Mental Health Resources
If you or your student is experiencing a Crisis...
...and experiencing suicidal thoughts or actions of self-harm please call Dane County Emergency Mental Health hotline at 608-280-2600.
*En Espanol: llama o texto 988
Hopeline is an emotional Support Text Line
HOPELINE’s™ purpose is to offer emotional support and resources before situations rise to crisis level. Texts received reflect struggles with:
Breakups
Job loss
Bullying
LBGTQIA+ struggles & challenges
Parental issues
School
Friends
Relationship issues or just having a bad day
Cellphone users text HOPELINE to 74174, 14-hours a day, every day for free emotional help.
Behavioral Health Resource Center
The Behavioral Health Resource Center (BHRC) is a voluntary person and family centered service designed to help any Dane County resident seek assistance and access behavioral health services in Dane County, despite insurance status, financial status, age, identity, ability or legal status. The BHRC assists Dane County residents from all ages, backgrounds and walks of life. BHRC services are consumer led and consumer driven, meaning that the individual and family is the expert regarding their needs.
BHRC Specialists are available to help connect you to resources for your mental health and/or substance use needs.
The BHRC phone line is available Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm
Call the BHRC at (608) 267-2244
Email the BHRC at BHRC@countyofdane.com
Additional Resources
An educational resource for younger siblings. Teaching kids healthy coping skills for their emotions and stress. Learn what strategies are and how you can teach them.
Whether you're anxious about a problem at work or you're angry about a disagreement with your partner, these coping skills can help you feel better in a healthy way.
Research-based guided mindfulness sessions that help kids and adults calm their minds, focus their attention and connect to the world around them.
Meditations that you can listen to anytime that are free for everyone. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you're feeling.
The Harvard Business Review Staff got together and discussed a common theme they were experiencing during this harrowing time of a pandemic: grief.
This Virtual Calming Room is a place for students, families, and staff to find tools and strategies for managing emotions and feelings and building our resilience during this pandemic.
Nurturing Yourself When You're Grieving
The Center for Loss & Life Transition walks you through tangible ways to nurture yourself in the five realms of one's physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual self.
is a non-profit agency that provides 24-hour crisis intervention, advocacy, case management, interpreting and mental health services to Deaf, hard of hearing, DeafBlind, and late-deafened individuals who are victims of crime and their families, as well as support to individuals, agencies, and organizations providing victim services to individuals with a hearing loss.
Getting to Know Your Brain: Dealing with Stress: Test your knowledge about stress and the brain. Also learn how to create and use a “stress catcher” to practice strategies to deal with stress.
Mental Health Minute: Stress and Anxiety in Adolescents: Got 60 seconds? Take a mental health minute to learn about stress and anxiety in adolescents.
NIMH Expert Discusses Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults: Learn the signs, symptoms, and treatments of bipolar disorder as well as tips for managing bipolar disorder during the pandemic.
Get to Know Your Brain: Your brain is an incredible and complex organ! It helps you think, learn, create, and feel emotions, and it controls every blink, breath, and heartbeat. Learn more about the parts of the brain and what each area helps control.
Guided Visualization: Dealing with Stress: Learn how the brain handles stress and practice a guided visualization activity.