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Useful Web-Based Information about Mental Health-Related Issues
People come to CAPS to receive help about a wide variety of issues. Part of receiving help also involves obtaining relevant information about the specific issues you’re dealing with. There’s a wealth of good Internet information available about mental health issues and their relationship to healthy living. Below, we've assembled many helpful links which should facilitate your information gathering and self-help endeavors.
University Mental Health Issues
- Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
- Jed Foundation – Preventing Suicide and Reducing Emotional Distress Amongst College Students
- National Survey of Counseling Center Directors
- New Yorker Magazine – The Underground World of Neuroenhancing Drugs – 8/09
- Active Minds – Mental Health Issues on University Campuses
- ULifeline – Online Resources for College Mental Health
- Inside Higher Ed – Stability in Student Mental Health – 11/10
- Healthy Minds Study – Published Research about University Mental Health
Academic struggles, procrastination, study habits
- Academic Tips.org
- Education Atlas – Study Skills for Students
- College Tips.com – College Study Tips for Students
- My College Success Story.com- Key Study Skills Tools to Achieve Academic Success
- Study Skills for College Students - Exams, term papers, stress management, persuasive topics & more
- College Calm.com – 5 Time Management Tips to Calm Student Stress
- College View – Overcoming Procrastination
- Helium.com – How College Students Can Avoid Procrastination – 7 Articles
Difficulty concentrating, attention-deficit disorder
- National Institute for Mental Health – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Psych Central - Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms
- About.com – ADD/ADHD
- National Public Radio – Learning to Thrive with Attention Deficit Disorder
- Virginia Tech – Cook Counseling Center – Attention Deficit Disorder Student Handbook
- Virtual College Pamphlet – Attention Deficit Disorder
Body image, eating problems, eating disorders
- Body Image: Love Yourself from the Inside Out
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
- Virtual College Pamphlet – Body Image and Eating Disorders Virtual College Pamphlet
- Gurze Books – Eating Disorder Publications: Bulimia.com
- HealthyPlace.com – Body Image Problems – Stop Hating Your Body
- Healthy Place.com – Men Have Body Image Problems Too
- Caring Online.com – Body Image Problems
- Experience Project – I Have Body Image Problems
Feeling down, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, depressive disorders
- Mental Health America – Depression in College
- MentalHelp.net - Depression
- National Public Radio – A Lifeline for College Students with Depression
- Psychology Information Online - Depression Information and Treatment
- American Association of Suicidology
- Depression Alliance
- Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Aetna InteliHealth – Depression
- Associated Content Society – College Student Depression
- Suicidal.com – Depression Suicide and Mental Health Links
- Metanoia – Suicide…Read This First
- Virtual Pamphlet Collection – Depression
- Suicide Crisis Center – When No Hope Is In Sight
- Webtribes – Depression
Bothersome mood changes, high energy/no fatigue, bipolar disorder
- About.com – Bipolar Disorder - On-line information source with extensive bipolar related information.
- Bipolar Hope - An informational website for the hard copy magazine – Bipolar Hope – a nicely done quarterly magazine publication for those with bipolar disorder.
- Bipolar Young Adult - a good bipolar educational and current scientific news website for young adults.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - national organization with comprehensive information, links, media information and membership options for those with bipolar disorder.
- Health.com – Bipolar Disorder - On-line information source with extensive bipolar related information.
- Healthy Minds - Current information on Bipolar Disorder from the American Psychiatric Association
- Healthy Place – Bipolar Information - A thorough and informative educational and support website devoted to bipolar disorder.
- HelpGuide.com – Bipolar Self-help and Support - A nonprofit organization devoted to providing education, health and support to individuals and families facing mental health issues. Excellent information provided about bipolar disorder.
- International Bipolar Foundation - an international foundation for Bipolar Disorder education, research, and support.
- K12 Academics – Bipolar Disorder - A national organization with topics pertinent to education, including important medical/psychological issues. The site provides excellent information about bipolar disorder.
- Mayo Clinic Bipolar Information - A nationally recognized provider of medical services with a website providing thorough and reputable information about bipolar disorder.
- MedLine Plus – Bipolar Disoder - A website with thorough information about bipolar disorder sponsored by the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health.
- National Alliance for Mental Illness - Fact sheet on bipolar disorder by a grassroots mental health advocacy organization.
- National Institute of Mental Health - a long established and reputable national organization with some of the best and latest information about mental health issues.
- National Institute of Mental Health - Bipolar Disorder Booklet, a comprehensive (downloadable) booklet on bipolar disorder.
- NY Times Health Guide – Bipolar Disorder - Excellent current information on Bipolar Disorder from one of the wolds most reputable news sources.
- NY Times Health Guide – Patient Voices: Audio clips - Informative and insightful stories of 9 men and women living with bipolar disorder.
- Pendulum.org - A national nonprofit resource for bipolar disorder information, support and education.
- PsychCentral – One of the more extensive websites with excellent information on bipolar and other mood disorders.
- PsychCom.Net - extensive list of links to information about bipolar disorder.
- PsychEducation.org - An excellent holistically-oriented website with extensive user-friendly information about diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder. The site does a particularly good job at discussing the subtlties of bipolar II disorder and it's unique treatment requirements.
- PubMed health - US National Library of Medicine - scientific information and articles about bipolar disorder.
- TeensHealth.org – Bipolar Information - A website devoted to physical and mental health-related issues for teenagers. Excellent information provided about bipolar disorder.
- The Balanced Mind Foundation - A national non-profit devoted to disseminating information and helping to fund research for childhood and adolescent bipolar disorder.
- WebMD – Bipolar Disorder - On-line information source with extensive bipolar related information.
- Wikipedia – Bipolar - A web-based encyclopedia with reader provided information and education about bipolar disorder.
Feeling anxious or nervous, social anxiety, panic attacks, test anxiety, anxiety disorders
- Ulifeline – Anxiety Disorders
- National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) – Anxiety Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
- Panic and Anxiety Education Management Services
- Anxiety Panic Attack Resource Site
- HealingWell.com – Anxiety and Panic Disorder Resource Directory
- The Mayo Clinic.com – Social Anxiety
- HealthyPlace.com – Insights Into Anxiety Homepage
- Webtribes – Social Networking Community: Anxiety
- Virtual College Pamphlet - Anxiety
- All About Depression
Bothersome repetitious thoughts, repetitious behaviors, obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychiatric medication (antidepressants, etc)
- Antidepressant Medications for Depression
- National Institute for mental health – Mental Health Medications
- Holistic Online.com – Antidepressant Drug Therapies
- HealthyPlace.com – Psychiatric Medication Pharmacology
- Wikipedia.Org – Psychiatric Medications
- Epigee.Org Psychiatric Medications and Pregnancy
Questioning your sexuality, coming out, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender issues
- Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- YouthResource – A website by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning young people
- Human Rights Campaign – Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equal Rights
- Transgender Health Program
- PsychPage – Coming Out to Family and Friends
- The worlds largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture
- Advocates for Youth: Rights, Respect, Responsibility
- Sex Etc. – GLBTQ
- LGBT Friendly – Campus Climax Index
- Coming Out Stories
- More Coming Out Stories
- Queer Resources Directory
- Virtual Pamphlet Collection – Sexual Orientation
- Web MD – Sexual Orientation
- Sexual orientation.info
Sexual abuse, trauma, post-traumatic stress
- www.virginia.edu/sexualviolence/sexualassault
- American Psychological Association – Understanding Childhood Sexual Abuse
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Sexual Abuse
- AllAboutCounseling.com – Sexual Abuse / Trauma
- MedlinePlus – Child Sexual Abuse
- Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse – Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources
- Here to Help – Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Mental Health Issue
- Wikipedia – Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Science Daily - Differences In Recovered memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Academy of Experts in traumatic Stress – Adult Manifestations of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Child Welfare and Information Gateway – Definitions, Scope and Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Crisis Hotlines / Emergency Services:
Police (U.Va., Charlottesville and Albemarle County): 911
Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) Hotline: 977-7273
Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE) Hotline: 293-8509
UVa Hospital Emergency Room: 924-2231
Martha Jefferson Hospital Emergency Room: 982-7150
CAPS Crisis Line (Counselor on call): 972-7004
Family Violence and Sexual Assault Virginia Hotline: 1-800-838-8238- www.virginia.edu/sexualviolence/sexualassault
- UVA Women’s Center – Sexual and Domestic Violence Services
- Women’s Health.gov – sexual assault
- Sexual Assault Resource Agency
- Rape Abuse and Incest National Network
- National Center for Victims of Crime – Sexual Assault
- Office of Crime Victims Advocacy – What is Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress, Post-war Trauma
- American Psychological Association (APA) webpage on Trauma
- Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
- National Institute for Mental Health
- National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Welcome Back Veterans
- Returning Veterans Project
- Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance
- Sexual Assault Resource Agency
- Shelter for Help in Emergency
- Communities United Against Violence (LGBTQ Community)
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Organization of Men Against Sexism
- Love Is Respect (National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline)
- Joyful Heart Foundation
- The Red Flag Campaign
- Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
Thoughts about self- injuring or self-injurious behavior (cutting, burning, etc)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
- Health.org - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Smart Recovery
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- About.com
- webtribes
- Fraternity and Sorority Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Fraternity and Sorority New Member’s Self-regulation of Alcohol Use
- Open Directory Project – Addiction and Substance Abuse Web Links
- Virtual Pamphlet Collection – Alcohol and Substance Abuse
International student status or study abroad – challenges of studying/living in a foreign culture
- StudentsAbroad.com – Reverse Culture Shock
- StudyAbroad,com – Health and Adjustment to Study Abroad
- DiversityAbroad.com – Dealing with Reverse Culture Shock
- Supporting International Student Adjustment
- Suggestions and Strategies to cope with Culture Shock
- Informative and Humorous You Tube videos from an international student's perspective:
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3