CMHS Resources for Faculty and Staff
Clinical Services
Staff and faculty are not eligible for services at CMHS. If you are looking for mental health services, consider the following options:
- Visit the KGA website for EAP services and resources or call 800-648-9557. The Tufts Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential counseling and referrals to assist you and your adult household members with a number of personal and professional issues, work and family life, health and wellness, and other work/life issues.
- Call your primary care physician or your health insurance customer service representative for a referral to a mental health practitioner.
- Visit the BCBS website for health plan coverage information or call 888-261-0133.
- Contact Tufts Support Services for benefits questions at TSS@Tufts.edu or 617-627-7000
Helping Distressed Students
As a member of a university community, there may be times when you feel concerned about a student or friend at Tufts.
Academic Indicators
- Repeated absences
- Missed assignments, exams, or appointments
- Deterioration in quality or quantity of work
- Extreme disorganization or erratic performance
- Written or artistic expression of unusual violence, social isolation, despair or confusion, preoccupation with suicide or death
- Continual seeking of special provisions (e.g., extensions on papers, make-up exams)
Behavioral and Emotional Indicators
- Direct statements indicating distress, family problems, or loss
- Angry or hostile outbursts, yelling or aggressive comments
- Withdrawn from others, low motivation
- Expressions of hopelessness or worthlessness; crying or tearfulness
- Expressions of severe anxiety or irritability
- Failure to respond to outreach by professors or staff
- More animated than usual, euphoria, overly enthusiastic
Physical Indicators
- Deterioration in physical appearance or personal hygiene
- Excessive fatigue, exhaustion, falling asleep in class repeatedly
- Visible changes in weight, statements about change in appetite or sleep
- Noticeable cuts, bruises or burns
- Frequent or chronic illness
- Disorganized speech, rapid or slurred speech, confusion
- Unusual inability to make eye contact
- Coming to class bleary-eyed or smelling of alcohol or marijuana