Mental Health Advocacy & Promotion
Purpose
MHAP was created to provide information & resources pertaining to the mental health of college-students and young adults. In particular, the site focuses on mental health (MH) related:
- issues and illnesses
- prevention, treatment, & wellness programs
- research and scholarly articles
- best practices
The site was developed through the California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor with support from CalMHSA grant funding. While the site is geared for university personnel, including educators and mental health professionals, we also hope and anticipate that the site will be useful to the general community, including consumers of mental health services and all those who advocate, promote, and support mental health and well-being.
Self-Help: Information and Resources on...
- anger & aggression
- anxiety disorders
- attention deficit disorder
- autism spectrum disorders
- eating & eating disorders
- emotional regulation
- exercise
- learning disorders
- mood disorders: depression and bipolar
- neuroscience
- personality disorders
- positive psychology, resilience & wellness
- psychiatry & mental health, merlot collection
- psychology, merlot collection
- relationships (general)
- relationship break-ups
- schizophrenia & psychosis
- self-harm
- sexualized violence
- sleep
- stress
- substance use disorders
- suicide pre- & post-vention
- trauma & abuse
- underrepresented groups: first gen, former foster youth, international, LGBTQ, students of color, students with disabilities; veterans
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- Antidepressant Works on Mice in Hours, Not Weeks (Futurity, 1/19/16)
- A Wish List for the Advancement of University and College Counseling Centers (Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 12/28/15)
- Campuses Respond to Student Mental Health Demands (EduRisk, 9/2016)
- Evaluation of California's Statewide Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Programs: Summary of Key Year 2 Findings (Rand Corporation)
- How You Argue May Predict Future Health Trouble (Futurity, 5/24/16)
- More stress, less stigma drives college students to mental health services (PBS NewsHour, 11/2/15)
- Preventing Suicide on Campus (United Educators, Spring, 2016)
- Students of Color Aren't Getting The Mental Health Help They Need in College (HuffPost College, 1/14/16)
- Therapy Wars: The Revenge of Freud (The Guardian, 1/7/16)
- The Myth of the Ever-More-Fragile College Student (NY Mag, Science of Us, 11/15/15)
- Weed users found to have poorer verbal memory in middle age (CNN, 2/10/16)
- What Can Pavlov's Dogs Tell Us About Drinking (Neuroscience News, 5/25/16)
- When Can Women Stop Trying to Look Perfect (NY Times, 1/8/16)
- Why "Grrr" and "Argh" Say It Best (Futurity, 1/18/16)
- Archived Links: previous articles, news, and resources of interest
Mental Health Related Links:
- Active Minds
- Assoc. for Univ. & College Couns. Center Directors (AUCCCD)
- California Dept. of Education: Mental Health
- California Dept. of Health Care Services: Mental Health
- California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA)
- JED Foundation
- Mental Health America (MHA)
- MentalHealth.gov
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Psych Central
- ReachOut.com
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin. (SAMHSA)
- ULifeline (College Mental Health)
- World Health Organization: Mental Health
