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Resources on the University of Maryland Campus
University Counseling Center
1st floor Shoemaker Building
Call 301-314-7651 to schedule an appointment
http://www.counseling.umd.edu/
Hours of Operation:
Services are free. Availability based on need.
University Health Center
Second floor of the University Health Center in Room 3100
301-314-8106
http://www.health.umd.edu/services/mentalhealth.html
Monday through Friday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Help Center at UMD – A peer counseling and crisis intervention hotline.
Telephone: 301-314-HELP
Hours of Operation:
Campus police
Campus Phones – Emergency: 911
Non Campus Phones – Emergency : 301-405-3333
Non Emergency – 301-405-3555
Other Resource for Students
Prince Georges County Hotline & Suicide Prevention
Telephone: 301-731-4922
Washington, D.C. Hotline
Telephone: 202-223-2255
Northern Virginia Hotline
Telephone: 703-527-4077
Prince George's Hospital Center
3001 Hospital Drive
Cheverly, MD 20785
(301) 618-2000
http://www.dimensionshealth.org/pghc.shtml
Personal Accounts about Mental Illness
Books about Depression and Suicide
Helps the reader understand depression and bipolar disorder while providing a picture of the biological and genetic factors that contribute to these disorders as well as a comprehensive picture of their treatment.
Discusses suicide among the young and among older people; the relation of violence and alcoholism to suicide; the methods and motives for suicide; the treatment of the suicidal patient; and assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Explains the psychology, psychopathology, neurobiology, and genetics of suicide as well as what we can do to prevent it.
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