On my last blog post I decided to research more into the UK Counseling Center in which I learned a great deal about individual counseling services. Digging a little deeper, I found out another service that everyone needs to know about to ensure the safety of friends and acquaintances around you and the rest of the university. Another confidential service the counseling center offers to UK students is drug and alcohol treatment and prevention. Many students seem to find that drugs and alcohol interfere with personal relationships, school activities, homework, and even studying. Since it is all confidential, it gives students the opportunity to seek the help they need to ensure everyone is safe. The counseling center posts links on its website of locations in which students can get help near them. This is useful to students because the counseling center may not be able to cater to extensive issues that may require more intensive treatment. Another positive aspect of the drug and alcohol program is the fact that if a friend is having issues, one is able to simply call a hotline and schedule an appointment in the matter of minutes to help their friend out anonymously. The drug and alcohol treatment program is a key part of not only the UK Counseling Center, but also the entire campus as a whole. Students can get the treatment they need to make sure that their grades, lives, and health are in line to ensure a friendly and safe learning environment. Prevention and intervention is key when students lives and safety can potentially be at stake when around drugs and alcohol and consuming drugs and alcohol. I am going to further research into the individual institutions on campus in a later blog post in order to see how the various treatment options work. All in all I it makes me happy to know students at University of Kentucky have the resources required to make sure that everyone receives a good education.
http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Counseling/substance.html
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