A crisis typically involves one of the following:
- Suicidal Ideation
- Desires, plans, or thoughts to hurt oneself
- Please refer to Suicide Prevention
- Actively engaging in self-harming behavior
- Most often, this may include cutting or burning oneself
- Homicidal Ideation
- Desires, plans, thoughts to hurt others
- Other Significant Mental Health Concerns
- Experiencing auditory and/or visual hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear)
- Experiencing delusions (having false, fixed beliefs that conflict with reality)
- Experiencing manic symptoms (At least three of the following: insomnia, rapid speech, racing thoughts, being easily distracted, exaggerated sense of self-esteem, sudden desire to accomplish many tasks, psychomotor agitation [such as pacing or hand-wringing], sudden engagement in risky or dangerous activities)
- Immediate housing or food concern
- Student is currently without food or shelter
- Immediate Medical Concern (Medical Emergency)
- Illness or injury that requires immediate medical attention and may/could be life threatening if left untreated
- Medical Emergencies should be reported directly to Campus and Security at 312.369.1111 or to local emergency services by calling 911.