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) 665-4530 and asking to speak to Emily Petkus prior to sending the student over to our center’s location at Cooley Hall room 301 (if at all possible). In the event of an emergency after office hours, contact the Office of Public Safety at (540) 678-4444. Public Safety will contact the SU administrator 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)
National Mental Health Resource Locator http://store.samhsa.gov/home