The Student Health Center offers medication initiation and management services to enrolled MU students with a mental health diagnosis. Our primary care providers have expertise in the management of mild to moderate anxiety and depression and in the identification and management of substance abuse including nicotine and alcohol. Our physicians also medically manage stable ADHD patients.
The Student Health Center also has psychiatrists on staff. The psychiatrists are affiliated with the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Faculty attending psychiatrists are board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and have experience working with the college population. Our psychiatrists collaborate with the physicians and family nurse practitioners at the Student Health Center and the counselors at the MU Counseling Center and elsewhere.
Our Psychiatrists have Expertise In:
- Moderate to severe depression
- Moderate to severe anxiety
- Bipolar disorders
- Psychotic disorders
- Personality disorders
- ADHD
- Substance abuse
- Eating disorders
- Neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum
Services Offered Include:
- Diagnostic psychiatric assessments
- Medication evaluation, prescription and management
- Referrals and assistance with establishing care with another local provider
Referral Services
To provide you with the best possible care, the Student Health Center may refer you to other campus resources or to another community or regional specialist.
- Link to campus and community resources
- Referral to Counseling Center
- Referral to specialists when appropriate.
- University of Missouri Health Care (outpatient specialty care)
- Other community or regional specialists