Urgent Care (Crisis Care)
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Closed Thanksgiving Break
The Counseling & Testing Center will be closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday the 29th for the Thanksgiving Break.
For students experiencing a mental health crisis please utilize the 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Support line by calling 608.785.8073 and press 1.
Monday-Friday, 12-4 p.m.
2106 Centennial Hall, UW-La Crosse
If this is an emergency, dial 911.
What is Urgent Care?
Urgent Care is for students experiencing a mental health crisis. Urgent Care counselors assess and support your immediate needs.
Examples
- Suicidal thoughts
- Concerns about your own safety
- Thoughts or urges to harm another person
- Recent loss or a recent traumatic event
What to expect
Drop-in appointments, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To access urgent care, come to 2106 Centennial Hall and ask to speak with the urgent care counselor. If you aren’t sure if you need urgent care, come to our office and a counselor can help you figure out what is needed. If urgent care isn’t the best fit for you, we can help you schedule with a more helpful resource.
- Off-Campus EMERGENCY: 911
- On Campus EMERGENCY: 608.789.9999 (UWL Police)
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
(veterans and other service members: press 1) - UW Mental Health Support 24/7: Call 608.785.8073 & press 1
- UWL Mental Health Crisis and Emotional Support for UWL Students
- UW Mental Health Support 24/7
- All current students can access 24/7 on-demand counseling support with a trained counselor
UWL students call 608.785.8073 and press 1
- All current students can access 24/7 on-demand counseling support with a trained counselor
- La Crosse County Mobile Crisis: 608.784.HELP (4357)
- Local mental health support and evaluation of risk via phone and/or in person.
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988
- Nationwide mental health support and crisis intervention via phone, text, or chat. Veterans and other service members and their families, press 1 to be connected with specific supports.
- Trevor Lifeline: 866.488.7386
- Crisis and emotional support for LGBTQ+ youth up to age 25.
- The Steve Fund: Text 'STEVE' to 741741
- Crisis and emotional support for students of color.
- Text ‘Hopeline’ to 741741
- Nationwide text-based mental health support
- Great Rivers 211 Helpline: 211 or 800.362.TALK (8255)
- Local support and help in connecting with resources for meeting basic needs for food, housing, healthcare, childcare, etc.
- Emplify Health: 608.782.7300 or 800.362.9567
- Formerly Gundersen Medical Center
- Mayo Clinic Health-La Crosse: 608.785.0940 or 800.362.5454
The below resources are not crisis resources and are only available during business hours.
- ACCESS Center: 608.785.6900
- Help with accommodations for students with disabilities
- Center for Transformative Justice: 608.785.5094
- Support with belonging on campus and reporting a hate or bias incident.
- Student Life: 608.785.8062
- Resource for students in distress and needing resources, faculty with concern about a student disruption, help with meeting basic needs, and campus CARE team.
- Student Health Center: 608.785.8558
- Medical providers available for student health care needs including primary care, mental health, and same-day care.
- Violence Prevention: 608.785.5126
- Confidential support and advocacy for anyone in the campus community who has experienced sexual assault, stalking, violence, abuse, or threats.