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Mental Health Resources

The Student Health Center is dedicated to prioritizing the mental health of its student body and offers a robust array of resources and programs to support their well-being.

With a comprehensive range of programs and initiatives, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is dedicated to fostering a culture of mental health awareness and resilience among its students.

Center for Care and Resilience

The Center for Care and Resilience team works collaboratively with students and the university to support individuals who are experiencing distress in their lives. We gather information and assess the factors contributing to the concerns of a student, family member, or administrator. We meet with students to create and implement a plan that supports self-advocacy, growth, and a return to a level of functioning most likely to promote success. That plan includes connecting students to appropriate on-campus and community resources that best support their needs.

Rocky Top Recovery

Rocky Top Recovery is a collegiate recovery program at UT dedicated to supporting Volunteers in recovery from substance use and mental health disorders. Through community building, campus programming, and advocacy, students provide a supportive environment for students who are in recovery or interested in recovery.

Vols Act

Vols ACT trains UT students, faculty, and staff to recognize potentially harmful situations and safely intervene. Learn about the important role you can play as an active bystander to intervene in potentially harmful behaviors before they occur.

Center for Health Education and Wellness

The Center for Health Education and Wellness empowers all Volunteers to thrive by cultivating personal and community well-being.

Office of Title IX

UT is committed to creating and maintaining a safe and non-discriminatory learning, living, and working environment free from sexual harassment (including sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking), sexual exploitation, and retaliation. 

The university strongly encourages you to report incidents of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, or retaliation to the Office of Title IX. If you report prohibited conduct to the Office of Title IX, you are considered a complainant.

When you speak with a staff member at the Office of Title IX, they will keep your information as private as possible, within policy and process, work with you to evaluate your care and support needs, discuss your options under university policy, and empower you to obtain the care and support you need.

At the time you report to the Office of Title IX you do not have to decide to file a formal complaint or choose any particular course of action. Coming to the Office of Title IX does not obligate you to initiate a university investigation by filing a formal university complaint or report the incident to law enforcement unless you choose to do so.

More information about support and resources provided to complainants is available on the Office of Title IX website

The policy on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking is also available.

NAMI Knoxville

NAMI Knoxville is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and loved ones affected by mental illness through support, education, and advocacy.

Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee

The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee (SACET) is a resource for victims of a recent sexual assault and victims of an assault or sexual abuse that happened months or years ago. The center’s crisis hotline is answered 24 hours a day: 865-522-7273. The center has sexual assault nurse examiners available at all times to provide forensic nursing to sexual assault crime victims. In addition, the center offers education, advocacy and therapy services.

Trans Lifeline

Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.

Student Health Center

The Student Health Center has a wide range of clinics and services for students. Our goal is to provide you with quality healthcare and assist you in maintaining a healthy lifestyle to support your success as a student.

 

Community Behavior Health Services

Mobile Crisis
865-539-2409

Provides immediate emergency mental health evaluations and referrals.

Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
865-541-6958

Provides voluntary short-term care in a nonhospital setting and works to facilitate a level of stabilization helping to prevent a psychiatric hospitalization.

Helen Ross McNabb
865-637-9711

Provides crisis services and adult mental health services in the greater Knoxville area. Services include mobile crisis, sexual assault center, adult integrated services, and crisis stabilization.

Peninsula
865-970-9800

A division of Parkwest Medical Center: Covenant Health. Provides inpatient, outpatient, and intensive outpatient services for mental health and chemical dependency.

Tennova Behavioral Health Services—Inpatient Care
423-559-6000

Help adults manage immediate crises and achieve optimal functioning and emotional stability.

Cherokee Health Systems—Primary and Behavioral Care
865-934-6734

Provides medical and behavioral health services including primary care, psychiatry, therapy, and case management services.