Drexel University Behavioral Health Counseling Program

The following video presents a PowerPoint presentation on how to talk with someone who you fear may be contemplating suicide. Better understanding suicidal thinking and learning essential helping skills may help in saving lives otherwise lost due to others not really knowing how to help. These slides are based on training presentations I have made over the past 40 years. Each slide will show for only 15 seconds, so click pause/play to give yourself time to fully read each. Message me if you have questions. I hope you will find this information helpful.

This is a fascinating historical look back at the lives of people confined in one state hospital during the early 20th century. Be sure and click on "the suitcases" to find stories about some of the people who left suitcases behind. http://www.suitcaseexhibit.org/index.php

Please consider reading my latest essay on behavior change, available via either Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com//rj/detail/recent-activity/posts/ or Google - https://robertchapman.blogspot.com/

A Different Christmas Carol Well, it is a chilly, gray morning, the kind of Middle Atlantic winter day that is depressing if you want to work in the garden in your shirt sleeves...or invigorating if you want to sit by the fire, drink hot mulled-cider, looking at Christmas greetings, Mozart playing in the background. Like life in general, this day is composed of the sum of the thoughts one chooses to entertain about it. As Abraham Lincoln so aptly stated, "most men are as happ...Continue reading

Prevention 2.0: Taking Efforts to Affect Collegiate Drinking to the Next Level - https://robertchapman.blogspot.com/ Efforts to address collegiate drinking have made great strides over the past 25-years. Unfortunately, we still find 40-something% of students reporting consuming 5+ standard servings of alcohol per outing in the previous 2-weeks to being surveyed...and 20-something% reporting doing so 2 or more times. Do we just accept these data as the intractable facts of collegiate life or are there "other ways to get from here to there in addition to the usual way?" If time permits, please visit my latest essay addressing this question, either via LinkedIn (or visit my profile on LinkedIn and scroll to the essay) or via BlogSpot (https://robertchapman.blogspot.com/).

Initiating conversations with contemporary college students--or just about anyone regarding behavioral health issues--may not be as difficult as some may think. In my latest essay, I explore the use of two classic principles from social psychology--the foot in the door and door in the face-- to persuade contemporary collegians to engage in harm reduction. If you have the time, consider looking at this brief essay and feel free to comment. Visit http://bit.ly/2fuf4Es or in lie...u of this, click the 'Profile/blog' link in my signature file and scroll down to the most recent post. As always, thank you for considering this request. Dr. Robert

Please consider looking at my latest LinkedIn blog essay - http://bit.ly/2wEWHCG (if this link does not work, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjchapman). In this essay, I explore the importance of becoming involved in affecting public policy decisions and recognizing the importance of public policy as regards the delivery of behavioral health services. Included in the essay are suggestions for becoming involved without necessarily having to invest valuable personal time. In... advance, thank you for your consideration. Robert

Addressing Narcissism in a Clinical Substance Abusing Population - http://bit.ly/2iUs36P Consider reading this essay that Jeremy Frank and I recently published. Dr. Frank is a psychologist in private practice in Philadelphia.

I invite you to consider reading my latest LinkedIn essay, "The Warm-Cold Variable in First Impressions of Persons: You Never Get a 2nd Chance to Make a 1st Impression," available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjchapman/ In this essay, I address the importance of the relationship in counseling, particularly when conducting interviews with mandated college students. An example of one possible approach to creating a positive 1st impression, even with less than motivated client...s, is outlined. The essay cites several classic experiments from social psychology to support its argument. In advance, thank you for your consideration. Dr. Robert

Please consider reading the latest post on my LinkedIn blog. In it, I address risk-taking by college students and includes a link to a workbook designed to help students make proactive choices. You can find the blog at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjchapman/ Scroll down to It's 'That Time of the (Academic) Year' Again

In what ways do you think apps or other types of technology might be of assistance in helping to improve mental health care?