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Self-Help Links

Welcome to the Counseling Center Self-Help page. We have collected a wide selection of Internet resources to help you with day-to-day stresses and difficult periods in your life. Please note, this service is not meant to replace a face-to-face consultation with a trained counselor, nor does this service provide "online" counseling. Please contact the Counseling Center at ext. 4289 (240-895-4289) for an appointment or referral.

Academic Performance

• Becoming a Master Student: exercises based on the excellent text by the same name.
• College Success Links: study skills, reading and writing, time management, math, money, alcohol and drugs, health, mental health, and more.
• LD in Depth: survival in college
• 50 Tips on Management of Adult ADD
• Study Skills Center at Keene State College
• Performance Resources: huge annotated site with links on career, business topics, study aids, time management, reading speed, stress relief, and personal achievement/growth.

Alcohol, Smoking, and Other Drug Use

• Harvard Intelihealth Smoking Cessation
• About.com Quitting Smoking
• Information on Smoking
• American Lung Association of Maryland
• Intoximeter Drink Wheel: Estimate your blood alcohol content.
• About.com college drinking
• Web of Addictions: get the facts
• Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
• Narcotics Anonymous

Depression

• If you're thinking about suicide... read this first
• Interactive Depression Self-Quiz
• Interactive Bi-Polar Self-Quiz
• Dr. Ivan's Depression Central

Eating Disorders

• Do you have an eating disorder? Take this quiz. The Center for Eating Disorders at St. Joseph's Hospital in Towson, Maryland is the closest treatment facility to SMCM and also offers groups in Annapolis.
• Gurze Books Eating Disorder Resources: great links, lists of treatment centers and organizations for support.
• Something Fishy's Eating Disorders: a well-designed site to check out and read thoroughly. Self-help, support, chat room, and education.

General Self-Help

• College Counseling Center's Virtual Pamphlet Collection: over 200 pamphlets on topics from alcohol abuse to study skills.
• Go Ask Alice, Columbia University Health Services site full of health ed. and wellness tips. They answer letters, with reasonable advice on sex, relationships, drugs, general health, and emotional well-being. They also archive all of their responses.
• Mental Help Net: the most extensive site online.
• Psych Central: articles, chat room, excellent Web pointer of rated links by topic.

Grief

• A Journey of Hearts
• Crisis, Grief, and Healing
• Grief and Renewal

Relationships

• FAQs on Singles, Dating & Relationships
• Relationship Web: contains thousands of links and a discussion forum.
• Relationship e-course for couples: quizzes, communication skills
• Parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays (PFLAG)

Self-Evaluation

• Keirsey Character / Temperament Tests online

Stress and Anxiety

• Anxiety Disorders
• Stress Self-Assessment: 154 questions
• The Road to Burnout
• Healthwell.com: search for "stress" and read "Managing Stress: Pathways to Adaptation and Balance," an in-depth article on research and holistic treatment for stress.
• Comfort Queen.com: self-nurturing for women. Great articles, daily dollop, newsletter, boards.

Online Support Sites for Self-Injury

• Palace Net's Self-Injury Support Site
• Online Support Site for Self-Injur

Cool Resources for Students

• Netgrocer.com: delivers goodies to your door, no car needed! Get Mom to order some food!
• Studentadvantage.com: discounts and articles