Your Health Matters
There never seems to be enough time in college - you're either in class, studying for class, or tied up with family and work responsibilities. Sometimes the stress is too much to handle alone, leaving you looking for help without knowing where to turn. Here at Chesapeake College, your mental health matters. Did you know you can begin to find the help you need to deal with these issues right at Chesapeake College?
Corsica River Mental Health Services has scheduled the following weekly time to be on the Wye Mills Campus during the Spring 2013 semester to help identify student mental health needs. This resource will help students identify and access supports and services to address their concerns and to provide services if desired.
Corsica River On-Site Clinic Information and Assessment Services
Mondays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. during Spring 2013
Location: The Corsica River staff will be located at a table in the hallway in front of the cafeteria in the Caroline College Center, with a private office also available (C207) to meet with students at that time if necessary.
There are a host of other public mental health care services available to students and residents of our region. Contact information and a short explanation of these services follows:
Eastern Shore Operations Center 1-(888)-407-8018 Click for More Info
The ESOC operates 24/7 to deal with both crisis and non-crisis mental health concerns. In emergency situations, the ESOC can even send out one of its Mobile Crisis Teams to provide immediate mental health assistance. Or, it can help a student make connections with a public mental health care provider in his or her own county.
Life Crisis Center Hotline 1-(800)-422-0009 Click for More Info
The Life Crisis Center Hotline provides counseling for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault, suicide prevention, support groups, emergency shelter, shelter referral, medical care, and assistance with the process of prosecution.
Suicide Hotline 1-(800)-SUICIDE Click for More Info
The Suicide Hotline provides counseling for suicide prevention.
Youth Hotline 1-(800)-422-0009 Click for More Info
The Youth Hotline provides crisis intervention, support and referrals
For All Seasons, Inc. Hotline 1-(800)-310-7273 Click for More Info
For All Seasons provides counseling, advocacy, and education to victims of rape, sexual assault and abuse.
Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence 1-(800)-927-4673 Click for More Info
The Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence provides direct services for victims of family violence, including a 24-hour hotline, crisis intervention, counseling, support group, emergency shelter, client advocacy, children's program, court accompaniment, information and referral.
Network of Care www.networkofcare.org Click for More Info
This web-based internet tool is a mental health resource that includes a provider service network, a medical library, resource/veterans' links and support/advocacy group contacts.
Chesapeake Helps 1-866-722-4577 or www.chesapeakehelps.org Click for More Info
Chesapeake Helps includes information and referral specialists who are available to help callers find non-profit local services in their county.
Or, for more information . . .
You may wish to consult the 2012 Resource Guide to Public Behavioral Health Services in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties of Maryland (http://www.msmhs.org/PDF/2012-MSMHS-Resource-Guide.pdf).
