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The Panther Care Model is founded on the belief that people shouldn’t have to wait for psychological services. People require different levels of care, and finding the right level of care often depends on monitoring outcomes.
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Panther Care is inspired by the Stepped Care Approach, which is a system of delivering and monitoring mental health treatment so the most effective, yet least resource-intensive treatment, is delivered first. Addressing one's mental health through treatment can then be either “stepped up” or “stepped down” depending on the level of their need. For example, less intensive treatments include self-help approaches or peer support, and more intensive treatments can include individual therapy or psychiatric consultation. Throughout the process, mental health indicators are monitored to give both the helper and student feedback on their progress and to empower the student to participate actively in care options, decisions and delivery.
Benefits to Panther Care Model
• It promotes client responsibility, autonomy and resilience
• Steps are based in part on client readiness for change
• It includes face-to-face and/or online components to meet students where they are
• It applies solutions-focused, strengths-based interventions first
• It ensures rapid access to prevent more serious health and mental health conditions