Should I Submit an ICare Referral?

• Significant changes in mood or daily functioning.
• Decline in personal hygiene and appearance.
• Difficulty caring for self (i.e. irregular sleep pattern, concerning eating pattern, routinely overexercises).
• Being under an unusual amount of stress.
• Difficulty coping with stressful life circumstance (i.e. death of family member, financial strain, physical illness, disability).
• Threatening self or others.
• Taking action to harm self/others (obtaining weapons, overdosing on pills, cutting self).
• Contemplating suicide (i.e. giving away possessions, discussing death as a means to "solve all their problems", wishing they were not alive).
• Increased irritability or aggressive behavior (i.e. resentful, abrasive, hostile, frustrated).
• Alcohol or drug use that jeopardizes relationships, interferes with academic performance, or impairs daily functioning.
• Demonstrating behavioral extremes that are more exaggerated/erratic than normal (i.e. hyper/animated, severely withdrawn, impulsive, or reckless).
• Excessive crying, clingy behavior, rejecting help offered by others, or expressing hopelessness/worthlessness.

• Isolates self.
• Has minimal social support and/or significant disengagement from social activities.
• Death of a friend, family member, or loved one. 
• Being subjected to bullying or bullying others.
• Demonstrates verbal or physical aggression towards others.
• Argumentative behavior that is disproportionate to the situation.

Most academic concerns are best submitted to the Academic Concern Process. This process will provide specialized outreach and academic support. The Academic Concern referral can be accessed by staff and faculty members at IC and can be found here.

The following concerns should be submitted via the ICare referral process:

• Unsustainable dependence on faculty member for emotional support.
• Sharing personal information that implies distress in other areas outside of the student's academic life.
• Expressing emotionally distressed, violent, or suicidal content in writing/emails, drawing, or during classroom discussion.
• Exhibiting bizarre behavior (i.e. seemingly out-of-touch with reality, seeing/hearing things that are not there, exhibiting disjointed thoughts or paranoia).
• Exhibiting disruptive classroom behavior (i.e. argumentative, confrontational, harassing).