The W Counseling Center encourages readers to evaluate these materials and use whay they find helpful. Any material provided below is meant to be a resource or guide, but is not intended to serve in place of seeking professional mental health assistance. If you feel you may need help beyond what is provided below, please call the Counseling Center at (662) 329-7748 or visit our the center to make an appointment.
Addiction/Alcohol
Opioids are a highly addictive class of drugs found naturally in the opium poppy plant. These drugs act as depressants on the central nervous system to relieve pain, and they lower heart rate, pulse, and breathing of the user.
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the FDA as a pain relief and anesthetic. It is 100X more potent than morphine and 50X more potent than heroin. Side effects include drowsiness, nausea, confusion, unconsciousness, hypoxia, and death. This drug is found in counterfeit pills that mimic pharmaceutical pills such as oxycodone. Fentanyl is the cause of many accidental overdoses and was attributed to death every 15 minutes in 2021. If an overdose is suspected, contact 911 immediately.
Addiction Resources
- Alcoholics Anonymous – https://www.aa.org
- Start Your Recovery – https://startyourrecovery.org
- Narcotics Anonymous – https://www.na.org
- Pines and Cady Hill Treatment Facility (Columbus, MS) – https://www.pachrecovery.org
- Recovery House Treatment Program (Columbus, MS) – http://recoveryhouse.com/
- Mississippi State Collegiate Recovery Community (Starkville, MS) – http://recovery.msstate.edu/
- Drug Rehab – https://www.drugrehab.com/
- Addiction Guide – https://www.addictionguide.com/
- All Treatment – https://www.alltreatment.com
- Opioid Help – http://www.opioidhelp.com
College Students
- The Jed Foundation –https://jedfoundation.org/
Online Resource Center for College Students Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being
Career Planning
- MUW Career Center – https://www.muw.edu/careerservices/
Located in Welty Hall, 2nd Floor
Phone: (662) 329-7619
- Online Career Planning – http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer
- Student Veterans – https://maketheconnection.net/
Depression & Anxiety
- Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness Around Depression – www.halfofus.com
- Avoiding Depression in College – http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/11/19/5-tips-to-avoid-depression-in-college
- Depression & College Students – http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression-and-college-students/index.shtml
- Living With a Black Dog – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRRx7Mtep8
- Living With Anxiety – https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/college-students
Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorder Screening – www.myneda.org/screening
- National Eating Disorder Association – https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Grief
- Open to Hope – https://www.opentohope.com/
- How to Help a Grieving Friend – https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/because-im-the-mom/201305/what-grieving-friends-wish-youd-say
- Self-Care After Loss – https://www.secondfirsts.com/2016/03/self-care-after-devastating-loss/
LGBTQ
- LGBT in Higher Education – www.campuspride.org
- It Gets Better Project – https://itgetsbetter.org/
- The Trevor Project – https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
- Translifeline – 1.877.565.8860 – https://www.translifeline.org/
Local Services
- Student Health Center – https://www.muw.edu/centers/healthcenter
Eckford Hall
Phone: (662) 329-7289 - Baptist Behavioral – https://www.baptistonline.org/services/counseling-substance-abuse
Phone: (662) 244–1000 - Community Counseling Services – www.ccsms.org/
Phone: (662) 328-9225 - Contact Helpline – https://www.contacthelplinegtrms.org/
Mental Health
- Go Ask Alice – www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – https://nami.org
- National Institute of Mental Health – https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
- Mental Health Screening – www.mentalhealthscreening.org
- Guide for Mental and Emotional Health – https://www.helpguide.org
- Mental Health – https://www.mentalhealth.gov
- Maternal Mental Health – https://www.drugrehab.com/guides/pregnancy/
PTSD
- National Center for PTSD – https://www.ptsd.va.gov/
- Post-Traumatic Stress Fact Sheet – http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- PTSD United – http://www.ptsdunited.org/
- PTSD Alliance – http://www.ptsdalliance.org/
- The Recovery Village – https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/ptsd/
Sexual Assault
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) – https://www.rainn.org/
- Sexual Assault Care – http://www.sacc.to/
- Safe Shelter (Tupelo, MS) – http://safeshelter.net/
- Safe Haven, Inc. (Columbus, MS) – (662) 327-2259 or Crisis Line: 1 (800) 890-6040
Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call or Text 988
- How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal – https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention.htm
- Suicide Prevention Web Chat – https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
- The Columbia Lighthouse Project – http://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/families-friends-and-neighbors/
Sleep
- Sleep Deprivation & Addiction – https://sleepeducation.org/understanding-relationship-between-sleep-deprivation-addiction/