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Research and Technology at CAPS

The field of mental health care (counseling, psychiatry, and administration) is based on more than a century of research efforts aimed at understanding people, identifying mental health concerns, and developing treatments that work. CAPS not only draws from this research to provide the best care to our students -- but also actively contributes through internal research efforts such as annual internal evaluations (e.g., our client satisfaction survey), support of outside research projects within CAPS, and participation/leadership in national research efforts. Technology is infused throughout our center including such areas as clinical training, scheduling and filing, treatment, and research.

Center for the Study of College Student Mental Health (CSCSMH)

CSCSMH is a national counseling center effort to standardize the data gathered in counseling centers and to build a technological research infrastructure for counseling centers. Details are here.

Other Research Information:

• Research Consortium of Counseling and Psychological Services (Univ. of Texas)
• Big 10 Counseling Center Research
• Outside researchers interested in conducting research within CAPS (PDF).

Related Email Lists:

• Click here to join the Titanium Schedule email list.
• Click here to join the Counseling Center Village Research and Technology email list.
• Click here to join the Big 10 Counseling Center Research email list.

Contact Information:

Ben Locke, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Research and Technology

Center for Counseling and Psychological Services
The Pennsylvania State University
501 Student Health Center
University Park, PA 16802-4601
(814) 863-0395