Crisis and Emergency Information
Emergency Information
If an emergency arises where you or someone is in imminent danger and needs immediate help, please call 911 or visit the emergency room of your nearest hospital (list of New York City hospitals). Emergencies include suicidal or homicidal plans with a imminent intent to act on the plan, medical emergencies, or other life threatening situations.
If you are on campus and supporting someone in an emergency, please notify public safety first by calling 646-312-3333 (or 3333 from an office phone).
Crisis Information
Crisis counseling is available as a “walk-in” service for students who are experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts, who recently took steps to end their lives, who recently experienced an assault or traumatic event, or who are hearing voices or seeing things others do not. If a student is in crisis and needs to be seen the same day, they can either walk into the Counseling Center, email the Counseling Center that they are in crisis, or call the Counseling center at 646-312-2155 during the Counseling Center’s open hours, to be connected to a counselor.
Outside of office hours, call 988 for free, immediate and confidential support with any mental health or substance use concern. 988 is available 24/7 and can provide assistance in over 200 languages. Call 988, text 988 or access the 988/NYC 988 to chat with a counselor.
If you are concerned about a student who is not physically with you, or not ready to go to the Counseling Center or call 988, please make a CIT submission (information below).
CIT (Campus Intervention Team)
The Baruch College Campus Intervention Team (CIT) works together as a support system to provide assistance to students in crisis. Any member of the college community (faculty, students, staff) can reach out to the CIT to report a concern about a student.
Concerned faculty, students or staff may fill out the Concerning Behavior CIT form if they have noticed student behavior which is perceived to be harmful to the student him/herself or to others. This behavior may include:
- Unusual or erratic behavior in class
- Extended absence from class by a typically engaged student
- Written work with troubling themes or references
- Verbal or written threats made by a student toward another student
- Written or verbal expressions of suicidal ideation
- Messages on social media with concerning language
- Other actions which cause an alarm or call into question the safety of the student or his/her peers
If you are concerned about a student, please fill out a Concerning Behavior CIT form. Baruch’s interdisciplinary support team will reach out to the student and connect them to support services.
Please note that you may be contacted by a CIT member for follow-up information.
All reports are confidential and will be handled by members of the CIT.
Click here to access the CIT portal. You can also access the portal by typing CIT into the Baruch website search box.
If you are supporting a student in distress and not sure what action to take, click here to download the Center’s Crisis Protocol and Process Decision Tree.