Reasons for BIT Referral

• Self-injurious behavior/ suicidal ideation or attempt
  
  
  • Behaviors include, but are not limited to: suicidal thoughts or action
    
    
• Erratic behavior (including online activities) that disrupts the mission and/or normal proceedings of University students, faculty, staff, or community.
  
  
  • Behaviors include, but are not limited to: weapons on campus, significant inappropriate disruption to community, potential for safety being compromised
    
    
• Involuntary transportation to the hospital for alcohol and drug use/abuse.

The University of South Carolina is concerned about the safety and health of all of its students, faculty, and staff, and has policies regarding the well-being for all members of the University of South Carolina community. Specifically, the policies address student activities that are disruptive to the mission of the University, as well as any suicidal or self injurious threats or behaviors.

As a result of growing national trends on college campuses of mental health issues and the increase in hospitalizations and deaths due to alcohol consumption the University of South Carolina created the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT).

The Behavioral Intervention Team is a group of qualified and dedicated USC professionals whose mission is to:

• Balance the individual needs of the student and those of the greater campus community
• Provide a structured positive method for addressing student behaviors that impact the university community and may involve mental health and/or safety issues
• Manage each case individually
• Initiate appropriate intervention without resorting to punitive measures
• Eliminate “fragmented care”