Self help
The counselling service has produced the following guides for students:
- Anxiety and panic attacks (pdf)
- Bereavement (pdf)
- Depression (pdf)
- Eating difficulties (pdf)
- Food and mood (pdf)
- Homesickness (pdf)
- Managing stress (pdf)
- Mental health and Wellbeing (pdf)
- Relaxation (pdf)
- Sleep (pdf)
- Social phobias (pdf)
You may also find these useful:
- Student mental health policy (pdf)
- Support for students with mental health difficulties from the disability and dyslexia team
- Guided self-help worksheets (Word doc) act as a prompt for thinking about the things you can do that can help you cope with and manage emotional issues and difficulties.
- Ebooks are available via the online library or this reading list, in the following categories:
- Addiction - Drugs Alcohol and Gambling
- CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Eating Disorders
- Stress and Anxiety
WaysForward
This is an interactive self help program that helps you think through worries, concerns or difficulties about any emotional issue. It takes about twenty minutes to complete the program on the WaysForward website. It is particularly useful if you are on placement or studying away from a main site.
External resources
Mind
Mind publish information on many topics relating to mental health, which we group into seven broad categories: diagnoses and conditions, treatments, mental health statistics, support and social care, communities and social groups, and society and environment.
www.mind.org.uk/help/information_and_advice
Money Saving Expert
Guide to Mental Health and Debt (pdf)
Mental Health Foundation
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org 08457 909090
Students Against Depression
A site designed for students who have been affected by depression, low mood, or suicidal thoughts or who are concerned about someone else who is depressed. www.studentdepression.org
BBC Health
Resources for anyone who wants to learn about good mental health, or who wants a safe place to learn about mental illness.
www.bbc.co.uk/health/emotional_health
Contact us
If you are experiencing emotional problems, distress or stress that is affecting your studies and you would like to talk to someone, we urge you to get in touch so we can support you.
Email studentservices@brighton.ac.uk or contact the following services directly:
- counselling: +44 (0) 1273 642895
- disability and dyslexia: +44 (0) 1273 683799
