Resources

The W Counseling Center encourages readers to evaluate these materials and use whay they find helpful. Any material provided below is meant to be a resource or guide, but is not intended to serve in place of seeking professional mental health assistance. If you feel you may need help beyond what is provided below, please call the Counseling Center at 662.329.7748 or visit our the center to make an appointment.

Addiction/Alcohol

• Alcoholics Anonymous - https://www.aa.org
• Start Your Recovery - https://startyourrecovery.org
• Narcotics Anonymous - https://www.na.org
• Pines and Cady Hill Treatment Facility (Columbus, MS) - https://www.ccsms.org/pach
• Recovery House Treatment Program (Columbus, MS) - http://recoveryhouse.com/
• Mississippi State Collegiate Recovery Community (Starkville, MS) - http://recovery.msstate.edu/
• Addiction and Sleep - https://www.bestmattressreviews.com/addiction-and-sleep/
• Drug Rehab - https://www.drugrehab.com/
• Addiction Guide - https://www.addictionguide.com/

College Students

• The Jed Foundation -www.jedfoundaton.org

For Mental Health Information for College Students

• ULifeline - www.ulifeline.org

Online Resource Center for College Students Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being

Career Planning

• MUW Career Center - http://www.muw.edu/ssc/careerservices

Located in Reneau Hall, 1st Floor

Phone: 662.329.7138

• Online Career Planning - http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer
• Student Veterans - https://maketheconnection.net/

Depression & Anxiety

• Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness Around Depression - www.halfofus.com
• Avoiding Depression in College - http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/11/19/5-tips-to-avoid-depression-in-college
• Depression & College Students - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression-and-college-students/index.shtml
• Living With a Black Dog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRRx7Mtep8
• Living With Anxiety - https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/college-students
• Self Help Anxiety Coping Strategies - https://www.anxietybc.com/sites/default/files/adult_hmgad.pdf
• Anxiety Attack Help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXZ517G6T2I
• Sleeping with Anxiety - https://www.bestmattressreviews.com/anxiety-and-sleep/

Eating Disorders

• Something Fishy - http://www.something-fishy.org/
• Online Eating Disorder Support - www.mentorconnect-ed.org
• Eating Disorder Screening - www.myneda.org/screening
• National Eating Disorder Association - https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Grief

• Open to Hope - https://www.opentohope.com/
• How to Help a Grieving Friend - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/because-im-the-mom/201305/what-grieving-friends-wish-youd-say
• Self-Care After Loss - https://www.secondfirsts.com/2016/03/self-care-after-devastating-loss/
• SAVE Suicide Bereavement Support - http://suicidegrief.save.org/about

 LGBTQ

• LGBT in Higher Education – www.campuspride.org
• It Gets Better Project – https://itgetsbetter.org/
• The Trevor Project – https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
• Translifeline – 1.877.565.8860 -  https://www.translifeline.org/

Local Services

• Student Health Center – http://www.muw.edu/centers/healthcenter

Eckford Hall

Phone: (662) 329-728

• Baptist Behavioral – https://www.baptistonline.org/services/counseling-substance-abuse

Phone: (662) 244–1000

• Community Counseling Services – www.ccsms.org/

Phone: (662) 328-9225

• Contact Helpline – https://www.contacthelplinegtrms.org/

Mental Health

• Go Ask Alice – www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
• National Alliance on Mental Illness - https://nami.org
• National Institute of Mental Health - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
• Mental Health Screening - www.mentalhealthscreening.org
• Guide for Mental and Emotional Health - https://www.helpguide.org
• Mental Health - https://www.mentalhealth.gov
• Mental Health and Sleep - https://www.bestmattressreviews.com/mental-health-sleep/

PTSD

• National Center for PTSD - https://www.ptsd.va.gov/
• Post-Traumatic Stress Fact Sheet - http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
• PTSD United - http://www.ptsdunited.org/
• PTSD Alliance - http://www.ptsdalliance.org/

Sexual Assault

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) - https://www.rainn.org/
• Sexual Assault Care - http://www.sacc.to/
• Safe Shelter (Tupelo, MS) - http://safeshelter.net/
• Safe Haven, Inc. (Columbus, MS) - 662.327.2259 or Crisis Line: 800.890.6040

Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 800.273.TALK (8255)
• How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal - https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention.htm
• Suicide Prevention Web Chat - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
• The Columbia Lighthouse Project - http://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/families-friends-and-neighbors/