• If you or a friend are contemplating suicide or experiencing a serious emotional crisis (experiencing uncontrollable crying, severe withdrawal, speaking in general terms of harming self) You can contact the Counseling Services immediately at (859) 572-5650 during office hours Monday 8:30a - 6:00p (during fall and spring semesters only) and Tuesday through Friday 8:30a - 4:30p, UC 440.
• After hours, during vacations, or if you cannot reach our office, immediately contact the Northern Kentucky University Police at (859) 572-7777 and request to speak to the counselor on call, or contact local public safety officers at 911.

CAUTION: NEVER TRY TO HANDLE A SITUATION ON YOUR OWN THAT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

Hotlines and additional resources:

• Hotlines will connect you with a crisis counselor who is trained to help you work through your thoughts and feelings and provide follow-up resources. The other resources provided offer opportunities to connect you to local professionals that will help you identify facilities in which you can receive mental health care.
• If you are in a suicidal crisis now, take yourself seriously. If your need is urgent, admit it. You deserve to get help, and to get it sooner rather than later.
• If you are experiencing intense emotional distress and need immediate response:
• Get off the computer and pick up the phone.

CALL NKU Counseling Services from 8:30a - 4:30p at (859) 572-5650. Be sure to make it clear your need is urgent.

Other Resources

• NKU Campus Police
  (859) 572-7777
  Ask to talk to the counselor on call after 4:30p
  
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Hotline
  (800) 273-TALK (8255)
  
• Suicide Hotline
  (800) SUICIDE [(800) 784-2433]
  
• Sun Behavioral Health Care
  (859) 429-5188
  820 Dolwick Drive, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018 (KY)
• Talbert House 
  (513) 281-CARE (2273)
  Regional Crisis Care: Ohio
  
  • Text "TALBERT" to 839-863
• Community Mental Health Center (Indiana) 
  • 24-hour emergency crisis: (812) 537-1302
  • Toll free: (877) 849-1248
• The Trevor Project 
  (866) 488-7386 
  LGBTQ 24-hour hotline
  
• Trans Lifeline 
  (877) 565-8860
  Peer support hotline by and for trans people (10:00a - 4:00a)
  
• Crisis text line
  Text: "HOME" to 741-741 (24-hours per day)

• National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline
  (800) 656-HOPE (4673)
  RAINN: Rape Abuse Incest National Network
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
• Women's Crisis Center (KY)
  (800) 928-3335
  (859) 491-3335
  Rape and sexual assault victim support services
• Women Helping Women (OH)
  Crisis line: (513) 381-5610
  Toll free: (877) 889-5610
  Crisis intervention for sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking survivors
• Community Mental Health Center  
  (812) 537-1302
  Toll free: (877) 849-1248
  Support and Advocacy Services (IN) - Support services for sexual assault
• DOVE (Developing Options for Violent Emergencies)
  (859) 301-9266
  St. Elizabeth Healthcare's program that can help stop the cycle of abuse
• Informational Brochure about domestic violence. 

How to get a protective order

If you are concerned about a student who is under the influence of alcohol or others drugs (prescribed or not) and may be in need of IMMEDIATE medical attention, one or more of the following numbers should be contacted before or instead of Health, Counseling, and Student Wellness:

• NKU University Police: (859) 572-7777
• Police or Ambulance Service: 911
• Poison Information Center: (800) 222-1222
• St. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospital
  
• Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention: (800) 234-0246
• Alcohol Abuse Helpline: (800) 283-2600
• American Council for Drug Education: (800) 488-DRUG (3784)

ALCOHOL POISONING:

Critical Signs and Symptoms:

• Mental confusion
• Vomiting
• Seizures
• Slow breathing – fewer than 8 breaths per minute
• Irregular breathing- 10 seconds or more between breaths
• Hypothermia

What Should I do to help?

• Know the danger signs
• Do not wait for all symptoms to be present
• DO NOT LEAVE THE PERSON ALONE
• CALL 911

Medical Amnesty: grants immunity from prosecution for certain alcohol related offenses when an individual requests emergency medical assistance for him/her self or someone else due to alcohol over consumption.