Mental Health & Wellness
It's easy for health and wellness to take a backseat to the pressures of graduate school. There are a number of resources and services to help you adjust, manage stress, and find a support network on campus that works for you.
If You Are Having a Mental Health Emergency Please Access the Following Resources:
- Suicide Hotlines:
- Counseling And Psychological Services (CAPS): 785-864-CAPS (2277)
- available during weekday hours
- KU Psychological Clinic785-864-4121
- Grad Crisis Care 1-877-GRAD-HLP 877-472-3457
- available by phone and Skype
- Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center785-843-9192
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room785-505-5000
- Watkins Health Center785-864-9500
Additional Mental Wellness Resources
KU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
CAPS provides one-on-one counseling services, as well as group therapy including a relationship group, a graduate women's group, dissertation distress/thesis torment group, mindfulness, and others.
KU Psychological Clinic
A training clinic operated by KU Department of Psychology and staffed by licensed clinical psychologists and graduate students. This clinic serves the KU and greater Lawrence area community by providing an array of high quality, affordable mental health services.
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Bert Nash Community Health Center
Bert Nash is a 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.
Health Education Resource Office (HERO)
The Health Education Resource Office provides services that support students in many different dimensions of wellness. They provide health education programming and coaching on topics such as stress reduction, self-management, nutrition, and sexual health and more.