Mental health and wellbeing support

There is always help available to you throughout your time with us at UCL. Whether through counselling or at an appointment with our Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing team, our professional staff can provide you with advice and support on a wide range of mental health and wellbeing subjects, to help you get the most out of student life. All of our support services are free of charge and open to all UCL students of all levels.

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About the team

About the Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing team

Find out who the Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing team are, who we can support and how we can support you.

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Drop-in sessions and longer appointments

Find out more about our free same-day and longer appointments, and what to expect when you see us.

Counselling

Student Psychological and Counselling Services provide free counselling, psychiatric support, workshops and more.

Peer-to-peer support

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Find out how students are supporting other students through the Keeping in Touch phone call campaign.

Additional phone and online support

We work in partnership with Care First to provide extra counselling support free of charge by telephone and online.

Global student assistance programme

Free, confidential wellbeing support and advice is available at any time, any day. This support is currently open to all our students overseas.

External support

Specialist support offering from external organisations to help you look after yourself.

Extra support for PhD students

Our PhD students have access to additional free mental health and wellbeing support from UCL Workplace Health.

Interrupting your studies

Find out what to do if you're thinking about interrupting your studies for health or wellbeing reasons.

Resources and information

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Mental health and wellbeing resources, including the online self-help library, apps, websites and more.

SilverCloud

Free access to SilverCloud, an online resource of self-paced psychoeducational and CBT programmes (login required).

Crisis support

Student Support and Wellbeing does not offer emergency support.

If you're in immediate danger of hurting yourself or others:

Go directly to the Accident & Emergency (A&E) department of your local hospital to get help

UCLH is the nearest A&E department to UCL’s main campus

Call 999 to request an ambulance if you are unable to reach the hospital yourself

If you're feeling distressed and need urgent support:

Contact your GP surgery to request an emergency appointment

If your GP surgery isn't open, call the free NHS out-of-hours medical line on 111 for help accessing the right services

You can call the Samaritans on 116 123 to talk to someone at any time, day or night

Nightline are a listening service for students, by students - they're available overnight via live web chat 6pm - 2am.

Call Camden and Islington's Mental Health Crisis Assessment service on 020 3317 6333 or you can visit their hospital site in St Pancras, both open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.