Each of you is a valued member of the Bruin family, and we want to ensure you have information to help you maintain your health and well-being. We also want to acknowledge the challenges you face while continuing your work and studies during these turbulent times. We hope the following guidance and tips will be helpful to you.
Resources for Emotional, Social, & Physical Health
For students
- Visit Be Well Bruin for resources to support emotional well-being, including counseling services, support groups, and self-help resources.
- UCLA’s Office of Ombuds Services offers confidential mediation and dispute resolution services for students, faculty, and staff.
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which is open during regular business hours, provides telehealth services aimed at fostering and preserving well-being for students. For students experiencing acute mental distress, CAPS also offers 24/7 crisis counseling through its hotline at 310-825-0768.
- The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost offers resources and initiatives to foster dialogue across differences within the UCLA community.
- The UCLA RISE Center (Resilience in Your Student Experience) helps students adjust to the changes and uncertainty brought about by the pandemic. Among its resources are guided meditations, and a virtual library on mindfulness and well-being. For more information, contact risecenteratucla@gmail.com or call 310-825-9039.
- As part of UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge, students have the opportunity to participate in free internet-based therapy for depression and anxiety. This may be particularly helpful for students who are reluctant to meet directly with a therapist or have language barriers.
- Student Health Education and Health Promotion (SHEP) recognizes the impact the pandemic has had on students’ lives and academic experiences. SHEP’s Bruin Connections provides a one-stop location for programs, services, and resources across campus that support Bruins’ holistic health and well-being. Offerings include tools for navigating difficult conversations and building healthier relationships, as well as various peer-led virtual programs to promote students’ overall well-being, resilience and social connectedness. For more information, contact: healtheducation@saonet.ucla.edu, or follow @uclahealthed.
- The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is the healthcare home for UCLA Students. The Ashe Center is devoted to providing quality, accessible, state-of-the-art healthcare and education to support the unique development of UCLA students. Students can schedule appointments online, in person, or by phone and can communicate with their primary care providers via secure electronic messaging through the Ashe Patient Portal. Comprehensive services include Primary Care, Immunizations, Travel Medicine, Physical Therapy, Specialty Clinics, Radiology & Laboratory, Gynecology Services, Acupuncture, and more. The Ashe Center offers a full system of care and manages student health insurance plans (UCSHIP). All students are automatically enrolled in UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) and may waive enrollment if they already have health insurance.
- The Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) offers support and resources for students experiencing financial difficulties, including emergency grants and assistance programs.
- To learn about other campus services, students should visit the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s website and the Student Affairs service page.
- The Graduate Student Association’s interactive Graduate Student Resources Flow Chart (PDF) helps students identify well-being resources based on their specific needs and concerns. The Graduate Student Resource Center also has a variety of resources for graduate students.
- Student Legal Services provides legal counseling and assistance regarding a wide range of legal issues to all currently registered and enrolled UCLA students, including: Landlord/Tenant Relations, Accident and Injury Problems, Domestic Violence and Harassment, Criminal Matters, Immigration, Divorces and Other Family Law Matters, Automobile Purchases and Insurance, Credit, Collections, and Financial Issues, Employment Matters, and Health Care and Consumer Problems.
For faculty and staff (including post-docs)
- UCLA’s Office of Ombuds Services offers confidential mediation and dispute resolution services for students, faculty, and staff.
- Employees are encouraged to contact UCLA’s Staff and Faculty Counseling Center, which offers online advice and telehealth counseling sessions for staff and faculty, as well as their families and significant others. The center is open during regular business hours and can be reached at 310-794-0245.
- It can be difficult to know what to say to students who are struggling. UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides tips and suggestions to help faculty support students.
- The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost offers resources and initiatives to foster dialogue across differences within the UCLA community.
- Campus Human Resources’ Emotional Support Services page for faculty and staff includes a directory of support services to help with mental health issues during challenging times.
- The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA provides resources and support for restorative justice in academic medicine.
- The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center have compiled teaching strategies and resources to support academic continuity during challenging times.
- The Restorative Justice Project at Loyola Marymount University provides resources for responding to community trauma. If you are interested in running a circle, Ariane White, Director of Organizational Culture, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at the UCLA Library, has offered to provide her services as a consultant.
- Insurance & Risk Management, Employee Disability Management Services (Reasonable Accommodation requests) – https://irm.ucla.edu and RTWmail@irm.ucla.edu.
- Family Medical Leave
- The Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC) can help employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment and growth in their personal and work lives, as well as to function optimally as a productive member of the workforce.
- The Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) is a multidisciplinary team consisting of representatives from Campus Counsel, Staff & Faculty Counseling, Insurance & Risk Management, UCLA Police Department and Employee & Labor Relations. The team depends on referrals and reviews situations involving faculty, staff and others that have raised concern they may be at risk of harming themselves or others, or pose a significant disruption to the campus environment.
- Community Service Officers (CSO) Evening Escorts are available free of charge to walk with students, faculty, staff or visitors 365 days a year from dusk until 1 a.m. between campus buildings, local living areas or Westwood Village within the approximate boundaries of Sunset Boulevard to the north, Hilgard to the east, Wilshire to the South, and Veteran to the west.
- UCLA SafeRide is a complimentary service that provides: safe, reliable, evening campus transportation; transportation between campus buildings, on-campus housing and nearby residential areas; complimentary transportation to all students, staff, faculty and visitors; and vans and buses that are ADA compliant and disinfected daily.
- Workers’ Compensation provides medical care and benefits to employees who are injured at work or who develop a job-related illness as a result of their employment.
- UCLA’s Consultation & Response Team (CRT) is a group of professional staff members who meet weekly to discuss students of concern by communicating relevant information and coordinating an institutional response. Case Managers are available to assist students struggling with mental or physical health, facing an unexpected challenge or crisis, or experiencing a personal loss.
For the whole campus community
- Essential Needs
- The CPO Food Closet is open from 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday located at the Student Activities Center Level 1, East wing. Follow the CPO Facebook page for updates about hours of operation and other food and shelter resources such as the grocery bundle program.
- The UCLA Teaching Kitchen website has ideas, resources and tips for preparing healthful and affordable meals. More information is also available from the EatWell pod.
- Access essential resources off-campus through Be Well Bruin, including housing support, food assistance, and healthcare resources.
- Nourish LA provides food assistance programs and resources to support food security in the community.
- Emotional Well-being
- The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA provides the Bruin community with support through its UCLA LiveWell podcast, as well as programs on the MindWell and EngageWell sites that promote well-being, resilience and social connectedness.
- The Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC) offers free drop-in meditation sessions, guided meditations in English and Spanish, and an array of classes and events to help people manage stress and anxiety. Participants can download the UCLA Mindful app for easy access to services and contact marcinfo@ucla.edu for more information.
- MARC Healthy Campus Mindfulness Toolkit offers basic guidance about what mindfulness is, how it is practiced, and how you may bring mindfulness resources to your division, department, center and beyond.
- UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge has tools, resources and strategies designed to help members of the Bruin community boost their mood and ease anxiety and depression.
- The UCLA Recreation website offers both virtual and in-person classes to stay active and healthy.
- Bruins Safe Online provides updates about campus safety and operations, offering resources and information to promote safe and responsible behavior, as well as updates about campus safety measures and operations.
Pod Resources
Semel HCI’s seven thematic workgroups, called pods, work to promote the “healthy choice as the easy choice”. One way they do so is by curating health and well-being resources in their area of work: built environment (BEWell), tobacco-free environment (BreatheWell), food and nutrition (EatWell), social well-being and relationships (EngageWell), mental health (MindWell), physical activity (MoveWell), and research (ResearchWell).
Click on one of the pods below to view resources in their area of work.
