Research Symposium

BIO

Mia is an undergraduate student at Florida State University, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Social Work. Her interest in psychology stems from a desire to destigmatize mental illness and promote mental health care for all people. She currently serves as a research assistant for the Collegiate Recovery Program under the mentorship of Chelsea Shore. Through her experience working with the CRP, she has gained intimate understanding of the impact substances and addiction have on the lives of college students. This research experience has sparked a passion for further exploring the interaction between mental health and substance use. Her long-term goals include furthering her education and experience in the field of mental health.

An update on Collegiate Recovery Students and Programs: A Systematic Literature Review from 2017-2021

Abstract

It is common practice in the social sciences to pursue literature reviews around every decade to synthesize for the field relevant updates and trends. Given the rapid growth of Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) and research on them in the past five year, a systematic literature was conducted to build on the work of Brown et al. (2018) and Reed et al. (2020). Unlike literature reviews, systematic reviews seek to answer a pertinent question underlying the evolution of research on a topic. In this case, we sought to answer whether the field of Collegiate Recovery is expanding and if so, how? Special attention was given to paradigms of inquiry, intersectionality of topics, journal outlets and their disciplines. It would be mundane to repeat the findings of articles reported in either of the previous literature reviews so only findings from studies that were missed or published after the publication of previous reviews are reported here.

Keywords: collegiate recovery, addiction, higher education, alcohol and other drugs, university support services