Mental Health Advisory Service
What is the Mental Health Advisory Service (MHAS)?
The Mental Health Advisory Service (MHAS) provides professional services to enrolled students with significant mental health issues. Access to its core clinical services is available only through referral by university staff.
Our services include:
- Professional Support: Crisis intervention, individual sessions, group-based support, and referral to psychiatric services.
- Mental Health Education: The Student Mental Health Tests, Peer Listener Programme, Mental Health Literacy Programme, and Wellbeing at Work Programme to promote wellbeing across campus.
When do you need a Mental Health Advisor (MHA)?
MHAS supports students who require professional support for significant mental health difficulties.
This service is applicable in situations such as:
- Managing a serious psychiatric diagnosis with associated risks (e.g., active suicidal ideation).
- Exhibiting signs of a potential mental health disorder or risky behaviours (e.g., self-harm, expressing thoughts of ending life).
- Having an existing psychiatrist's diagnosis and needing additional mental health support.
- Seeking an evaluation or referral to a psychiatrist.
How can I contact the Mental Health Advisory Service (MHAS)?
Access professional support is typically initiated via a referral from a Student Support Advisor (SSA), University Counsellor, or Faculty Senior Tutor (FST).
Service Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 12 PM and 1:30 PM – 5 PM (excluding public holidays).
Location: Room 123-124, First Floor, Building 23
Email: MHA@nottingham.edu.cn
Important Access Note: Please remember that contact for clinical support must be coordinated through a referral from a university staff member.
For urgent concerns outside service hours, please contact the University Emergency Hotline (0574-88180111) or the Department of Campus Life (DCL) 24-hour hotline (158 5740 0157).