Mental and Emotional Illness Resources

This page has a list of resources for current and prospective students diagnosed with mental illness, emotional illness, psychiatric disabilities, and related conditions, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.  This page is also for high school students with "Emotional or Behavioral Disorders" who plan to attend college.  Click here to return to the full list of disability-specific resources.

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"I Didn't Know How to Ask for Help" - Stories of Students with Anxiety. Chronicle of Higher Education article

Managing a Mental Health Condition in College, guidance from NAMI

Leaves of Absence can sometimes be an effective strategy. Active Minds talks about LOA from a variety of perspectives.

Overview of mental illnesses designed for professionals and families.

Movies/Videos:

• "It's Real: College Students and Mental Health" - trailer and link to video at https://afsp.org/our-work/education/real-college-students-mental-health/

Law professor Elyn Saks talks about her schizophrenia and how supportive friends, family, and workplace made a difference

Books

Tools

Saks, Elyn. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness.

Price, Margaret. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life.

Some information about mindfulness apps - some are helpful, others are not effective.

Memory aids from appcrawlr