Mental Health Emergencies

Mental health emergencies (this does not include life threatening emergencies) which occur during office hours can be handled by contacting the Wellness Center at 540-665-4530. In the event of an emergency after office hours, contact the Department of Campus Safety at (540) 678-4444. Campus 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