Mental health treatment utilization on college campuses remains disproportionately low among underrepresented students (UR; i.e., racial/ethnic minorities, first generation college students, and students from low-income families). Additionally, UR students report that factors including stigma, long wait-times, and costs are barriers to accessing treatment. Given these trends, new methods to bolster the utilization of counseling services among UR college students are needed. Concurrently, there is a call for psychology training programs to increase their efforts in preparing health service psychologists to work with culturally diverse populations including UR students. Psychology training clinics may be an additional resource on campuses that can be useful in meeting both of these needs. We present a program evaluation of 4-year partnership between a counseling psychology department training clinic and an academic division serving UR students at a large Midwestern university. Two quantitative metrics, including service utilization hours by UR students (2,020) and direct service hours accrued by clinical trainees (1,266), highlight the benefits of the partnership. A social justice framework and implications for training programs interested in developing similar partnerships are discussed.

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弥合差距：解决心理学培训诊所中代表性不足的大学生的心理健康需求。

在代表性不足的学生（UR；即种族/少数民族、第一代大学生和来自低收入家庭的学生）中，大学校园的心理健康治疗利用率仍然低得不成比例。此外，UR 学生报告说，包括耻辱感、漫长的等待时间和费用在内的因素是获得治疗的障碍。鉴于这些趋势，需要新的方法来加强 UR 大学生对咨询服务的利用。同时，呼吁心理学培训计划加大努力，让卫生服务心理学家做好准备，以便与包括 UR 学生在内的多元文化人群一起工作。心理学培训诊所可能是校园中的额外资源，可用于满足这两种需求。我们提供了一项对咨询心理学系培训诊所和为中西部大型大学的 UR 学生提供服务的学术部门之间为期 4 年的合作伙伴关系的计划评估。两个定量指标，包括 UR 学生的服务利用小时数 (2,020) 和临床实习生的直接服务小时数 (1,266)，突出了合作伙伴关系的好处。讨论了社会正义框架和对有兴趣发展类似伙伴关系的培训计划的影响。