{"id":6742,"date":"2019-09-30T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?page_id=6742"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:51:28","slug":"helping-students-in-distress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/resources\/student-support\/helping-students-in-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Students in Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life as a student holds many challenges, and it\u2019s not uncommon for students to face distress\u2014academic and personal. No one\u2019s in it alone\u2014BU is here to guide you, whether you want to address troubles of your own, or have a peer, classmate, coworker, or friend who is in distress.<\/p>\n<p><span>Student Health Services (SHS). <\/span><b>Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) <\/b><span>at SHS provide 24\/7 mental health support. These services are available year-round to help students navigate mental health challenges. <\/span><b>Survivor Advocacy Response and Prevention (SARP)<\/b><span> offers confidential counseling and advocacy for students who have experienced traumatic events such as sexual assault, dating violence, or other forms of interpersonal violence. Speaking with a SARP counselor is private and does <\/span><i>not<\/i><span> initiate a formal complaint with the University. To learn more or access support, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\" target=\"_new\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\" data-outlook-id=\"769d4551-dc75-4ab1-bc9f-b50351a47a29\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bu.edu\/shs<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life as a student holds many challenges, and it\u2019s not uncommon for students to face distress\u2014academic and personal. No one\u2019s in it alone\u2014BU is here to guide you, whether you want to address troubles of your own, or have a peer, classmate, coworker, or friend who is in distress. Student Health Services (SHS). Counseling and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16585,"featured_media":0,"parent":6707,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11112,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6742\/revisions\/11112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}