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After campus shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University shed light on the lack of support systems for mentally ill students, campuses across the country began working to improve their services and extend ongoing support to students who show signs of depression. The College Screening Project, a suicide prevention outreach program launched at Emory University, has clinicians review email assessments filled out by students to determine the need for an in-person appointment. This effort has shown some success in identifying and treating students with severe depression.

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