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Self-Help Links

Below are various links to supportive and self help information. These are not intended to replace counseling, but to be used as an adjunct to it or as a resource for finding more information about issues that may be addressed in counseling. Please note the listing of the web sites below does not constitute any endorsement of these web sites or their content. Always read information on the internet critically and get second or third opinions.

 

Alcohol/Substance Abuse

• Alcoholics Anonymous

• Narcotics Anonymous

• Science based facts on drug abuse and addiction

Anxiety

• National Institute of Mental Health info on anxiety disorders

Attention Deficit Disorder

• ADD and ADHD resources page from WrightsLaw

• Children and Adults with ADHD (leading non-profit organization for ADHD)

Body Image

• Dove Campaign for Real Beauty:"Evolution" video

• Dove Campaign for Real Beauty: "Onslaught" video
• Dove Pro-Age Campaign video
• National Eating Disorders Association

Depression

• National Institute of Mental Health info on depression

• Depression and Bi-polar Support Alliance

Eating Issues

• National Eating Disorders Association

Grief and Loss

• Llinks from griefhealing.com

Relaxation/ Guided Meditation

• Meditainment.com

• Meditationoasis.com

Sexual Orientation

• PFLAG: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Sleep Disturbances

• How to get a good night's sleep

• Sleep inducing techniques

• National Sleep Foundation

• Better Sleep Council

• Sound sleep solutions

Suicide

• Healing for Survivors of Suicide

• Friends for Survival of Suicide Loss

• Virginia Department of Health - Center for Injury and Violence Prevention

Trauma

• AGPA Resource Information for Dealing With Disasters

• Coping With Traumatic Stress

• War-Related Stress

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College Focused Web-Sites

• Campus Blues.com

• Ulifeline.org

Online Resource banks

• The Unabridged Student Counseling Virtual Phamplet Collection

• CNN's Health Library

• Self help "on-line library" at American University

Self Assessments

• Anonymous On-Line Mental Health Screening

 

 

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