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Medical
Emergencies
Crisis Counseling
Sexual Assault
Medical
Emergencies
In an emergency or life-threatening situation, please call 911.
When
Student Health is closed and you need to speak with someone regarding
an urgent question or concern, care providers are always on call
through the answering service number at 972-7004. Let the provider
know if you have a medical concern or wish to speak to a mental
health care provider. Please wait near a phone for a response.
If
you have an urgent medical or emotional problem, or are so directed
by the on-call provider, you may receive care at the U.Va. Hospital
Emergency Room.
Paying
for Emergency Visits
The Student Health Center does not cover visits or charges incurred
in the emergency room; they are billed directly to your insurance.
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Crisis
Counseling
On-call
Crisis Intervention
CAPS maintains on-call clinician availability 24 hours a day. During
daytime operating hours a minimum of one on-call clinician is available
to see students on a walk-in basis or to respond to phone calls.
After hours and on weekends or holidays, an on-call clinician is
available through the Student Health/CAPS answering service. The
on-call clinician provides both informational consultation and crisis
intervention as needed. After hours, most on-call intervention occurs
via telephone contact. Where psychiatric hospitalization of a student
may be indicated, but the situation requires further assessment
prior to reaching a decision about hospitalization, the on-call
clinician will come to U.Va. Grounds for an on-site clinical assessment.
Post-Disaster
Critical Incident Response Team
In the event that the University were to experience a large-scale
crisis or disaster that required intervention beyond the scope of
CAPS crisis intervention services, CAPS has incorporated volunteer
faculty from the clinical social sciences departments into a Critical
Incident Stress Management (CISM) response team. This team is composed
of approximately 30 professionals (CAPS staff and faculty) who are
available to function in small teams to provide the U.Va. Community
with post-disaster support groups and debriefings as means of mitigating
the development of pathological post-trauma reactions.
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Sexual
Assault
The University's Women’s Center offers emergency
information as does the Sexual
Assault Resource Agency.
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by: studenthealth@virginia.edu
Last Modified:
Monday, 31-Oct-2005 16:32:45 EST
© 2002 by the Rector
and Visitors of the University of Virginia
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