Counseling and Mental Health Related Information
The following links are provided as a source of information only.
They are not intended to substitute for the process of personal counseling. You may find each of the following sites thought provoking, interesting, and hopefully helpful.
Please be advised however, that the NJIT Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (C-CAPS) is not responsible for the content of these sites and can not guarantee the accuracy or quality of the information that they contain.
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Links to Counseling and Mental Health Related Information
www.ulifeline.org -- Ulifeline is a free, anonymous web site for college students which includes the following services: a program to answer your questions about mental health issues, a self-screening program, a vast mental health resource library, a suicide hotline number for emergencies, links to the NJIT C-CAPS web site and to phone numbers for crisis services in different communities.
Test Your Moods -- 'Am I just going through blue period or is this depression?''I've always been a worrier, but now I'm on edge all the time.' 'I think my drinking is pretty normal, but why not check it out?' Get feedback on these and other questions about yourself, your moods and your behavior patterns with this private, anonymous screening.
Alcohol e-CHECKUP TO GO--A web based interactive survey that allows university and college age students to enter information about their drinking patterns and receive feedback about their use of alcohol.
Marijuana e-CHECKUP TO GO-- A web based interactive survey that allows university and college age students to enter information about their drinking patterns and receive feedback about their use of marijuana.
Go Ask Alice! -- Is the health question and answer site produced by Columbia University's Health Education Program. It answers questions about relationships, sexuality, emotional health, fitness, alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs, as well as general health questions.
Psychology In Daily Life is a site produced and maintained by the American Psychological Association. It provides information on a variety of topics, such as stress management, anger management, sexual orientation, and depression.
Campus Blues provides articles, coping strategies and other information about numerous issues that affect college students, ranging from depression, eating disorders or substance abuse to test anxiety, coming out, assertiveness, loneliness, or roommate relationships.
https://researchguides.njit.edu/self-help The NJIT library provides numerous self-help books recommended by Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (C-CAPS.) The topics reflect the problems and conditions that the counseling staff observe in their own student clients. The books listed are available at the library for check out at your convenience. They are located on the first floor of the library.