Mental Health Emergencies
Mental health emergencies (this does not include life threatening emergencies) which occur during office hours (9-7pm Mon-Thurs, 9-5pm Fri) can be handled by contacting the Counseling Center at (540) 665-4752 and asking to speak to the director of the Counseling Center, Allison Collazo, prior to sending the student over to our center’s waiting location at Cooley Hall room 302 (if at all possible). Then the student is permitted to wait in the relaxation room, until the student can be seen. After a student is escorted to the relaxation room, immediately email acollazo@su.edu or call (540) 665-4752 (always leave a message). In the event of an emergency after office hours, contact the Office of Public Safety at (540) 678-4444. Public Safety 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 Health: (540) 536-8140
Valley Behavioral Health 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.gov
Facebook: /distresshelpline
Twitter: @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 Health Resource Locator