May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the importance of mental well-being. While conversations around mental health are becoming more common, it can still be difficult to know where to start when caring for your own mental health.
Fortunately, many national organizations offer valuable resources to help guide you:
- Mental Health America provides a free, downloadable toolkit filled with educational materials, posters, and practical DIY tools.
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers in-depth information on topics such as anxiety disorders, borderline personality disorder, and suicide prevention.
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) delivers direct support and services for individuals facing mental health challenges.
Taking the first step can be hard—but you’re not alone, and help is always available.
Online counseling sessions are available for all students via Timely Care. IU East students also have access to Chat with a Counselor via Director of Behavioral Health Jennifer Claypoole. Students can stop by Springwood 229, schedule an appointment online, or call 765-973-8646 to make an appointment. Employees can get help through the SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program.
The library provides several reliable resources to support mental well-being. Databases such as PsychInfo, Proquest Psychology, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and MEDLINE with Full Text offer valuable resources to support mental health research. Additionally, our collection of mental health books include: Give me space but don’t go far : my unlikely friendship with anxiety by Haley Weaver, Saving Five by Amanda Nguyen, Marbles : mania, depression, Michelangelo, and me by Ellen Forney, The Me Without by Jacqueline Raposo, and more. For even more, explore eBook Central and eBooks by EBSCO.
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