Emergencies

There are a few situations that require an immediate response: When students are in such significant emotional distress that their ability to function is seriously impaired or when they pose a threat to themselves, others or property.

Call the Counseling Center

• During regular business hours:
  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: Call Tricia Kreider at 610-568-1469
  • Contact the Health & Wellness Office at 610-568-1467 OR
• Off hours (evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, semester breaks) call Public Safety at 610-796-8350 and ask them to contact Dr. Patricia Kreider.

  Immediately When:

• A student makes overtly suicidal comments; e.g., referring to suicide as a current option, or if they have a plan and the means to carry out the plan.
• A student is experiencing impaired speech or garbled, disjointed thoughts, bizarre or strange behavior that is obviously inappropriate to the situation; e.g., talking to "invisible people" or exhibiting paranoid thinking.

Call Campus Security at 610-796-8350 Immediately When:

• There are high levels of irritability, including unruly, aggressive or violent behavior.
• There is serious and imminent threat to harm another person or property.
• Call Security in these situations whether the person is a student or not.

Updated: September 5, 2007

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