Mental Health Awareness Month
Local Resources
| Name of Resource | Phone number | Address | Description |
| Baylor Counseling Center | 254-710-2467 This number is located on the back of your student ID | Located in the SLC on campus |
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| Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network | 866-752-3451 | 110 S. 12th Street | Crisis, adult/adolescent/ child behavioral health, early childhood intervention, intellectual/developmental disabilities, substance use disorder services, and veteran services |
| Waco Family Medicine | 254-313-5300 254-313-5000 254-313-6000 254-313-65000 | -2201 Macarthur Dr. Ste 103 - 1911 N. MLK JR Blvd - 1800 Gurley Ln -120 Hillcrest Medical Blvd (Women's Health)
| Waco Family medical offers integrated behavioral health services for the Waco community along with other health services |
| ThriveWorks Counseling and Psychiatry Waco | 254-374-6907 | 1000 W. Hwy 6 # 150 | Counseling services through the use of insurance |
| Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center | 254-710-7092 | East Village Residential Community | Services for students experiencing substance use disorder and other related substance disorders |
| Al-Anon Waco | https://centexintergroup.com/al-anon/ - this website has a schedule of their in person and zoom meetings | Al-Anon is a similar style to AA or NA meetings, but is meant as a support system for friends or family members of people experiencing substance abuse | |
| MCOT | 1-866-752-3451 | Mobile | Mobile 24/7 crisis outreach team |
National Resources:
National Suicide Hotline- Call or text 866
Veterans Crisis Line - Call 988 or text 838255
Texas Youth hotline - Call 800-210-2278
National Alliance on Mental Health - https://nami.org/Home
- This website has information about signs and symptoms of mental illness, how to help different client populations, how to find treatment for yourself or others, and how to advocate for change when it comes to mental health awareness.
- Digital-shareables - this is from the nami website and has a list of digital shareable photos for mental health awareness which can be posted to social media. Should use #Sharenami
Books:
“The Body Keeps the Score” By: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Who is this book for: People who want to work through and understand traumatic experiences
“Burnout: The Secret to Unlock the Stress Cycle” By: Emily Nagoski Ph.D and Amelia Nagoski DMA
Who is this book for: People who struggle establishing and holding boundaries
“It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle” By: Mark Molynn
Who is this book for: People wanting to end generational trauma by breaking the cycle
“The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You” By: Elaine N. Aron Ph.D
Who is this book for: Anyone deeply affected by the world around them and struggles with how to handle that
“Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not hurting” By: Terri Williams
Who is this book for: Anyone interested in the intersectionality of mental health, specifically depression and Black identity in this personal reflection on the subject.
Girls on the Brink: Helping our Daughters Thrive in the Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Who is this book for: Anyone interested in how social media and the increase in mental health issues is impacting the next generation of young women.
Movies:
Note: These films detail difficult subject matter and may be alarming to some viewers. Please keep this in mind if you choose to watch them and consider your own well-being before, during, and after watching any of these films if you feel any hesitation.
‘Boy Interrupted’ - 2009
Description: A mother’s son completed suicide at the age of 15 and documents through this movie his struggles with Bipolar Disorder and the grief of losing someone to suicide.
‘Of Two Minds’ - 2012
Description: Shows a personal insight into the lives of people experiencing Bipolar Disorder.
‘Thin’- 2008
Description: Follows the journey of four young women who are struggling with either Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa.
‘Any Given Day’ - 2021
Description: Follows mental health among the incarcerated population in Chicago following the Covid 19 pandemic
‘Hidden Pictures’: The Underexposed World of Global Mental Health - 2013
Description: A woman connected with her father who has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia and begins to establish a healthy relationship. The woman begins to search for stories like her fathers around the world to understand global mental health.
‘Going Sane: The State of Mental Health Care in America’ - 2017
Description: This movie highlights families seeking the best interventions and treatments for mental health issues and how there is a gap in access, evidenced based treatments, and just a basic understanding of the issues that face the mental health care system in the United States as of 2017.
Podcasts:
- Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
- The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
- Dear Therapists with Lori Gotllieb
- Hidden Brain
- Mental - The Podcast to Destigmatize Mental Health
- Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel
- Grief Feast
- We Can Do Hard Things with Glennan Doyle