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Faculty Role in Support
Student Mental Health and Well-Being · Psychological Literacy
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This was created specifically for university faculty and staff, stays within a sensible teaching role and gives a memorable framework. Indian official resources make the referral context usable for GuruSetu members.
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Faculty often notice a change before anyone else does: repeated absence, a sharp drop in work, unusual withdrawal, agitation or an email that sounds hopeless. The UCR video gives staff a compact response framework called V.I.C.K.S.: Validate, Identify, Care, Knowledge, Support and Self-care.
Start with a private, specific observation and an invitation to talk. Listen with a calm, open prompt, acknowledge what the student says and ask enough to understand urgency. Knowledge means knowing the campus referral route, crisis procedure and the practical support a teacher can offer within the course.
A useful faculty response connects the student with appropriate help and follows up. Clinical assessment and continuing counselling belong with trained services. The final part of the framework, self-care, recognises that supporting a distressed student can affect the staff member too.
The video's contact information is American. On GuruSetu, it should sit beside the institution's Indian campus contacts, Manodarpan and the local emergency protocol.
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Changes in attendance, performance, communication or behaviour can be useful signals.
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Open with a concrete observation and leave clinical diagnosis to trained services.
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V.I.C.K.S. stands for Validate, Identify, Care, Knowledge, Support and Self-care.
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Listening and a warm referral are appropriate faculty actions.
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Urgent safety concerns need the institution's immediate-risk procedure.
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Follow-up and staff self-care complete the response.
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Additional resources
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University of California, Riverside CAPS
Supporting Students in Distress for Faculty & Staff
The official video page and downloadable V.I.C.K.S. tip sheet.
The Jed Foundation
Faculty Guide to Supporting Student Mental Health
Practical guidance on noticing changes, starting a conversation and connecting students with help.
Ministry of Education, Government of India
Manodarpan
Indian student mental-health advisories, support material and helpline information.
NIMHANS Centre for Addiction Medicine
College Youth Preventive Mental Health Intervention Package
An Indian higher-education package for preventive mental-health work with college students.