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Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

Suicide Prevention

Helping a student who is strongly contemplating suicide and may take action:

 

  • Do not leave them alone.

  • Take their words seriously and respond with compassion.

  • Remove access to any tools for suicide, such as firearms and medications.

  • Request a Welfare Check. If you have reason to believe that the student is at risk for suicide and the student has been unresponsive to your attempts to call them and confirm their safety, you may call the WSU Campus Police at (313) 577-2222 and request them to stop by the student's residence to perform a welfare check

  • Encourage them to seek immediate help from one of the following:

    • Nearest emergency room

Detroit Receiving Hospital Emergency Department
4201 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 745-3546

Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Department
2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 916-1545

  • Wayne State Police, if on campus (313) 577-2222

  • 911, if off campus

 

Helping a student who has thoughts about suicide:

 

  • Call Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at (313) 577-3398 for a confidential consultation with a counselor. If after hours, call CAPS Afterhours Program at (313) 577-CAPS (2277). Please note that all services at CAPS are voluntary and strictly confidential. Should you request any updates about a student you referred to CAPS for suicide risk, the student would have to provide written permission on a Release of Information Form to release any protected health information.

  • Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-TALK (8255). available 24 hours a day. All calls are confidential. Call to ask confidential questions about someone you think may be at risk.

  • Help the student to contact one of these resources:

Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies (C.O.P.E):
33505 Schoolcraft Road Livonia, MI 48150
Care is available 24/7
(844) 296-2073

Northeast Integrated Health Psychiatric Urgent Care
Provides sameday psychiatric services for adults- crisis intervention, medication reviews, nursing assessments/injections, psychiatric evaluations, peer support, and non-ER transport.
Medicaid and Medicare and most commercial insurances are accepted.
12800 E. Warren, Detroit, MI 48215
(313) 824-5623

Team Wellness Psychiatric Urgent Care
3646 Mt. Elliott St.
Detroit, MI 48207
Monday- Friday- 8am-8pm
Psychiatric Urgent Care services include psychiatric assessments and face-to-face clinical therapy, and medication management.
Accepts most major insurance plans including Medicare and Medicaid.
For the uninsured, a sliding fee schedule based on income available

Additional Resources:

The JED Foundation

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

American Association of Suicidology