Appendix C
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AACC | American Association of Community Colleges |
AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges |
AANAPISI | Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution |
ACCA | American College Counseling Association |
ACCA PAPA | American College Counseling Association Professional Advocacy and Public Awareness committee |
ACE | American Council on Education |
ACEs | Adverse Childhood Experiences |
ACHA | American College Health Association |
ACS | American Community Survey |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
ADAA | Anxiety and Depression Association of America |
ADD | attention-deficit disorder |
ADHD | attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
AIHEC | American Indian Higher Education Consortium |
AMI | any mental illness |
ANNHI | Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution |
ASD | autism spectrum disorder |
AUCCCD | Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors |
AUD | alcohol use disorder |
BHEW | Board on Higher Education and Workforce |
BIPOC | Black, Indigenous, and people of color |
CAMHI | Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative program |
CAT | computerized adaptive testing |
CAT-MH | computerized adaptive testing-mental health suite |
CCAPS | Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms |
CCMH | Center for Collegiate Mental Health |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CGS | Council of Graduate Schools |
CLI | Clinical Load Index |
College Fund | American Indian College Fund |
CollegeAIM | College Alcohol Intervention Matrix |
COVID-19 | coronavirus disease of 2019 |
CRPs | collegiate recovery programs |
DACA | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals |
DOJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
ED | U.S. Department of Education |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 |
GAD | generalized anxiety disorder |
G.I. Bill | Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill |
GLSMA | Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act of 2004 |
HBCU | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
HEA | Higher Education Act of 1991 |
HEMHA | Higher Education Mental Health Alliance |
HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HLC | Higher Learning Commission |
HMD | Health and Medicine Division |
HMN | Healthy Minds Network |
HMS | Healthy Minds Study/Survey |
HRC | Human Rights Campaign |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
HIS | Hispanic-Serving Institution |
IACS | International Accreditation of Counseling Services |
KFF | Kaiser Family Foundation |
LGBTQIAP+ | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual plus community |
MD | Doctor of Medicine |
MSI | Minority Serving Institution |
MSM | men who have sex with men |
MTF | Monitoring the Future general population survey |
NASEM | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
NASMHPD | National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors |
NASNTI | Native American-Serving, Nontribal Institution |
NCAA | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
NCDJ | National Center on Disability and Journalism |
NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
NCHA | National College Health Assessment |
NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
NSC | National Student Clearinghouse |
NSDUH | National Survey of Drug Use and Health |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
PBI | Predominantly Black Institution |
PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 |
PNPI | Postsecondary National Policy Institute |
PTE | potentially traumatizing event |
PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
RUI | Research in Undergraduate Institutions |
SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
SARS-CoV-2 | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
SDS | standardized data set |
SGM | sexual and gender minority |
SGMRO | Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office |
SPRC | Suicide Prevention Resource Center |
SSM/V | student service members and veterans |
STEM | sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STEMM | sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine |
SUD | substance use disorder |
SVA | Student Veterans of America |
TBI | traumatic brain injury |
TCU | Tribal Colleges and Universities |
THC | tetrahydrocannabinol |
UCOP | University of California Office of the President |
WMH-ICS | World Mental Health International College Student initiative |
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