COUNSELING SERVICES — Ulifeline/Mental Health Screenings

Ulifeline (www.ulifeline.org/schools/uvawise) is an anonymous, internet-based resource that provides students with a non-threatening and supportive link to their college mental health center.  It combines the following features into one web-site and is yet another resource for mental health information:
 

• SELF-e-VALUATOR.  Developed by Duke University Medical Center, the Self-e-Valuator is an on-line screening designed to help students determine if they are at risk for depression, suicide, alcohol/substance dependence, eating disorders, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
   
• MENTAL HEALTH REFERENCE LIBRARY.  This reference library provides quality information and has been reviewed and approved by medical experts at Harvard Medical School.
   
• GO ASK ALICE!  This in-depth health question and answer internet site produced by educators at Columbia University, contains archives of hundreds of responses to anonymously-posed inquiries from college students.
   
• CONCERNED ABOUT A FRIEND.  This section, provided by National Mental Health Association, describes warning signs for depression and suicide, includes information regarding how to help a friend, and lists resources for additional assistance.

For more information or to complete an anonymous, on-line screening, go to www.ulifeline.org/schools/uvawise.