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Consultations with our nurse are included in your tuition. Our English-speaking nurse is able to see you during regularly scheduled office hours, twice per week, during the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. The hours will be advertised during Orientation and posted throughout the campus.  

The nurse may examine students and/or recommend follow-up attention by our on-call doctor.

The nurse closely collaborates with our on-call doctor who can prescribe medication and will also come to the campus to visit you. The Doctor’s services are covered directly by your CISI (Cultural Insurance Services International) policy. Should you need a specialist appointment, you will need to obtain a Guarantee of Payment prior to the appointment and the Student Life Team can support you with this process.

We strongly recommend that you and your family familiarize yourself with the CISI policy which will cover you for health care costs while in Rome.   

Students who take regular prescriptions, for both physical or mental health, should talk with their doctor before traveling to Rome and, if possible, arrive in Italy with enough medication to last the whole time while abroad. This is also true for contact lenses, over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines, and vitamins. American prescriptions are not honored here. You will also be asked to pay the full market price and then you must file independently with your insurance for refund.   

It is of paramount importance to ask your primary physician and/or Psychiatrist to write a letter indicating your diagnosis, medication prescribed (including doses) and the length of time for which the medication is indicated. This will allow you to arrange refill prescriptions more easily and avoid problems at Customs in the airport. On many occasions, our on-call doctor will be able to write out refill prescriptions if this letter is presented to him.  

All student rooms are equipped with refrigerators in which medicines that need to be kept cold can be stored. If special security and/or refrigeration is required to store your medication, please contact the Student Life Team to work out storage details before departure. The infirmary does not provide medication. Over the counter and prescribed medication can be obtained at a local pharmacy.   

We strongly advise against sending medication in the mail, as it will be stopped at customs and will be difficult to retrieve. 

All the contact details of the consulting nurse and on-call doctor will be provided during Orientation and will be signposted on campus.  

Please remember to bring all the relevant documentation to your first appointment (previous reports, clinical records, past prescriptions, recent blood tests).

Please be mindful to keep your appointment or cancel/reschedule it in advance. The Wellness Center tries to support the whole student community and no-show appointments may prevent students in need from being seen at time of need.

The Counseling Service is always available during regular office hours to respond to students experiencing a crisis or a psychological emergency. Outside of office hours, students are provided with a phone number to contact in case of emergency.

The mental health professionals working at Loyola Rome are all licensed in Italy and are required by law to maintain confidentiality. The only exception to this policy arises in those cases where the student’s safety, or those of other students, is at risk. This information will be explained during the first assessment session.

Mental health professionals at Loyola Rome are required to maintain clinical records on the same electronic medical system as their colleagues working at the main Chicago campus. This allows the LUC Wellness Center and the Rome counselling service to collaborate effectively.

Adderal is NOT available in Italy. There are, however, some similar medications that can be prescribed.  

It is highly unlikely that any Physician will prescribe you enough ADHD medication for your stay in Rome. Please be aware that a prescription of this kind of medication is complex in Italy because it requires a specially certified Psychiatrist. Therefore, we ask you to come and meet the Campus Psychologists during the first couple of weeks in Rome to discuss arrangements for a follow-up psychiatric visit for a medication refill.

Delays in arranging such follow-ups will result in running out of medication that may be essential to you and may create distress and contribute to a crisis. Studying abroad will also mean that you may be in charge, for the first time, of coordinating your self-care – physical and emotional. Please take this task seriously and use the support we offer efficiently.