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Get Help Now: Physical and Mental Health Services 

Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • UHS provides medical and mental health services to Johns Hopkins students, residents, fellows and trainees and their spouses/domestic partners.

    Phone: 410-955-3250
    After-Hours Medical Emergency: 410-955-4331
    After-Hours Psychiatric Emergency: 410-955-1892

    Regular hours:
    Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Extended hours:
    Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

    Please refer to the website for up-to-date information as these hours may change.

  • A part of the University Health Services available to School of Medicine students and Johns Hopkins housestaff and post-doctoral fellows, UMH provides treatment for mental health conditions. To schedule an appointment, call 410-955-1892.

  • JHEAP provides 24/7 access to free confidential counseling and referral services to employees and their household family members. Services include in person or tele-video short term counseling to provide emotional support to help manage stress at work or at home, emotional distress, a difficulty life transition or other challenges. JHEAP also provides daily life assistance: such as resources and referrals for child care and elder care, pet care and household services as well as consultation for legal and financial services.

    Phone: 888-978-1262

  • East Baltimore Medical Campus: 410-955-5585

    Bayview Medical Center Campus: 410-550-0333

  • JHH Emergency Department Phone: 410-955-2280

    JHBMC Emergency Department Phone: 410-550-7900

  • Phone: 410-443-5175

    Visit the Baltimore City Crisis Response Website

  • Phone: 410-941-2214

  • Phone: 1-800-273-8255

    Visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Website

  • RISE provides confidential peer-to-peer support to Johns Hopkins Hospital employees who have experienced a stressful, patient-related incident. PING "RISE Team" or call 410-283-3953.

 

Resources for Physical Well-Being

There are a number of facilities and resources to promote physical well-being across the Johns Hopkins campuses.

The Denton A. Cooley Center

The Cooley Center is a fitness center that caters to the Johns Hopkins Medical community. The center is located on the northwest corner of the East Baltimore campus, facing the Outpatient Building. The center features a number of group exercise classes and an outdoor pool.

9th Floor Fitness Center at the Bloomberg School of Public Health

The 9th Floor Fitness Center is located in the southwest corner of the Bloomberg School of Public Health Building and is managed by Elevation Corporate Health.

Bayview Fitness Center

View fitness classes available at the well-outfitted facility on the Bayview Medical Center campus.

Personal Trainers

Personal trainers are available at both the Cooley Center and the 9th Floor Fitness Center.

Intramural Sports at the Cooley Center

From soccer to racquetball, join an intramural sports team at the Cooley Center. All activities are held at the Cooley Center on the Basketball Court.

Johns Hopkins Climbing Wall and Bouldering Cave

The Climbing Wall and Bouldering Cave are located in the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center on the Homewood campus. The Climbing Wall features 13 top rope areas and several lead climbing routes, as well as numerous features including cracks, flakes, and overhangs.

 
 

Disability Services

We welcome students, faculty, staff, and visitors with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive and accommodating environment on our campuses.

 

Resources for Mental Well-Being

University Mental Health Services (UMH)

A part of the University Health Services available to School of Medicine students and Johns Hopkins housestaff and post-doctoral fellows, UMH provides treatment for mental health conditions. To schedule an appointment, call 410-955-1892. 

Hopkins JHEAP

JHEAP provides 24/7 access to free confidential counseling and referral services to employees and their household family members. Services include in person or tele-video short term counseling to provide emotional support to help manage stress at work or at home, emotional distress, a difficulty life transition or other challenges. JHEAP also provides daily life assistance: such as resources and referrals for child care and elder care, pet care and household services as well as consultation for legal and financial services.

All Johns Hopkins employees can access JHEAP by the following.

View the JHEAP program overview flyer and visit the website to learn more.

TimelyMD

TimelyMD provides 24/7 on demand "Talk Now" therapy or scheduled visit times via video visit.

Finding a Therapist Outside of Hopkins

View this online resource for mental health professional listings. Note: Therapists may not accept your insurance, please inquire with them before making an appointment.

The RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) Team

RISE provides confidential peer-to-peer support to Johns Hopkins Hospital employees who have experienced a stressful, patient-related incident. PING "RISE Team" or call 410-283-3953.

Safe at Hopkins

Visit Safe at Hopkins for information and resources about emotional distress, suicidality, workplace bullying and violence, and domestic violence.

Silver Cloud Signup

SilverCloud is an online, confidential mental health resource that is free and available to all full-time Johns Hopkins trainees and students. Sign up for SilverCloud here.

Depression and Suicide Awareness

We Need To Talk About Depression and Suicide

11-minute video about the link between depression and suicide as told by medical experts and a family impacted by depression and a serious attempt to take one's life.

Make the Difference: Preventing Medical Trainee Suicide

This video from Mayo Clinic and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention explains how everyone can help prevent suicide by being alert for the signs of depression and escaping stress and how to be most helpful.

 

Self-Screening Tools

If after using these screening tools you need help or support, visit our Get Help Now section for a listing of physical and mental health services.

 
 

Additional Well-Being Initiatives and Resources

 

Pregnancy and Parenting Tools

Family with infant child in a park

Whether you’re having a baby, raising a child, or caring for an aging relative, Johns Hopkins University Human Resources have resources for you, from lactation support, to adoption assistance, to help finding—and paying for—child care and eldercare.

View JHU Human Resources Family Programs
 

Spouses and Domestic Partners

The Johns Hopkins Medical Auxiliary is a social network for couples and families where one or both members are residents or fellows of Hopkins. Their goal is to provide support to physician families as they navigate various milestones of medical-training life in Baltimore.

Policies and Forms

 

Financial Resources 

  
 
 

Contact Us

 

If you need assistance please reach out to our department leadership.

Contacts for Scheduling Health Care Appointments

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Need to make an appointment? View the Johns Hopkins Housestaff personal appointment scheduling contact list for your department's point of contact. (JHED ID Required)
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