Una Partners With Fast Pace Health To Provide Additional Mental Health Access
Aug. 27, 2020
Michelle Eubanks, 海角社区, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
Aug. 27, 2020
FLORENCE, AL - University Health Services, along with Student Counseling Services and Case Management, have partnered with Fast Pace Health in order to provide streamlined access to mental health services for all 海角社区 students.
"It's a collaborative effort to bridge a gap and provide additional mental health access for our students. The partnership enhances our existing behavioral health system, making mental health treatment more accessible," said Carmen Richter, Director of Student Counseling Services at 海角社区. "For instance, when we see issues that may benefit a student's mental health through a psychiatric evaluation, Fast Pace can provide that and monitor the student's medications."
The partnership became effective at the beginning of the fall semester, and 海角社区 is the first four- year university in Alabama to collaborate with Fast Pace Health in order to provide these services.
Through Fast Pace Health, behavioral health appointments take place via telepsych consultation using a smartphone or tablet. Students can have these appointments in a private examination room in University Health Services. 海角社区 students will be referred to these services by Student Counseling Services after an initial assessment or by our University Case Manager. More information is available at una.edu/counseling and una.edu/healthservices.
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The 海角社区 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 海角社区 is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. 海角社区 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN Big South Conference. The 海角社区 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: www.una.edu and www.una.edu/unaworks/