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Select a category to view our list of resources.
Self Help Books
The references listed are from a nation-wide study by Santrock & Minnett in 1994.
They are among the top 25 recommended by psychologists in higher education, as well
as practicing therapists. We have included those we felt were most germaine, and have
listed them in the same relative order as in the research results.
- The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis (abuse and recovery)
- Feeling Good by David Burns (depression)
- The Danger of Anger by Harriet Lerner (anger)
- The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns (depression)
- Your Perfect Right by Robert Alberti & Michael Emmons (assertion)
- Between Parent and Teenager by Haim Ginott (teenagers and parenting)
- What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles (career development)
- The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson (relaxation)
- The New Aerobics by Kenneth Cooper (exercise)
- Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (positive thinking)
- Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl (self-fulfillment)
- You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen (communication)
- The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner (love and intimacy)
- Beyond the Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson (relaxation)
- The Battered Woman by Lenore Walker (abuse and recovery)
Autobiographies
Clifford, Norcross, & Summer (1998) conducted a study to determine practicing psychologists'
recommendations of autobiographies. Thirteen were chosen from a list of fifty. Those
we felt were most germaine are once again listed below, and the relative order they
appeared in the research results.
- An Unquiet Mind by K.R. Jamison (bipolar disorder)
- Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by W. Styron (depression)
- Girl Interrupted by S. Kaysen (bipolar disorder)
- Too Much Anger, Too Many Tears by J. Gotkin and P. Gotkin A Drinking Life: A Memoir, by P. Hamill (substance abuse)
- Leaves From Many Seasons by O.H. Mowrer (depression)
- The Liar's Club: A Memoir by M. Karr (family dysfunction)
- A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic Depressive Illness by P. Duke (depression)
Web Links
GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION
Ace's Space
Information on topics related to college adjustment and mental health
What a Difference a Friend Makes
Information and Support for 18-25 year olds with mental illnesses
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Education, resources and support for those with a mental health diagnosis and their
loved ones
EATING DISORDERS
National Eating Disorders Association
Treatment for Eating Disorders near MTSU:
ANXIETY
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
College students - learn the difference between everyday anxiety and an anxiety disorder
The College Student's Guide to OCD
COPING WITH SUICIDE LOSS
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES
Safe Zone
Safe Zone decals can be found on the doors or windows of a variety of offices on
the MTSU campus, indicating it is a welcoming place for a student to feel free to
talk about being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, allied,
asexual or intersex without fear of criticism or hatred. The Safe Zone symbol is a
way for staff members to identify themselves as allies for the LGBTQ community. Contact
the MTSU Intercultural and Diversity Affairs Center for more information.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is dedicated to end suicide among LGBTQ youth.
PFLAG
Information and resources for parents, family, and friends of lesbians and gays
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