Mental 健康 Emergencies

All counseling appointments are conducted virtually until further notice.

Mental health emergencies (this does not include life threatening emergencies) which occur during office hours can be handled by contacting the Wellness Center at 540-665-4530. In the event of an emergency after office hours, contact the Department of 校园安全 at (540) 678-4444. 校园安全 will contact the Counselor on-call for the appropriate response. If the situation is life threatening, please call 911 and /or go to the nearest Emergency Room, which is Winchester Medical Center, 1840 Amherst Street, (540) 536-8000.

Local Emergency Resources:

Concern Hotline: (540) 667-0145

Winchester Behavioral 健康: (540) 536-8140

Valley Behavioral 健康 Outpatient Services: (540) 459-1262

Northwestern Community Services: (540) 636-4250

Winchester Crisis Care Hotline: (540) 536-8152

Local 24 hour Alcohol Abuse Hotline: (540) 667-0322

Northern VA Helpline for Drugs: (703) 532-1255

The Shelter for Abused Women: (540) 667-6466

SAMHSA hosts the following 24-hour disaster resource (they specifically name campus shootings as a disaster)
Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990
Text “TalkWithUs” to 66746
http://disasterdistress.samhsa.政府
脸谱网: /distresshelpline
推特: @distressline
APA has the following in their helpcenter: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/mass-shooting.aspx

National Emergency Resources:

Substance Abuse 24 hour Hotline: (800) 835-6130

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-TALK (8255)

Trevor Project Hotline (LGBTQ): 1-866-488-7386

Steve Fund Hotline (For diverse students in crisis): Text STEVE to 741741.

National Mental 健康 Resource Locator