Long, AngelaWelburn, AubreyMcWilliams, KaitlynWatt, Lauren KingSnyder, SophieNunez, Zoe2024-06-252024-06-25https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29586Single page posterThe University of Oregon (UO) participated in the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 Healthy Minds Study (HMS), a survey-based assessment of mental health status and service utilization among college students. A trend analysis of HMS data was done by UO University Health Services and Student Services and Enrollment Management Research and Assessment teams. This trend analysis includes two pre- and two post-COVID onset years. A qualitative review of UO data suggests increased student need for mental health services, decreased student flourishing when comparing survey results pre- and post-COVID onset years, and increased student self-efficacy to seek services. Increases in anxiety and depression rates, academic impairment, and need for mental health support when comparing survey results pre- and post-COVID onset demonstrate an increased need for mental health services. Already low flourishing levels decreased after COVID onset. Increased rates of help seeking behavior and desire to access services since COVID onset illustrate higher self-efficacy rates. The Health Equity Action Project of the Student Health Advisory Committee recommends UO implement changes to increase access of on campus mental health resources given that students need and actively seek care to create a community of students who are supported and share resources with others.Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USpublic healthUniversity of OregonStudent Health Advisory CommitteeMental healthPsychology