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Student Health Services

Treatment for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

On-Campus Resources

Student Counseling Services (320 Student Services Building) offers confidential services that are free to students and include individual counseling, general therapy groups, skill building classes, an eating disorders network, a relaxation room, and more.

Student Health Services (Second floor, Student Services Building) has a psychiatrist on staff who can provide consultations for mental health concerns, as well as Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR) for alcohol use disorders. All Student Health Service physicians can prescribe smoking cessation medications for nicotine, which may also facilitate recovery from other substance use.

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) & ICHAMP Cannabis Screening and Intervention for College Students 

BASICS and ICHAMP are evidence-based interventions that are designed to help college students gain insights about their individual relationships and associated risks with alcohol or cannabis. Brief educational information about alcohol and cannabis is shared, assisting students in exploring their own:

  • balance of good and not so good effects from alcohol/cannabis,
  • personal risk information
  • beliefs and expectations about alcohol/cannabis, which are sometimes based on myths, and how they impact decisions related to alcohol/cannabis,
  • and more.

At the end of the BASICS and ICHAMP process, students decide whether or not to make changes to reduce their risks with alcohol/cannabis and are assisted in creating a self-generated plan of action.

BASICS and ICHAMP occur over two sessions, both of which are 45-50 minutes in length. Between the sessions, students will complete several brief personal assessments that will be reviewed and processed during the second session

If you are interested in scheduling BASICS or ICHAMP, a limited number of appointments will be available through  web booking ; please contact Jamie Laurson at  jllaurs@IllinoisState.edu  or call  (309) 438-2564  for additional appointment times.

Local Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Student Counseling Services has a helpful page with more information about off-campus referrals and student insurance.

Advanced Counseling Evaluation Treatment & DUI Services, 705 E. Lincoln, Suite 204, Normal (outpatient)

Chestnut Health Systems, 1003 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Bloomington (inpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient, medication assisted recovery, continuing care)

Local Mental Health

Student Counseling Services has a helpful page with more information about off-campus referrals and student insurance.

Carle BroMenn Outpatient Center, 3024 E. Empire Street, second floor, Bloomington, (309) 556-7800(individual counseling, psychological testing, psychiatric services)

Chestnut Health Systems, 1003 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Bloomington (individual and family counseling, groups and workshops, crisis stabilization, psychiatric services)

Integrity Counseling, 502 S. Morris Avenue, Bloomington (individual counseling, income-based rates)

McLean County Center for Human Services, 108 W. Market Street, Bloomington (individual therapy, crisis services)

There are many private providers in this community. This private providers link allows for the completion of an advanced search, selecting treatment options such as city, insurance, treatment issue, sexuality, gender, age, language, and more. The profiles of individual providers can be reviewed.

Nonlocal Treatment Options

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Locator

For more individualized referral assistance, please contact RecoveryForRedbirds@IllinoisState.edu or Jamie Laurson at (309) 438-2564.