Educational and Mental Health Links
Virtual Pamphlet Collection
This site contains a wide range of educational pamphlets from counseling centers in the U.S. and other countries. Organized by topic, the Virtual Pamphlet Collection is a great place to start learning about mental health and personal growth issues.
Healthy Minds.org
The American Psychiatric Association’s website filled with resources, including a set of fact sheets in Spanish.
APA HelpCenter
This link will connect you to the American Psychological Association's online information and referral service. Topics on this site include Psychology at Work, the Mind/Body Connection, Family and Relationships, How Therapy Helps, and Psychology in Daily Life. The site also lists an 800 number that you can call to help you find a psychologist in the community.
College Drinking: Changing the Culture
An infomative site presented by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a part of the National Institutes of Health.
Cutting and Self-Injury
A guide for those engaged in self-injurious behaviors, and those who care about them.
CampusBlues.com
CampusBlues.com is designed to facilitate student awareness and use of school resources.
Helping A Survivor Heal
Historian Arnold Toynbee once wrote, "There are always two parties to a death; the person who dies and the survivors who are bereaved." Unfortunately, many survivors of suicide suffer alone and in silence.
Heads UP!
Heads UP is a campus-wide responsible drinking project. The mission of the project is to promote a safe and healthy lifestyle among all students and to intervene with high-risk students to reduce dangerous levels of drinking and the incidence of problems resulting from heavy consumption.
Johns Hopkins University: Counseling Center
The Johns Hopkins University Counseling Center serves full-time undergraduate and graduate students from the schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, and the Peabody Institute.
The National Mental Health Association
The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness.
Wildmind Buddhist Meditation
Their mission is to benefit the world by promoting mindfulness and compassion through the practice of meditation. Meditating can help you develop calmness and tranquility, reduce stress, and have a richer, deeper, experience of life.
Psychology and mental health at Psych Central
Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central began as a concept in the fall of 1994, after the World Wide Web looked as though it were here to stay. Launched in January 1995 as Psych Central: John Grohol's Mental Health Page, it was an instant hit from the beginning with its directory of online mental health resources and the first symptom lists for mental disorders published online.
Half of Us.com
Have you or a friend been feeling stressed, anxious, sad, hopeless, irritable or unfocused? These feelings could be a normal part of the college experience, but they could also be something that requires help to overcome. If you were in physical pain, you’d get it checked out. Mental health is just as important. Reach out for support or encourage a friend to ask for help.
Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia & Compulsive Overeating
Dedicated to raising awareness and providing support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones... since 1995
The National Eating Disorders Association
The largest not-for-profit organization in the United States working to prevent eating disorders and provide treatment referrals to those suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder and those concerned with body image and weight issues.
Healthy Relationships
Pace University provides thoughtful information about intimate relationships and how to improve them.
The Safe Space
Provides information and resources regarding dating and domestic violence, and abusive relationships.
UCSD Self-Help Library
A great collection of information on a variety of mental health issues, including resources for students, faculty, and staff.
Counseling Center Village
A site made up of many home pages and web resources, created by college and university counseling centers around the world. Great virtual pamphlets and workshop ideas.
Suicide prevention links: