Crisis services

Emergency support

In any emergency involving physical harm or a threat to a life, please call 911 (9-911 from a campus phone) or contact the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department Dispatch at (775) 334-2677 (COPS) immediately.

  • Are you planning to engage (or currently engaging) in harm to yourself or someone else who could require medical attention?
  • Are you thinking of or planning to take your own life?
  • Are you planning to report current or past abuse of a child (under 18), older adult (60+), or vulnerable adult (adult who can't care for themselves)?
  • Are you thinking of or planning to engage in life-threatening behavior (such as drinking and driving, excessive drug use, excessive exercise, severe binging or purging or strict dietary restrictions that could lead to death)?
  • Are you currently seeing, hearing, or experiencing things that other people can’t (e.g. hallucinations or delusions) or that make you unable to function?
  • Did you experience a sexual assault within the last 7 days?
  • Did you report a current or past experience or knowledge of abuse to a child (younger than 18), older adult (65+) or vulnerable adult (adult who can’t care for themselves)?

If you have answered YES to any of these questions, please request to be seen for a crisis appointment by contacting Counseling Services at (775) 784-4648, after-hours number (775) 297-8315, or text/call 988.

Not in Crisis? Sometimes emotions are so overwhelming they take control of your mind and your body. If you need immediate self-help support, please access our panic attack and emotional distress toolkit.

Emergency phone numbers