WeCare@LMU

General advice and social counselling

• The LMU Central Student Advisory Office helps with any worries and questions about studying at LMU.
• The International Office supports you with all information about your studies in munich.
• The Munich Student Union offers personal, as well as telephone or video counselling sessions.
• Bildungsbrücke China-Deutschland e.V. (PDF, 1,420 KB) provides online-advice via a hotline specially for asian students.
• The LMU Preparatory Program for Refugees prepares refugees and asylum seekers for their studies and provides social counseling and free German language courses.

Counselling services for female students

• The Women's Representative offers counseling for female academics, students, faculty women's representatives and women's representatives at Bavarian universities.

Counselling services for students with disabilities

• The Office for Disability Services, Central Student Advisory Office offers assistance with everyday student life and serves as a networking platform for exchange with other students.

Special counselling services for international students

• The International Office offers Social Support for International Students.
• The International Office offers counselling for refugees and asylum seekers.
• ThePastoral care: counseling and accompaniment helps in crisis situations, difficult study phases or pastoral questions.
• The Catholic University Community offers networking possibilities, scholarship guidance and counseling in german, english, french and spanish.

Counselling services for student parents

• The Student Parent Office provides useful tips and information about raising a child while studying.

Counselling services in crisis situations, psychological and personal challenges

• The Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Counselling Service, Munich Student Union provides professional counselling and individual support for various difficult situations.
• The Support Groups for Change offer groups on psychological stress for open exchange between students and active help for self-help.

• Getting ready to study: events and open days

The site "WeCare@LMU" contains detailed information about further events in German.

• Assistance in case of financial difficulty (LMU Nothilfe).
  International students and doctoral candidates at LMU, who face unexpected financial need, can apply for one-time financial assistance (650 euros) at the International Office at LMU. The assistance is funded by the State of Bavaria.
• Dynamic support fund for Ukraine.
  International students, doctoral candidates and researchers at LMU, who have been financially affected by the war in Ukraine, can apply for financial assistance at the International Office.The assistance is funded by LMU.
• Emergency fund for international students.
  For further information please contact Dr. Friedemann Steck via E-Mail.

• Center for Leadership and People Management telephone consultation
  
  You have got a work-related question? Is there a challenging situation at your workplace you have to deal with?
  We are pleased to offer telephone consultation sessions, which are held on the first Wednesday of every month (10-12am). In a short telephone call (10-15 minutes) you can ask individual questions.
  
  If you are interested in this service, please contact Dr. Melissa Hehnen.
• The site "WeCare@LMU" contains detailed information about the events as well as the contact details (German).

• Assistance in Case of Financial Difficulty (LMU Nothilfe).
  International students and doctoral candidates at LMU, who face unexpected financial need, can apply for one-time financial assistance (650 euros) at the International Office at LMU. The assistance is funded by the State of Bavaria.
• Dynamic support fund for Ukraine.
  International students, doctoral candidates and researchers at LMU, who have been financially affected by the war in Ukraine, can apply for financial assistance at the International Office.The assistance is funded by LMU.
  

• The CUP Mental Health Initiative offers special services and advice for students and employees of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
  Counseling is provided by appointment with the MHFA-trained persons (see website) or by mail
  

If you have psychological symptoms or feel restricted in your daily life you should contact a psychotherapist.

General contact points:

• Your general practitioner can help you find suitable psychotherapeutic treatment.
• There is also a Coordination Office for Psychotherapy at the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria, which can help you find a therapy place.
• You can also contact psychotherapists in a private practice directly to make an appointment for a psychotherapeutic consultation.

In acute mental crisis situations, you can contact the emergency department of psychiatric clinics directly:

• Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: LMU Hospital, Nußbaumstraße 7, 80336 Munich, Tel. 089 4400 - 55511.
• Psychiatric Crisis Service: People in mental crises and relatives receive qualified counselling and support. Tel. 0180 - 655 3000. Daily. 0-24 h, website.
• Telephone counselling: The telephone counselling service offers advice on problems and crises in every life situation, Daily. 0-24 h. Tel. 0800 - 111 0 111 or 0800 - 111 0 222. Daily. 0-24 h.

Helpful online resources have been developed by various institutions and professional societies over the past 18 months during the pandemic and are freely available. The resources are diverse and in particular provide information on possible challenges and how to overcome them:

• Information and useful facts on coping with pandemic-related challenges from a psychological perspective are available on this page.

More specific material is also still available online, which provides concrete exercises.

• A working group of the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich has developed a short self-help programme for dealing with social distancing, quarantine and exit restrictions that is scientifically sound and based on practically tested concepts.

Psychoeducational material

• Information material on the prevention of stress from the Canadian Mental Health Association (PDF, 235 KB).
• Booklet on how to manage stress from Mind (PDF, 512 KB)(the mental health charity for England and Wales)

Self-screening test

• The GAD-7 (PDF, 130 KB) test is used to assess the presence and severity of possible symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder.

• Information about anxiety disorders from "Ärztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin" (PDF, 356 KB) (PDF, 66 KB).
• The Neurozentrum Arabellapark provides information on anxiety disorders and explains therapy and treatment.

Self-screening test

• The PHQ-9 Test (PDF, 433 KB)serves as an instrument to get a first assessment of possible symptoms related to depression.

• Information about depression from "Ärztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin" (PDF, 66 KB).
• Information about depression from the Anxiety and Depression Associationof America (ADAA) (PDF, 1,412 KB)
• The iFightDepression online resource provides information and help for people with depression, their families and professionals.

Self-screening test

• The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) (PDF, 109 KB) provides an initial assessment and evaluation of possible alcohol abuse and dependence.
• The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) (PDF, 69 KB) specifically aims to assess the extent of a possible internet addiction.

• An information guide about addiction from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (PDF, 870 KB)