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Resources for Mental Health & Wellness

Resources for Mental Health & Wellness We Think You’ll Really Like

Online Resources

Anxiety Panic Hub – With a focus on recovering from anxiety and panic attacks
The Anxiety Panic Internet Resource Webpage – News, chat forums, descriptions of disorders, and much more
Campus Blues – Inspiring articles, forums, and support for the university community
Go Ask Alice – Columbia University’s comprehensive health services forum
Depression and How Psychotherapy and Other Treatments Can Help People Recover – From the American Psychological Association
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance – Devoted to helping people with mood disorders
Healthy Minds – The American Psychiatric Association’s resource for college mental health
National Center for Overcoming Overeating – This website is the outcome of the Women’s Campaign to End Body Hatred and Dieting
National Eating Disorders Association – Providing help for anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, with frank discussions about negative preoccupations with body image and self-esteem
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – Helping people with OCD overcome and live with obsessive thoughts and behaviors
Something Fishy – A website focused on raising awareness about eating disorders and eating topics
S.A.F.E. Alternatives A program for self injurers
ULifeline – A confidential resource benefitting students’ emotional wellness

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Hotlines – A Phone Call Away

Your campus center can provide numbers for local hotlines, but here are some really good national numbers – all toll-free.

National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342-2437
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a 24/7 Call Center: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Gambling Addiction Hotline: 1-800-522-4700
Gay & Lesbian National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 Mon.-Fri., 6 p.m.-11 p.m. EST
S.A.F.E. Alternatives for Self Abuse: 1-800 DONT-CUT (366-8288)

Chat Rooms & Message Boards

Depression Chat Rooms Directory – A compilation of popular chat rooms supporting people who live with depression and anxiety
Psychnet – A British website for psychological issues with a list of chat rooms on various mental health issues
Phobics-Awareness – A global help and support community operated by people who experience depression, panic, anxiety, phobias, OCD, and other mental, emotional, and mood disorders

Screening Self-Tests

These informal tests help you get objective feedback about assessing a disorder you may have. These tests are not meant to offer professional diagnoses. If your test results indicate a need to further explore a problem you suspect you have, seek a professional evaluation.

Bipolar Disorder – From the Suicide and Mental Health Association International
Depression – From the NYU Department of Psychiatry
Eating Disorders – The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) used by the 1998 National
Eating Disorders Screening Program
Mania – Created by the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-Report
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – The Florida OCD Inventory Test
Sleep Disorders – A survey from the Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Stress – From the Suicide and Mental Health Association International