College-Related Links
Mental health resources that are especially pertinent to college students

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National Sites
Half of Us (www.halfofus.com)
Leadership-21 Blog (http://leadership-21.blogspot.com/)
Got Anxiety? Get Help (www.gotanxiety.org)
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign (www.nostigma.org)
Step Out Of the Silence (http://stepoutofthesilence.org)
APA's College Mental Health Page (www.healthyminds.org)
The Jed Foundation (www.jedfoundation.org)
Screening for Mental Health, Inc: College Response (www.mentalhealthscreening.org/college/)
NMHA's mpower: musicians for mental health (www.mpoweryouth.org)
Campus Blues (www.campusblues.com)
The Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (www.sunnylands.org/amhi/))
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (www.yellowribbon.org)
American College Health Association (www.acha.org)
Campus Health and Safety (www.campushealthandsafety.org)

Papers and Reports
2006 National Counseling Center Directors Survey
2006 National College Health Assessment from the American College Health Assocition
"College Suicide Prevention" The Spark, Newsletter of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center
"SPRC White Paper and Webography of Resources: Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in College and University Settings"
Final Report from the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

Fact Sheets
Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Information for College Students

Books and Films
Behind Happy Faces: Taking Charge of Your Mental Health (Ross Szabo, 2007)
Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, A Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery (Gail Griffith, 2005)
Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4D (Lizzie Simon, 2002)
College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do About It (Richard Kadison, 2004)

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Film, The Truth About Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College - (www.afsp.org/collegefilm)
Canvas (Joseph Greco, 2006)
Jumping Off Bridges (Kat Chandler and Storie Productions, 2007)
Thin (HBO Documentary Films, 2006)

Student-Run Organizations
Active Minds Campus Chapters
Mind Matters (Yale University)
Harvard's Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG)
Cornell Minds Matter (Cornell University)
Student Helpers (University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign)


General Information Links
Links to organizations and information that cover a wide array of mental health topics, many of whom have affiliates set up in cities and counties nationwide (indicated by *)

The Latest News
Daily Mental Health News, compiled by SAMHSA/CMHS

Research, Advocacy, and Government Organizations
National Institutes of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov)
Campaign for Mental Health Reform (www.mhreform.org)
SAMHSA: Center for Mental Health Services (www.samhsa.gov/centers/cmhs/cmhs.html)
Mental Health America (www.nmha.org)*
NAMI (www.nami.org)*
World Federation for Mental Health (www.wfmh.com)
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (www.bazelon.org)

Anti-Stigma / Outreach
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign (www.nostigma.org)
ADS Center (www.adscenter.org)
The Carter Center (www.cartercenter.org)
Open Minds Open Doors (www.openmindsopendoors.com)
Silver Ribbon Coalition (www.silverribbon.org)

Specific Illnesses
University of Michigan Depression Center (www.med.umich.edu/depression)
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (www.ffcmh.org)
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (www.bpkids.org)
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (www.dbsalliance.org)*
DRADA - Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (www.drada.org)
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (www.narsad.org)
National Eating Disorders Association (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org)
Eating Disorder Hope (www.eatingdisorderhope.com)
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (www.adaa.org)

Suicide
Suicide Prevention Action Network of USA (www.spanusa.org)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (www.afsp.org)*
International Association for Suicide Prevention (www.med.uio.no/iasp/)
American Association of Suicidology (www.suicidology.org)
Rita Project (www.ritaproject.org)
Suicide Reference Library (www.suicidereferencelibrary.com)
After a Suicide: Recommendations for Religious Services & Other Public Memorial Services Adobe Acrobat required (www.sprc.org/library/aftersuicide.pdf)

Professional Associations
American Psychological Association (www.apa.org)
American Psychiatric Association (www.psych.org)
American College Health Association (www.acha.org)
American Mental Health Counselors Association (www.amhca.org)

Mulitcultural Organizations and Resources
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (www.naapimha.org)
National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide (www.nopcas.com)
Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (UK) (www.jamiuk.org)

Technical Assistance and Consumer Self Help Centers
Peer-to-Peer Resource Center (www.peersupport.org)
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse (www.mhselfhelp.org)
National Empowerment Center (www.power2u.org)
UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration (www.upennrrtc.org)

Other Links
Online Mental Health Resources (www.onlinehealthresources.com/News-and-Media/Mental-Health.html)
2007 National Health Observance Days (www.healthfinder.gov/library/nho/)