Mental Health & Wellness
It's easy for your health and wellness to take a backseat to the pressures of graduate school.
Finding time to workout and eat healthy are often difficult to balance with your course load, teaching, research, and family responsibilities.
There are a number of resources to help you adjust to life in graduate school, manage stress, and find a support network on campus that works for you.
Watkins Memorial Health Center, located on campus, provides comprehensive medical care, outreach programs, and pharmacy services
If You Are Having a Mental Health Emergency Please Access the Following Resources:
- Suicide Hotlines: Headquarters Crisis Center (785) 841-2345, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1 (800) 273-8255 or by dialing 988
- Counseling And Psychological Services (CAPS): (785) 864-CAPS (2277) available during weekday hours
- Student Support Program CAPS partners with the Student Support Program/TELUS Health to connect students to in the moment support from Masters-level counselors. Students receive the help they need in their own native language (150+ languages supported), whether they are at home, on campus, or abroad. 24/7 & 365 and 100% free! Access the SSP>>
- KU Psychological Clinic (785) 864-4121
- Grad Crisis Care 1.877.GRAD.HLP (877) 472-3457 available by phone and Skype
- Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center (785) 843-9192
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room (785) 505-5000
- Watkins Health Center (785) 864-9500
- Please see additional crisis support resources at the CAPS Crisis Support webpage>>
Mental Health Resources
There are mental health resources at KU and in the broader Lawrence community.
KU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
CAPS Personal Counseling Services can help students with issues related to adjusting to graduate school and other psychological, interpersonal, and family problems. Individual sessions, group sessions and psychiatric services are available.
KU Psychological Clinic
The KU Psychological Clinic is open to KU students, faculty and staff and the communities of Kansas and Missouri. We serve all ages for therapy services (individual, couples) and assessment.
Bert Nash Community Health Center
Community mental health center that provides individual and group therapy services, school-based services, psychiatric medication services, case management, homeless outreach, transitional housing, urgent care/crisis services, and more.
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