Mental Health Resource Hub

Mental Health at Mizzou

We are committed to supporting the mental health and well-being of Mizzou students by providing a network of care that includes campus and community partners. Each student’s experience is unique and our holistic and integrated approach provides many opportunities for students to get involved, build skills, and find treatment options that work for them. Our goal is to create a culture of caring where students can thrive.

Supporting Your Own Mental Health

TAO (Therapy Assistance Online)

Mizzou students, faculty and staff have access to a suite of free online tools for well-being, resilience and behavioral health. This toolkit contains effective evidence-based resources customized for your needs. Mizzou students can access TAO by using their university email address and signing up for the app.

Urgent and Crisis Support

Available 24/7 through the MU Counseling Center. Call the Center at 573-882-6601 to speak to a mental health professional. If you are calling after business hours, press “0” to reach an on-call clinician.

Individual and Group Exercise at MizzouRec

Provides students with opportunities to engage in joyful movement, release endorphins, and enhance their overall sense of well-being.

Mental Health Online Screening

Behavioral health is a key part of your overall well-being. Brief screenings are the quickest way to determine if you should connect with a behavioral health professional.

Nurturing My Wellness

Collaborative program designed to support the mental health and well-being needs of students who are less likely to utilize mental health and well-being resources.

Reset with Meditation

Mindfulness meditation can reduce stress and enhance overall well-being.

Join the in-person free guided meditation 12:15-12:45 p.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in the Wellness Resource Center (Lower level of the Student Center). No registration or experience is required.

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

This course provides information on a wide variety of topics to support student well-being and assist students in making decisions about their lives.

Counseling Center Services

Brief Screening with a Rapid Access Clinician

Allows providers to assess a student’s needs and make recommendations and referrals to the resources and services that best meet a student’s needs. Call 573-882-6601 or come to our office at Strickland Hall, 4th floor, during normal business hours for crisis support for any reason.

Brief Individual Therapy

Offered when it is the best intervention to meet a student’s needs. A student will work 1:1 with a therapist in a brief therapy model.

Group Therapy and Skills Classes

Students will connect with others experiencing similar concerns and get to learn and grow together. Groups have a specific focus such as building and maintaining strong relationships or healing from grief and loss. The Counseling Center offers approximately 20 different groups and skills classes each semester.

Student Health Center Services

Primary Medical Care

Providers at the Student Health Center provide medication evaluation and management for the mental health concerns most commonly seen among young adults.

Psychiatry Services

Available at Student Health Center when specialty care is needed.

Resources for Supporting Others

Counseling Center Consultation Services

Anyone concerned about a student can speak to a licensed professional from the Counseling Center to understand how they can best support the student and how to help the student access appropriate resources. Call the Counseling Center at 573-882-6601 to speak to a mental health professional.

Faculty and Staff Toolkit

Easy to access digital materials for Mizzou faculty and staff to utilize to promote key resources and support.

Care Team

Provides case management, assisting students with finding and accessing resources supporting many aspects of well-being.

Ask Listen Refer

Brief online course teaching our campus community how to identify someone who may be at risk for suicide, offer support, and get help for people at risk.

See. Say. Do.

The Counseling Center’s training on assisting students in distress. Attendees will learn to recognize indicators of distress, implement basic helping skills, and refer students to appropriate campus resources. This training offers concrete skills for helping others, and uses discussion and examples in an effort to tailor content to attendees’ needs.

Mizzou Bystander Intervention Initiative

Works to address multiple, interconnected issues including alcohol and other drug use, issues of bias and discrimination, interpersonal violence, and mental well-being.

MACRO Recovery Ally Training

30-minute online course designed to help faculty, staff, and students support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.

MoSafeRX Training

30-minute online course designed to help one recognize signs of prescription drug misuse and respond to a potential opioid overdose.

Prevent Hazing

A holistic resource for students, faculty and staff to receive trainings, get support, report hazing incidents and learn about hazing prevention efforts at Mizzou.

Other Health-Related Resources

Well-Being Outreach Presentations

Student organizations and groups can engage with Student Health & Well-Being staff and Well-Being Peers on a variety of well-being and mental health related topics including “How to Help a Friend.”

College Behavior Profile

Online educational survey providing feedback about alcohol use, risk for addition, and strategies for reducing risks for harm when consuming alcohol.

Alcohol Skills Training Program

90-minute training providing information to help students stay safer if they choose to consume alcohol.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings

Available locally to help students on the road to recovery.

Nicotine Cessation Services

Available to students who wish to stop using nicotine products such as cigarettes, vape, hookah or zyn.

Well-Being Coaching

Struggling with sleep or stress? Well-Being Coaching may be able to help. Our trained staff will co-create a plan with you to help you identify steps you can take to achieve quality sleep and navigate stress.

MU Career Center

Provides a supportive environment to help students with exploring majors and careers, the job and internship search, interview preparation, graduate education, and more.

Disability Center

Provides students with documented disabilities (e.g., ADHD, learning disability, chronic illness, autism spectrum, sensory or physical impairments, mental health conditions), who experience barriers related to their disability in university courses and/or programs, accommodations to ensure educational equality.

Support at Every Level

Find campus support and resources.