Erie County Medical Center offers a 24 hour Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) for individuals of all ages needing mental health treatment and interventions.

From the website:

Individuals looking to access CPEP must begin by first visiting the regular hospital emergency room. From there, they are directed to either the adult or child and adolescent section of CPEP for a psychiatric evaluation. Patients may come to CPEP by themselves, or accompanied by family or friends. In certain cases, patients may be brought to CPEP by officials appointed to take them into custody because of risk of harm to themselves or others.

In addition to our on-site emergency services, the CPEP program includes:

• Extended Observation Unit for further assessment, evaluation, and treatment
• Mobile Crisis Outreach – provides psychiatric crisis treatment in a patient’s home
• Crisis Residency – provides short-term emergency housing for patients with mental illness who can care for themselves
• Children’s Services, including:
  • Inpatient adolescent unit
  • Mobile outreach for children and adolescents
• Home-Based Crisis Intervention – a short-term (4-6 week) crisis intervention and family education program

SUNY Crisis Text Line

Text Got5 to 741741 to be put in touch with a trained counselor. Counselors are available 24/7 and this service is free for the SUNY community.

Middle Earth Cafe

Middle Earth Cafe provides peer-to-peer counseling for SUNY students. The service is open from 1pm-midnight Monday-Thursday and 24 hours a day Friday-Sunday. This service is free for students. The number is 518-442-5777 or email midearth@albany.edu