Links
These links are informational and deal with Active Minds, or provide
information about different mental health issues. If you're looking for
mental health help in or around the U of M campus, please visit the resources page.
Mental Health Link Highlight:
Bring Change 2 Mind.org
Visit not-for-profit Bring Change 2 Mind’s website to watch some powerful and encouraging testimonials about mental health and illness, and how they affect families. Director Ron Howard films family and friends discussing ups and downs of illness, including a segment with Actress Glenn Close and her sister Jessie talking about Jessie’s struggles with bipolar disorder.
Active Minds
Stamp Out Stigma video with University President Bruininks
Watch two of our officers, Erica and Angie, discuss mental health and Active Minds on Stamp Out Stigma's website.
Active Minds @ the U of M group profile
The official group profile on the U of M's group website.
Active Minds Official Website
for more information about the construction of Active Minds nationally.
Active Minds at Penn
The first chapter of Active Minds, founded fall 2001, at Penn.
Student Mental Health
U of M's Student Mental Health Website
Offers campus resources, online substance abuse screening, information about how to help a friend, and much more.
Best of the Web: Mental Health and Disordersa>
A handy index of articles and websites with topics ranging from addictions to neurodevelopment.
Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights!
A guide that Alison Malmon, national founder of Active Minds, helped
create. A valuable resource which tells students what to expect if they
are seeking counseling at a university, and what their rights are!
Half Of Us
A site devoted to student mental health. Lots of information about
various mental health issues, helping yourself and a friend, online
screenings, stories from celebrities and students, public service
announcements, and information about fighting stigma.
General Mental Health
Mental Health America
The largest nonprofit mental health organization. Fact sheets, disorders and treatment, and medication information.
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
Concentrates on adolescent mental health. Myths, facts, resources, warning signs, and lots of other information.
National Institutes of Mental Health
A scientific resource for information about specific mental illnesses.
Student Mental Health Website for the Twin Cities Campus
This is a onestop referral source for all the TC student services that relate to mental health issues.
Specific Mental Illnesses
Something Fishy
Information about eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder, as well as ED-NOS.
Depression.com
Information regarding clinical depression and treatments.
Anxiety on MedicineNet.com
Includes information on symptoms, causes, types, signs, and treatment.
National Center for PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder information.
Bipolar.com
Information, treatment options, and resources for Bipolar Disorder.
ADDA
Information and resources for Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD.
Psych Central
Contains information regarding a plethora of different disorders.
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