# Wellbeing at Ghent University
**Source**: https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/feelinggood/overview.htm
**Parent**: https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/studentcounsellingservice.htm
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### **You are not alone!**
Life as a student is exciting and challenging; but it's not all sunshine and roses. You may have a lot on your mind from time to time. It's important to know that you can find support for any issue – no matter how small or harmless it might seem. You don’t have to go at it alone – get help!
## Initiatives for students by students
- [Student associations: find the association that makes you feel at home](https://durfdoen.be/)
## **Improving study skills**
- [Maximize your study efficiency](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/studyefficiency.htm)
- [Workshops: study skills](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/student-psychologists/workshops.htm)
- [Guidance for improving your study habits: the monitoring service](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/monitoring)
- [Studying with a disability](https://www.ugent.be/prospect/en/administration/application/special-status/studydisability.htm)
- [Academic writing](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-facilities/academic-writing)
- [How to get the most out of feedback](https://www.ugent.be/student/nl/welzijn-gezondheid/wel-in-je-vel/feedbackwijzereng)
## **Worries on your mind**
- [The monitoring service : first point of contact to find the right support](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/monitoring/overview.htm)
- [Mindful Mundus: mental health project for Erasmus students](https://www.em-a.eu/mindful-mundus)
- [Workshops: mental wellbeing](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/student-psychologists/workshops.htm)
- [Talk to a student psychologist](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/student-psychologists/overview.htm)
- [Experienced or witnessed boundary-crossing behaviour? Trustpunt wil listen to you confidentially](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/trustpunt)
- [In case of a dispute with a teacher: Ombuds offices](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/ombuds-offices)
## **Experiencing difficulties or doubt**
You won't know if your choice of programme was right until you started it. Sometimes it just doesn't work out and the reality falls short of your expectations. This isn't an easy position te be in, so get informed about all options and possible consequences. Make sure you seek counseling before taking any hasty decisions.
- [Contact a student counsellor](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/monitoring)
- [Making changes to your enrolment](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/administration/enrolment/contractchanges)
- [Stopping your studies](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/administration/enrolment/contractchanges/stopping.htm)
## Medical Service
Inform your faculty when you're absent due to illness for a longer period or when you are missing obligated study activities. Request a letter from a doctor and hand it in at your [Faculty Student Administration](https://www.ugent.be/student/nl/facultairestudentenadministratie/overzicht.htm) (in Dutch).
A specific medical service for students is available, run by general practitioners well-acquainted with the **medical needs** of students.
- [Medical service](https://www.ugent.be/student/en/study-support/medical/overview.htm "Medical service")
## **Emergency help**
These points of contact are available 24/7
- Emergency number: 112
- [Ghent University Security department and emergency centre](https://www.ugent.be/en/ghentuniv/security-department/overview.htm): 09 264 88 88
- [CHS help line](https://www.chsbelgium.org): 02 648 40 14
- [Suïcide line](https://www.zelfmoord1813.be/): 1813
- CAW crisis help: 09 265 04 90
- Doctor on call: 1733
## Help outside university
- [Moodspace: the check to put your mental health first.](https://moodspace.be/en)
- [City of Ghent: information for international students (administration, living, leisure, ...)](https://stad.gent/en/international-students)
- [Very well mind](https://www.verywellmind.com/protect-your-mental-health-during-quarantine-4799766)