Taking Action for College Students

Participants in the experimental condition will participate in the Taking Action intervention, which will be delivered in a small group format in 5 weekly 2.5 hour videoconferencing sessions. Taking Action will be implemented using materials available on SAMHSA's website (https://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/DocumentCenter/View/8198/Taking-Action-A-MH-Recovery-Self-Help-Ed-Program?bidId=). The process will include an overview of key recovery and wellness concepts and the development of an individualized wellness toolbox, which is a list of skills and strategies that a person already uses or would like to use to maintain or regain wellness. Then, participants will make plans for monitoring and addressing distressing mental health symptoms. Instructional techniques will include lectures, discussions, personal examples from facilitators and participants own lives to illustrate key concepts related to self-management, individual and group exercises, and voluntary action plans between meetings.