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Helping You Care For Students' Well-Being

Student Health and Well-Being is committed to supporting students’ health and well-being through a collaborative approach that includes resources related to their physical health, mental health and wellness.

As faculty or staff, you may often be in the best position to assess a student’s well-being. We are counting on you to help us care for our students and to help students care for themselves.

Explore the Faculty and Staff Toolkit for easy access to key resources and support.

Emergency or Immediate Support

Mizzou has resources available 24/7 to ensure students have the support they need from on-call clinicians to nurse advice.

Physical Health

Students can call the Student Health Center at 573-882-7481 to schedule an appointment for immediate but not life-threatening health care issues. Same-day appointments are almost always available.

For after hours, weekend or urgent care, students may visit Mizzou Urgent Care; copays and other charges may apply.

Mental Health

Call 573-882-6601 at any time to access consultation or crisis support. Consultation is available any time you are concerned about the emotional well-being of a student, including when they have expressed thoughts of suicide or harm to others. Crisis support is available to any student who is unable to cope alone or who finds their usual ways of coping are no longer working.

Mental Health Resource Hub

We believe in a holistic, integrated approach to mental health for students. Familiarize yourself with all the ways we support students’ mental health below.

Preventative and Non-Emergency Care

If you suspect a student is:

  • Experiencing significant difficulties related to mental health, physical health, personal and family emergencies, financial issues or other areas of concern
  • Displaying behavior that is distressing, disruptive or potentially harmful

Please report your concern to the Care Team. They will assess the report with the Student at Risk Committee and respond appropriately. If you have questions about filing a report, please call the Dean of Students office at 573-882-5397.

Note: If you believe that an MU employee might be a threat to self or others, please call MU Campus Human Resources at 573-882-7976 or the MU Police Department at 573-882-7201.

Interpersonal Conflict

Interpersonal Conflict Faculty and staff can email rsvp@missouri.edu to schedule an educational consultation to learn more about how to best support students related to interpersonal or relationship violence and to request teaching materials.

See, Say, Do

The mental health of college students has been a growing concern over the past several decades and recent events have only exacerbated the trend of increasing rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. We believe that supporting campus mental health and well-being is a community endeavor and something all faculty and staff at Mizzou can contribute to. But where do you start?

 

See, Say, Do is a facilitated program out of the Counseling Center designed to help you:

  • See the signs of mental and emotional distress.
  • Say something compassionate and ask questions to help you to better understand the individual’s distress
  • Talk about what you can Do to take care of yourself and get the person connected to supportive resources that will help them in the long run.

 

To schedule a training for your department or organization, email Dr. Chuck Burgess. Open to faculty, staff and graduate students who are employed in an assistantship.

Don't Cancel Class

Our professional staff in the Wellness Resource Center will seamlessly step in to deliver engaging well-being presentations for planned events or unexpected absences. Students can continue learning, even if you aren’t there.

Empowered

Mizzou is committed to creating a healthy and safe student environment through a new in-person training program, Empowered. Empowered is a bystander intervention initiative created to promote community connectedness and civic engagement and empower students to get involved in situations where they can prevent, reduce or respond to harm. Empowered works to address multiple interconnected issues, including alcohol and other drug use, interpersonal violence and mental well-being.