On-Line WWW Self-Help Resources

General Psychological Resources

http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/vpc/
The University of Chicago Student Counseling virtual pamphlet collection. This website contains links to on-line resources for a variety of topics. It is a great place to begin a search for on-line information.

Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)

http://www.adultchildren.org/
Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization home page. This site discusses the ACA twelve step program and provides information about ACA meetings.

http://alcoholism.miningco.com/health/alcoholism/msubmeetaca.htm
Discusses alcoholism and contains information on resources for Adult Children of Alcoholics.

Dysfunctional Families

http://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/relationships/dysfunc.html
From Kansas State University Counseling Services. Information on dysfunctional families for college students.

http://www.shpm.com/articles/parenting/dysfam1.html
Article from Self-Help Magazine providing information and characteristics of dysfunctional families.

HIV & AIDS

http://www.sfaf.org/
San Francisco AIDS Foundation website.

http://www.medicalonline.com.au/medical/professional/aids/hivhome.htm
The Journal of the American Medical Association HIV/AIDS Information center.

Alcohol and Substance Abuse

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, a service of The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US Dept. of Health and Human Services).

http://www.drugfreeinfo.org/about.html
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center from Cedar Rapids Public Library.

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/recovery/
Internet Alcohol Recovery Center from the University of Pennsylvania.

Anger Management

http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/anger.html
American Psychological Association information about controlling your anger.

Anxiety Disorders

http://www.stressrelease.com/
Center for Anxiety and Stress treatment information and resources.

http://www.anxietynetwork.com/
Anxiety Network international providing information on social anxiety, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety.

http://www.anxietypanic.com/
The Anxiety and Panic Disorder resource site.

http://anxiety.mentalhelp.net/
Mental Health Net page on anxiety. Includes treatment and on-line resource information.

Assertiveness

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/assertiveness.shtml
University at Buffalo Counseling Center on-line information discussing assertiveness.

http://campushealth.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=475&Itemid=65
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Counseling and Psychological Services center information on becoming more assertive.

www.counseling.umd.edu/Selfhelp/sh_asser.htm
University of Maryland at College Park on-line article concerning assertiveness.

Bereavement/Grief

http://www.growthhouse.org/death.html
Growth House, Inc. website with resources on grief and bereavement.

http://www.ashesonthesea.com/forum/Default.htm
"Ashes on the Sea" bereavement resources, includes links to recent books on the topic.

http://rivendell.org/
"GriefNet", includes information on support resources in addition to an annotated library listing.

Career

http://www.collegegrad.com/
Advice for the job search process including preparation, resume writing, interviewing, negotiating, and accepting the job

http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Career builder provides assistance creating a cover letter, resume, and tips for job interviews.

http://www.careermosaic.com/
Career mosaic provides job profiles and allows you to post your resume as well as view current job postings.

http://www.excite.com/careers/
Tips and suggestions for career planning and the job search

Choosing and Evaluating a Therapist

http://helping.apa.org/brochure/index.html
Includes information on choosing a psychologist who's right for you

http://www.psych.org/public_info/choose_a_psy.cfm
Information regarding choosing a psychiatrist

Depression

http://www.allaboutdepression.com
This site is dedicated to providing accurate, current, and relevant information about clinical depression to the general public

http://www.depress.com/
Multi-lingual education site created to dispel myths/misconceptions about depression

http://www.lessons4living.com/depression.htm
Information on understanding depression and the role that thinking and attitude play in it

Divorce

http://www.divorceinfo.com/
Information about divorce including getting through the process, dealing with the pain, and life after divorce

http://www.divorcemag.com/
Information about support groups, divorce process, and state requirements

Domestic Violence and Abuse

http://www.famvi.com/
Information about family violence including facts and hotlines

Eating Disorders

http://eatingdisorders.mentalhelp.net/
Eating disorder information and self-help resources

http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm
Information about symptoms and getting help

http://www.something-fishy.org/
Identification of disordered eating

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Issues

http://www.outproud.org/menu.html
The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth provides information on advocacy, resources and support

http://www.ilga.org/
The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide federation of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people everywhere.

http://www.pe.net/~bidstrup/parents.htm
Resources for the parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth

Identity Development

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/adolesce.htm#top
An introduction to some of the developmental changes that shape our lives between puberty and the end of college including information on identity development and transitions

Men’s Issues

http://www.vix.com/men/
Provides a comprehensive reference lists of men’s movement organizations, books, periodicals, web links, and other related resources.

Personality and Mental Health

http://personalitydisorders.mentalhelp.net/
Information about personality disorders including symptoms, treatments, and resources

http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/index.cfm
NMHA Mental Health Information Center is a nationally recognized resource for information on mental illnesses and treatments, and referrals for local treatment services.

Racial/Ethnic/Religious Issues

http://www.pbs.org/manyfaces/index.html
PBS web page offering information about diversity including video clips, statistics and additional resources.

http://www.udayton.edu/~race/
University of Dayton’s Law School web site exploring racial issues and the law.

http://www.webrary.org/ref/weblinks2.html
Morton Grove’s public library web page providing information on religious issues. Provides useful links to many of the worlds religions

Relationships

http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/shs/ccenter/relationship.shtml
The counseling center’s homepage at the University of Buffalo providing useful information on a variety of relationship issues.

http://relationshipweb.com/links/Relationships
Web page offering useful resources and links to other topics. Specific information includes dating, marriage, divorce, same sex couples, etc.

Self-Esteem

http://www.self-esteem-nase.org/
Web site for the National Association for Self-Esteem. Provides information about the organization and useful links to sites offering information about self-esteem.

http://www.psychtests.com/selfest.html
Self-assessment inventory measuring self-esteem.

Sexual Abuse and Incest

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2402/
Rape recovery help and information page. Provides links to a wide variety of sites related to this topic.

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/Relationships/Violence/
The counseling center at the University of Buffalo’s web page providing useful information about date and acquaintance rape.

Sexuality

http://www.sexhealth.org/infocenter/infomain.htm
Information related to sex and sexuality including sexual problems, sex and aging, STDs, LGBT issues, etc.

http://sexuality.about.com/health/sexuality/
About.com web site dedicated to issues of sex and sexuality. Specific links to information covering a wide range of topics.

http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/peerh//sex/
Williams College web page covering issues of sexuality, safer sex practices, pregnancy, and male and female sexual functioning.

Stress Management

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/Stress/
Site related to topics aimed at improving academic stress. Related topics include stress management, time management, procrastination, etc.

http://www.uiuc.edu/departments/mckinley/health-info/stress/stress.html
Information related to understanding, assessing for, and managing stress. Includes specific information for college students.

http://www.stressfree.com/
Web page dedicated to understanding and managing stress. Presents a wide range of topics from models of stress to techniques for managing stress.

http://stressrelease.com/strssbus.html
Useful site providing specific information for managing stress.

http://www.ualberta.ca/dept/health/public_html/healthinfo/stressso.htm
Students & Stress: How To Get Your Degree Without Losing Your Mind. This interactive software program, developed by the University of Alberta Health Centre, provides information and self-assessments regarding stress and stress management. The program can be downloaded from this site and is available in both PC and Mac versions.

Study Skills

http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html
Developing effective study skills, improving reading comprehension, discovering your own personal study style, learning to manage your time more efficiently and learning the best way to prepare for exams are just a few of the topics covered in "The Study Skills Guide for Students".

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
Virginia Tech’s web site dedicated to study skills information. Covers topics from planing a time schedule to writing papers. Also contains some interactive online study skills workshops.

http://www.researchpaper.com/
Information related to writing research papers including conducting on-line searches for information.

Time Management

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/studytime.shtml
Useful information on time management provided by the counseling center at SUNY-Buffalo.

http://www.queendom.com/selfhelp/timemanagement/timemanagement.html
Self-help site providing useful information related to time management.

Women’s Issues

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/index.html
Site of Women’s Studies resources including information related to activism, history, feminist theory, women in sports, etc.

http://web.lwc.edu/administrative/library/women.htm
A site dedicated to literature related to women’s issues on the web. Includes links to other relevant sites related to women’s issues.

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/
University of Maryland’s Women’s Studies database providing interesting bibliographies about women, historical perspectives of women, women in film, gender issues, etc.

http://www.ivillage.com/
Web page dedicated to information related to women. Topics include pregnancy, work, personal interests, etc.

*List first created on 7/26/00