
The Charles E. Kubly Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
University of Michigan
Medical School
College of Engineering
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Office of the Provost
School of Social Work
Office of the Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
Counseling and Psychological Services
University Health Service
Office of the Vice President for Research
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
School of Public Health
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Law School
School of Nursing
Office of the Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Kinesiology
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
School of Information
School of Natural Resources and Environment
The 2009 Depression on College Campuses Conference was attended by nearly four hundred people from eighteen different states, plus Canada. Participants came from across the country, including states as far away as California, Maryland, North Carolina, and Texas, as well as from our neighboring states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
This broad national representation, and cross-section of different campuses and disciplines, is what makes the Depression on College Campuses Conference unique. Thank you to everyone who attended – it is all of you who make this conference a success. We hope you that were inspired and re-invigorated by the experience, and we hope to see you again at future conferences!
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their support and collaboration, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Individual
Katherine and Tom Goldberg
Foundation
The Charles E. Kubly Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
University of Michigan
Medical School
College of Engineering
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Office of the Provost
School of Social Work
Office of the Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
Counseling and Psychological Services
University Health Service
Office of the Vice President for Research
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
School of Public Health
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Law School
School of Nursing
Office of the Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Kinesiology
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
School of Information
School of Natural Resources and Environment
The 2008 Depression on College Campuses Conference was attended by over four hundred people, from twenty-four states (plus Canada). Participants came from across the country, including states as far away as Arizona, California, Vermont, Maryland, and Texas, as well as from our neighboring states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Participants represented over seventy-five different college and university campuses, as well as seventeen non-profit and/or treatment organizations. This broad national representation, and cross-section of different campuses and disciplines, is what makes the Depression on College Campuses Conference unique.
The Depression on College Campuses Conference organizers would like to thank the following for their financial contributions to this effort. Without their collaboration and assistance, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Individuals
Katherine and Tom Goldberg of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Dennis and Julie McCrary of Wilmette, Illinois*
Patrick J. Wilkie of Charlottesville, Virginia*
*in memory of Nancy Corinne Lombardi
Foundations
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
University of Michigan
Medical School
University Hospitals and Health Centers
College of Engineering
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Office of the Provost
School of Public Health
Collage of Pharmacy
School of Social Work
University Health Service
Office of the Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
School of Nursing
Office of the Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
School of Information
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Natural Resources and Environment
The 2007 Depression on College Campuses Conference was a great success. Over 400 people registered, including college administrators, faculty, clinicians, and students from over 70 different institutions and 22 states. The focus this year was on practical approaches and new strategies for dealing with depression and its consequences on campus.
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center would like to thank the following schools, colleges, and institutes across the University of Michigan campus that have contributed to this effort. Without their collaboration and assistance, this University-wide initiative would not be possible.
Medical School
University Hospitals and Health Centers
College of Engineering
Office of the Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Office of the Provost
School of Public Health
School of Social Work
College of Pharmacy
School of Law
University Health Service
School of Information
Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
School of Music
School of Natural Resources and Environment
School of Nursing
Over 350 individuals attended, traveling from 17 states and Canada. Those in attendance included students, faculty, administrators, university leaders, and health professionals. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman deliver the conference opening remarks, stressing the critical role that universities must play in supporting the mental health needs of their students.
The conference participants came from more than 50 campuses across the country. This ensures that information regarding the conference, its purpose, and its key messages will spread beyond those who attended the two-day event. In this sense, the conference has succeeded in raising awareness, educating the public, working to destigmatize depression, and disseminating strategies for successfully supporting students.
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center and the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of Michigan School of Public Health would like to thank the following schools, colleges, and institutes across the University of Michigan campus for contributing to this effort. Without their collaboration and assistance, this University-wide initiative would not have been possible.
Medical School
University Hospitals and Health Centers
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
College of Engineering
Office of the Provost
School of Social Work
College of Pharmacy
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
School of Education
School of Nursing
University Health Service
Division of Kinesiology
Life Sciences Institute
School of Law
Alfred A. Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
School of Art and Design
School of Music
School of Natural Resources and Environment
Special Thanks to Rackham Graduate School for their assistance with conference planning and technical support.
This year over 400 individuals pre-registered, a 33% increase from last year, and over 500 participated at some point during the two days. Over 50 colleges and universities were represented. Those in attendance included students, faculty, university leaders, health professionals, and interested members of the community.
The geographical reach of the conference has continued to expand. A total of 21 states and Canada were represented this year. This ensures that information regarding the conference, its purpose, and its key messages will spread beyond those who attended or participated in the two-day event. In this sense, the conference has succeeded in raising awareness, educating the public, working to destigmatize depression, and encouraging help-seeking.
Content
Featured speakers include: Benedetto Vitiello, M.D., Chief of the Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Intervention Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Patrick Corrigan, a University of Chicago researcher and expert on stigma, and Paolo del Vecchio, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs for the Center for Mental Health Services. Other speakers include Morton Silverman, Senior Advisor to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Alison Malmon, the founder of Active Minds, Inc., a non-profit group promoting student mental health, and Maryanne Kirkbride, the Clinical Director for Campus Life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Eisenberg Family Depression Center and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies would like to thank the following schools, colleges, and institutes across the University of Michigan campus that contributed to this effort. Without their collaboration and assistance, this University-wide initiative would not have been possible.
The Life Sciences Institute
The School of Public Health
The School of Social Work
The National Institute of Mental Health
The NIMH Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental Health
The School of Nursing
The College of Pharmacy
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The Medical School
The Division of Kinesiology
The College of Engineering
The Office of the Provost
The University of Michigan Depression Center
The University of Michigan Health Service
The University of Michigan Athletic Department
We would also like to thank the Center for Mental Health Services and the Liberty Athletic Club for their generous contributions
America’s awareness of depression issues has increased in recent years, in large part due to growing openness, changes in public policy, and visible leadership. However, depression in the young is still an under-recognized problem. We now know that depression appears first in the adolescent years, which coincides with the arrivals and tenures of individuals at college. In addition, recent national events confirm that depression among college students is a major neglected public health problem (at worst, it is a key factor contributing to suicide.) Therefore, if we are to make a difference in addressing depression in our communities, we must emphasize early detection and intervention. Only this approach will prevent the progression, chronicity, recurrence, and burden of depression.
To capitalize on the increased level of awareness and interest, The University of Michigan Depression Center and The Rackham School of Graduate Studies have co-sponsored a national conference entitled “Depression on College Campuses” which took place March 6 - 7, 2003 in Ann Arbor. The conference calls attention to and works to destigmatize the issue of depression on the college campus. Keynote speakers, scientific presenters, workshops, discussions groups, and video films review the scope and consequences of the problem, discuss optimal strategies for responding, identify barriers to implementation of those strategies, and seek to formulate public policy interventions to overcome these barriers, and catalyze a coordinated, comprehensive approach.
Since the problem will only be solved if health professionals, university leaders, resident advisors and other students, preventive education specialists, third-party payers, journalists, and parents are involved, all have participated in and contributed to the conference. In addition, since widespread education and public policy changes are key strategies to improving the problem of depression, the role of the media and of the key advocacy organizations is emphasized. These groups are not separate; we need to learn from one another.
The Conference offered diverse topics for workshops and keynotes, addressing the issue from several different points of view with a focus on the practical.