Self Help
Topics on this page:
- Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Marijuana
- Anger
- Computer/Gambling Concerns
- Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, OCD
- Eating Disorders and Weight Control
- Enjoyable Things To Do On Campus
- Inside UW-Eau Claire Links
- Mental Health Medications
- New Students and Transitions
- Outside UW-Eau Claire Mental Health links
- Personal Success
- Pregnancy
- Psychological Self Help Book
- Relationships
- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexuality
- Students with Disabilities
- Study Skills and Test Taking
- Traumatic Events
- Virtual Pamphlet Collection
This section is for educational information only. It is not to be interpreted by the reader as any form of counseling. We hope you will find this wide range of mental health material and our inside and outside links helpful.
If you cannot find what you are looking for and you are a member of the UW-Eau Claire community, please call or stop into our center. We may be able to provide further assistance. Please take the time to look at some of our creative material at the top of this section.
Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Marijuana
- Campuses and Other Drugs
- Center For Mental Health Services
- College Alcohol Inventory
- DoItNow.org - straight talk on drugs.
- E-Chug - take this online survey to look at your drinking patterns and behaviors.
- Facts on Tap - facts about college drinking.
- HadEnough.org - had enough of binge drinking?
- Information on alcohol and its affects:
- National Clearing House for Drug Information - Information on mind-altering drugs such as methamphetamines, cocaine, pcp, lsd, heroin, rohynpnol, amphetamines, barbiturates, marijuana, steroids, ecstasy, and others.
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIH Smoking Cessation
- Quit Smoking Now
- The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
- UW-Eau Claire Alcohol Resource Center
- Weekly Alcohol Consumption
- WI Circuit Court Access - for information on Alcohol, Drug, and other charges and convictions in WI.
Anger Management
Computer and Gambling Concerns
- Computer/Net Addiction
- Internet Gambling
- Internet Gaming
- Online Dating
- Online Pornography
- WI Council on Problem Gambling
Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, and OCD
- Anxiety Coach
- Beat Depression
- "Coping with Music Performance Anxiety"
- Medline: Anxiety
- Medline: Depression
- Medline: OCD
- Men and Depression
- NIH: OCD
- NIMH on Anxiety
- NIMH on Depression
- OCFoundation.org
- Suicide Survivors: Those Who Are Left Behind
- Women and Depression
Eating Disorders and Weight Control
- Body Calculator
- Eating Psychology
- Exercise Fitness
- "Helping Friend"
- Medline: Disorders
- NIMH: Disorders
- Signs Eating Disorder
- What Is An Eating Disorder
Enjoyable Things to Do on Campus
- Events Schedule - Department of Music and Theater Arts
Events Calendar for music and theater performances. - UW-Eau Claire Athletics
All year sports schedule. - UW-Eau Claire Foster Art Gallery
Academic Year Exhibition schedule. - UW-Eau Claire Recreation
Visit this site to find ways to deal with stress, and relaxation. - University Activities Commission
Visit this site to find out about clubs, organizations and films and concerts you can attend.
Inside UW-Eau Claire Links
- Academic Advising
For assistance with a wide variety of academic advising issues, including selecting a major, class selection, and CLEP and Graduate School exams. - Academic Skills Center
For great study skills and other academic skills concerns. - Activities Commission
Visit this site to find out about clubs, organizations and films and concerts you can attend. - Adult Opportunity
Information for non-traditional students. - Alcohol Resource Center
Information for Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents and Community Members on alcohol related issues at UW-Eau Claire. - Center of International Education
Visit this site to find out about one of the best personal growth experiences you can have - study abroad. - Career Services
For great information on career selection and other career-related concerns. - Diversity Web site - online UWEC diversity hub.
- Financial Aid Office
For concerns involving financial aid, budget, money management and on- and off-campus employment. - Find It - complete UW- Eau Claire search tool.
- Housing & Residence Life
For information on all aspects of on-campus and off-campus residential life programming. - Multicultural Students
Information for multicultural students. - Office Of Student Development And Diversity
For information on National Student Exchange, as well as University Rules and Regulations. - Police
Visit this site to find information on safety and UW-Eau Claire crime statistics. - Recreation
Visit this site to find ways to deal with stress, and relaxation. - Student Health Services
Counseling and Health Services have many behavioral and health concerns in common. Health Services has a medical web site link and a medical topics link that will allow you to explore common areas shared by our two services. - Students in Academic Difficulty
This site provides suggestions and direction to aid in choices that may improve your academic performance. - Students with Disabilities
Information for students with disabilities.
Mental Health Medications
New Students and Transitions
- International Students Facing Culture Shock
- Maintaining Relationships when someone is Abroad
- Overcoming Homesickness
- Success Factors for Freshmen
- The "Real" World - Seniors Transitioning to a New Job and New Locations
- You Can Go Home Again! - Strategies for Freshmen Going Home for the First Summer
Outside UW-Eau Claire Mental Health links
For information on other mental health related topics and information in a variety of topic areas covering a broad spectrum of student mental health and behavioral concerns. Find topics such as alcohol use, relationship concerns, depression, time management, and other topics, please visit our on and off campus links listed below.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection (Unabridged Version)
Use these web site links to explore various mental health topics in the Public Information Section, and to use their Search Engine for more detailed research on mental health topics.
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Impact of Mental Health on Society
- In Harms Way - Suicide in America
- Medications
- Men and Depression
- National Institute of Health
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia Facts
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sleep Disorders
- Suicide - frequently asked questions
- Suicide Prevention
- Women and Depression
For information on a variety of mental and physical health issues.
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- BMI Table
- Body Mass Index Calculator
- Center for Disease Control
- Food and Drug Administration
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking Cessation #2
- Substance Abuse
Links to all major mental health web sites:
- Authentic Happiness - start your journey to authentic happiness:
- Anxiety Coach - If you are having anxiety issues including speech and performance anxiety.
- APA on Anger Management
- APA Help Center - source of information on many mental health concerns.
- CampusBlues.com - a link to problems that may be of concern to college students.
- Death, Loss, and Grief - for dealing with Death, Loss, and Grief
- EAP Self Help Links - for information on various employee assistance program related concerns.
- Eating Behavior and Psychology
- Exercise and Fitness
- Facts about Sexual Assault - personal safety and assault prevention.
- Links for students with physical or sensory disabilities
- Marriage Builders - Information on couples relationships.
- Mayo Clinic Mental Health - a wide range of mental health topics.
- Medicines for Psychiatric Disorders - information on medications that are used for emotional difficulties.
- Medline Mental Health and Behavior information on a wide variety of mental health topics:
- Mental Health Disorders and Conditions - information on most mental health disorders.
- Mental Health Medications and Links - information on prescription mental health medications and other mental health topic links.
- MentalHelpNet - great source of information on a variety of issues.
- Merck Manual - Emotional Disorders section.
- Mood Gym - interactive tool to help you overcome problem emotions.
- National Eating Disorders Association - information on eating disorders.
- National Sleep Foundation - information on aspects of sleep and sleeping habits.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation - learn about OCD
- Psychiatric Times - This site has a wide range of information covering many mental heath concerns.
- Psychological Self Help Book - a complete online text on personal adjustment issues.
- SchoolBlues.com - A link to problems that may be of concern to school-age students.
- StopLoneliness.com - find ways to healthy connections and end loneliness.
- Student Assistance Program - provides additional help when you are away from campus.
- WorkplaceBlues.com - A link to problems that may be of concern to people in the workplace.
Personal Success
Pregnancy
Psychological Self Help Book
- Psychological Self Help Book - a complete online text on personal adjustment issues
Relationships
- Building Healthy Relationships
- Keys To a Successful Relationship/Marriage
- Secrets to a Lasting Relationship
- The Lesson of the Porcupine
Self-Injurious Behavior
- Explaining Self-Injurious Behaviors - guide for those engaged in self-injurious behaviors.
Sexual Abuse/Assault
Sexuality
- Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! - coming out
- LGBTQ Relationships - how to develop one
- LGBTQ Alphabet Soup - what LGBTQ stands for
Students with Disabilities
Study Skills and Test Taking
Traumatic Events
- Coping With And Responding To Traumatic Events
- Critical Incident Stress Information Sheet
- Spouse/Significant Other Support/Secondary Sufferers
- Suggestion to Help Yourself and Others After a Critical Incident
Virtual Pamphlet Collection
Please visit The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection (Unabridged Version) for 1000 other Self-Help handouts such as alcohol and substance use, anger, anxiety, assertiveness, attention-deficit disorder, cults, cultural issues, depression, disabilities, dissociation, eating disorders, family and childhood issues, general issues, grief, impulse control, relationships, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, sleep, stress, study skills, test taking, time management, traumatic events, writing, and others.
