Resources

On-Campus

• ASU Emergency Counseling (for currently enrolled students experiencing a mental health emergency): call (828) 262-3180 and select the option to speak with the counselor on-call

• App State Counseling Center

• Appalachian Cares

• App State Wellness & Prevention Services

Local 

• Appalachian Regional Healthcare Services

  • Watauga Emergency Room: (828) 262-4100

• Daymark Recovery Services (Mental Health & Substance Use)

  • Address: 132 Poplar Grove Connector, Suite #B, Boone, NC, 26607

  • Phone Number: (828) 264-8759

    • For emergencies: (828) 264-HELP (264-4357)

• OASIS (Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence)

  • Watauga County Crisis Line: (828) 262-5025 

  • Avery County Crisis Line: (828) 504-0911

  • Spanish Crisis Line: (828) 504-0800 

  • Address: 225 Birch St. Boone, NC 28607

National

• Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

  1. Español: 1-800-628-9454

  2. Deaf/impaired hearing: 1-800-799-4889

• Disaster Distress Helpline: call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 to speak with a trained crisis counselor 

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: call 1-800-799-7233

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: call (800) 656-4673

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Nat’l Helpline: call 1-800-662-4257 

• The Trevor Project (for those who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community): 

  1. To speak with a counselor, go to the website and click “Reach a Counselor” at the top of the screen. 

  2. Call 1-866-488-7386

  3. Text 678-678 

  4. You can also explore various mental health and LGBTQ+ topics from the home page of the website.  

• Veterans Crisis Line: call 1-800-273-8255 and press/select #1

• Deaf/impaired hearing: 1-800-799-4889