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Online Mental Health Screening
The Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) has developed a brief, anonymous mental health screening tool that assesses common concerns experienced by college students, including depression, anxiety, eating concerns, frustration/anger, family stress, and alcohol use. The screening only takes a couple of minutes to complete.
This screener is not a diagnostic tool and does not take the place of a counseling assessment. If you would like help interpreting your results or want to connect with a counselor, please call Counseling Services or make an appointment online.
Online Resources to Support Your Mental Health & Well-being
TimelyCare Self-Care Journeys
In addition to offering free, virtual medical and mental health care, TimelyCare also provides an extensive catalog of free self-care tools. These student-centered tools help students learn how to set goals to achieve better health and well-being, with topics including how to bounce back with resilience, develop healthy sleep habits, manage stress, maintain healthy relationships, manage feelings of depression, and form healthy eating habits. Learn more at www.timelycare.com/elon.
Articles
- 18 Effective Stress Relief Strategies
- Tips for Better Sleep
- JED Program Transition of Care Guide. A helpful guide for students who have received treatment for a mental health condition while in high school or before to stay healthy while transitioning and attending college.
Apps
Note: The following apps are shared as information only and are not maintained nor endorsed by Counseling Services.
Mindfulness/Relaxation
- Calm.com. Includes multiple guided as well as unguided sessions. When you decide you are ready for more than the seven-day program, you can pay for a subscription, which opens up a 21-day program.
- Headspace. This app may be great for people getting started with meditation. The first level in the program teaches you meditation in easily digestible ten-minute sessions.
Remember, you can reserve the Counseling Services Serenity Suite for your relaxation needs as well!
Sleep
- Rise Science. RISE is an energy and sleep tracker subscription app It is intended to help you unlock better sleep and enjoy more energy, day after day.
Resilience/Self-Care
- Happify. Whether you’re feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or you’re dealing with constant negative thoughts, Happify brings you effective tools and programs to take control of your emotional well-being.
- Finch. A self-care pet app designed to help build positive habits and skills to manage well-being.
Organizations
- Active Minds is a nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for students. Active Minds is opening up the conversation about mental health and creating lasting change in the way mental health is talked about, cared for, and valued in the United States. Learn more about Elon’s Active Minds Chapter on PhoenixCONNECT.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.