CONCERNING EMERGENCIES INVOLVING DANGEROUSNESS TO SELF OR TO OTHERS: CLICK HERE!!!

WE WANT TO HELP, BUT ACTING IN THE PROPER ORDER IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BEST RESULTS. PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNSELING SERVICES PROVIDERS FOR SUCH LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES AFTER  LIVE, VOICE-TO-VOICE CONTACT HAS BEEN  MADE WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONDER PROFESSIONAL AT  852-PREV (852-7738) OR AT EPS (562-3120) or at 911.

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Mission Statement

Our goal is to provide comprehensive counseling and mental health services to Health Sciences Center students.

Who?

Services offered to students in the following schools and programs:

• Medical
• Dental
• Nursing
• Public Health
• Graduate Programs
• Residents

What?

The following services are offered:

• Urgent Crisis Intervention
• Individual Counseling and Support
• Education and Skills Training
• Pharmacotherapy
• Consultation

Service includes initial assessment and follow-up in addition to regular session. Referrals are made to outside sources when appropriate.

Referral can be made by self, family, friend, classmates or faculty.

NOTE:  Consultation with faculty is available to provide education on the identification and referral of students having difficulty.

Why?

Counseling and mental health services are provided for a variety of problems and circumstances including but not limited to:

• Crisis
• Depression and Anxiety
• Academic Difficulties
• Substance Abuse
• Relationship Issues
• Financial Stressors
• Adjustment Disorders

How/Where?

HSC Counseling Services

Quinn T. Chipley, M.A., M.D.

Psychology

B Building (Instructional), Room 120

q0chip01@gwise.louisville.edu

• 852-0996

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Student Mental Health Services

Gordon Strauss, M.D.

Psychiatry

U of L Outpatient Center

401 E. Chestnut, suite 610

• 813-6600

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Roberta Schaffner, M.D.

Psychiatry

U of L Outpatient Center

401 E. Chestnut, suite 610

• 813-6600

When?

Appointments for services are offered during regular daytime business hours,

Monday through Friday.

Details

Services are FREE.  There is no charge to HSC students.

Access to service is VOLUNTARY. Some administration policies will allow faculty and staff to recommend strongly that a student meet with an HSC counselor or physician, but each student can discuss with a dean's representative his or her choice to refuse the referral.

Services are CONFIDENTIAL. Information will only be shared when written consent is granted to the service provider, or in any case which raises the duty to report dangerousness.

Final Encouragement: Don't be shy!!!!!!!! Sam, the Therapy Fish, says, "Come on in!  The water's fine!"

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CONCERNING EMERGENCIES INVOLVING DANGEROUSNESS TO SELF OR TO OTHERS: CLICK HERE!!!

WE WANT TO HELP, BUT ACTING IN THE PROPER ORDER IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BEST RESULTS. PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNSELING SERVICES PROVIDERS FOR SUCH LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES AFTER  LIVE, VOICE-TO-VOICE CONTACT HAS BEEN  MADE WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONDER PROFESSIONAL AT  852-PREV (852-7738) OR AT EPS (562-3120) or at 911.