Self-help

Be aware of mental-health chat rooms. They can be long on sympathy and short on knowledge.

Crisis Services

Hotlines and Local Resources

These web sites offer information on psychological and health issues:

• http://ccvillage.buffalo.edu/vpc.html

• Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection, prepared by the University of Chicago Student Counseling and Resource Service, is an interesting self-help guide online.

• www.NAMI.org, the website of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, is one of several good online source of information.

• http://www.campusblues.com dedicated to helping students finding a sense of well-being.

Online health sites-a worldwide worry

Guidelines:

1. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, help can be found at these organizations:

• Suicide Prevention NIMH: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depsuicidemenu.cfm

• The National Suicide Prevention Resource Center: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: www.save.org

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK

2. Adult ADD: Adult ADD: http://amenclinic.com/ac/tests/add_test1.php

3. Stalking:

• Handbook for victims: http://www2.uta.edu/ssw/spencediehl/documents/stalkinghandbook.pdf

• http://www.humec.cornell.edu/stalking/index.htm

• http://www.humec.cornell.edu/stalking/index.htm

5. Depression: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm; Depression

6. Bipolar disorder: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolarmenu.cfm

7. About boundaries within a relationship

8. Sexual abuse: Rape/date, rape

9. Self injury

10. Anxiety: http://denverpost.healthology.com/webcast_transcript.asp?b=denverpost&f=sleep_disorders&c=sleep_anxiety&spg=ART

11. Sleep disorders: http://denverpost.healthology.com/diduknow.asp?b=denverpost&f=sleep_disorders&c=less_sleep&spg=SCH

12. Recognizing Mental Illness in Young Adults: http://denverpost.healthology.com/focus_article.asp?b=denverpost&f=mentalhealth&c=mental_youngadults&spg=SCH

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