Mental Health

National Organizations

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• The Jed Foundation works nationally to reduce the rate of suicide and the prevalence of emotional distress among college and university students.

Common Student Concerns

Anger

• Controlling your anger (APA)

Bipolar Disorder

• What is bipolar disorder? (NIMH)
• Bipolar factsheet (MHA)

Career Concerns

• CSB/SJU Experience & Professional Development (XPD)
• Minnesota Workforce Center has information on job market outlook and trends for the state of Minnesota Current job openings are also listed.
• Occupation Outlook Handbook is an easy-to-use site from the United States Department of Labor that you can sue to find detailed job descriptions, working conditions, information on job outlook and salary information on specific occupations.
• O*NET (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with over 950 occupations.
• America's Career InfoNet has information on wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.

Domestic Violence

• Understanding domestic violence (Helpguide)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• St. Cloud domestic violence shelter (Anna Marie's Alliance)

Gambling Addiction

• What is problem gambling?
• Twenty questions from Gambler's Anonymous.
• Minnesota gambling addiction resources
• Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance

Grief and Loss

• What is grief and how do you cope? (Helpguide)
• Medline Plus: Bereavement

Internet Addiction

• The Center for Internet Addiction

Learning Disabilities

• CSB/SJU Student Disability Services

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer Issues

• St. Cloud OUT
• National and international LGBTQA organizations (Arizona State University Safe Zone)

Medications

• Mental health medications (NIMH)

Mental Illness

• Mental Health Screening
• Mental Illness facts (NAMI)
• Mentalhelp.net
• Psychcentral.com
• Drepression Screening Tool
• Rehab for Depression

Non-Traditional Students

• Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• OCD factsheet (NMA)

Procrastination and Perfectionism

• The many faces of perfectionism (APA)

Self-Injury (Cutting, burning, hitting, etc)

• Information on self-injury (Helpguide)
• Dealing with cutting (ULifeline)
• Ending self-abuse (S.A.F.E. Alternatives)

Sexual Assault

• What should I do if I've been assaulted? (CSB/SJU info)
• Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)

Shyness/Social Anxiety

• Help for social anxiety (Helpguide)

Study Skills

• Academic Advising at CSB/SJU
• Academic Skills
• CSB/SJU Writing Center
• Study skills self-help information (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Suicide

• Warning signs for suicide (ULifeline)
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline
• U.S. suicide statistics and prevention information (NIMH)

Time Management

• Academic Advising at CSB/SJU
• Academic Skills

Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• What is posttraumatic stress disorder? (NIMH)
• Help for posttraumatic stress disorder (Helpguide)