Habif Health and Wellness Center

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Habif Health and Wellness Center

• Alan I. Glass, M.D.

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Identifying Troubled Students and How to
Assist Them
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Feeling Overwhelmed by All They Had to Do
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Feeling Exhausted (not from physical activity)
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Feeling Very Sad
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Feeling Things Were Hopeless
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Feeling so Depressed it was Difficult to Function
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Seriously ConsideringAttempting Suicide
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Attempting Suicide
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Reported Depression
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Of Those Students Reporting a Diagnosis of
Depression in the Previous Slide
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Warning Signs

• Dramatic drop in academic performance
• Request for accommodations
• Papers with themes of hopelessness or rage
• Class disruption
• Absences

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Warning Signs

• Increase or decrease in weight
• Obvious signs of substance abuse
• Changes in concentration, motivation or energy
  level
• Withdrawal
• Aggressiveness
• Crying

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Warning Signs

• Written of verbal statements that indicate
  despondency
• Family or relationship problems
• References to harming
• Concern of peers

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Making a Referral

• Dont promise confidentiality
• You have reached your comfort limit
• You have become too close to the situation
• Student expresses thoughts of suicide

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Making a Referral

• Call [phone]
• Page Dr. Tom Brounk [phone]
• Call the on-call counselor at
• [phone]

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Information Resources

• What Can I Do? A Guide for Faculty,
  Administrators and Staff
• http//shs.wustl.edu
• On-line course

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Dont Worry Alone
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Alan I. Glass, M.D.

• aglass_at_wustl.edu