Explore Behavioral & Mental HealthResources Support
We are dedicated to helping you and your loved ones. There are many types of support we provide.
Explore the depth of resources and support we offer at UConn Health to help manage your mental and behavioral health.
Emergency Crisis Service
The Emergency Crisis Service in the UConn Health Emergency Department is open 24 hours every day. If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, our service can assess and provide all levels of psychiatric care.
Telepsychiatry Services Available
Nearly half of our outpatient visits are virtual. We recognize the need for remote and reliable psychiatric care and provide telepsychiatry appointments in many of our UConn Health outpatient clinics.
Features and benefits of telepsychiatry services include:
- Telepsychiatry allows patients to meet with a psychiatrist from any private location with an internet connection.
- The psychiatrist and the patient communicate using videoconferencing (Zoom), which you can access through a computer, smartphone, or tablet.
- The referral process is the same for both in-person and telepsychiatry visits.
Mindfulness Meditation Benefits
There is a growing body of research evidence that mindfulness meditation can assist patients in multiple areas. The evidence indicates that practicing simple breathing and attentional instructions as provided in these 5-, 10- and 20-minute downloadable meditations can help patients:
- Better manage anxiety
- Reduce depression symptoms
- Enhance immune functioning
- Help with pain management
- Assist with sleep disorders
- Provide a good stress management tool