Library

Addictions

• April is Alcohol Awareness Month
• Alcohol - Some Questions and Answers
• Are You a Compulsive Gambler?
• Crack Cocaine: Facts about Drugs
• Creating a Drug-free Workplace
• Facts about Drugs: Cocaine
• Recognizing Chemical Dependency

Anger

• Rules for Expressing Anger

Depression

• Depression Assessment Tool - Zung Self-Rating Scale
• Mental Health Self-Assessment Tool
• Facts about Suicide: Statistics and Prevention
• "Mental Health America" - Facts about Depression
• How to Brighten the SAD Season
• Solar Power - Let There Be Light
• Depression vs. Sadness - Understanding the Difference
• Signs of Workplace Depression
• 3 Types of Depression
• Depression in Children-Teens
• Self-help Tips for Dealing with Depression
• Dealing with the Depths of Depression (US-FDA)
• Beating the Winter Blues

Family

• Back in the "School" of Things
• Discovery Health - Ultimate Back to School Guide
• Easing the Transition of Returning to School
• Making this School Year Your Child's Best Ever
• End of Summer - Back to School Tips
• The Language of Encouragement
• Ways of Encouragement
• Nine Tips to Happier Family Holidays
• Coping with the Holidays
• Traits of a Healthy Family
• Steps to a Healthy Family
• Two Types of Families
• Tips for Dealing with Relatives

Optimism & Positive Thinking

• The Power of Optimism
• Developing a Positive Relationship with Yourself
• Keeping a Positive Attitude
• Healthy Lifestyle-Elements of Living Well

Financial Stress & Resources

• Financial Help through your EAP
• Check Your Spending Habits
• Holiday Expenses Worksheet
• Reducing Holiday Financial Stress
• Tips for a Debt Free Holiday
• Family Living Expenses Worksheet
• "National Foundation for Credit Counseling"
• Emotions, Money & Financial Stress
• "Better Budgeting"
• Family Spending Planner
• Dealing with Debt
• "Find a Credit Counselor"
• Financial Basics
• When Recession Looms
• Recovering Financially After The Holidays

Grief

• Ways to Help Someone Who is Grieving

Health and Well-Being

Flu/Pandemic:

• H1N1 flu information - courtesy of Bellin Health
• Flu.gov - US Government updated guidance for flu season
• Center for Disease Control - Influenza
• Flu - Stay Healthy Tips
• World Health Organization-H1N1 recent updates
• More Hands, More Germs - Staying Healthy through Flu Season
• H1N1 and You - brochure

Mental Health Links:

• All About Depression and Depression Information
• Mental Health Net - mental health directory search
• American Psychiatric Association
• Internet Mental Health
• National Institute of Mental Health

Other Health Information/Links:

• Healthy Eating and Wellness
• Alzheimer's Association
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Information About Addictive Behaviors
• Health Information - Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information
• Alcohol Screening Online

Sleep and Sleep Disorders:

• Sleep Foundation.org
• Center for Disease Control & Prevention - sleep info
• Sleep Hygiene - ways to promote good sleep habits

Parenting

• Preserving Identities in Stepfamilies
• How Marital Conflict Affects Children
• "National Stepfamily Resource Center"
• Ways to Make Children Feel Good About Themselves

Relationships

• Tips for Improving Communications
• Simple Ways to Say "I Love You"
• Tips to Improve Relationships
• healthymarriageinfo
• Guidelines in Deepening Relationships
• Staying Together-Talk-Listen-Compromise
• Relationship Help
• Balancing Work & Family
• Respect & Civility at Work

Managing Stress & Anxiety

• The Power of Optimism
• Developing a Positive Relationship with Yourself
• Keeping a Positive Attitude
• Healthy Lifestyle-Elements of Living Well
• Facts about Anxiety Disorders
• Dealing with Anxiety: Plan of Action
• Holiday Tips
• Surviving the Holidays
• Maintaining Wellness Through the Holidays
• Holiday Stress
• How to Have a Happy Holiday
• Managing Grief during the Holidays
• More Tips for a Happy Holiday

Transition & Change

• Back in the "School" of Things
• Surviving a Company Downsizing
• Workplace Survivor Syndrome
• Maintaining Your Confidence After a Layoff
• Company Downsizing Handbook
• What Leaders Need to Know about Downsizing
• Transition & Change
• Observed Behaviors During Change
• Moving Through Transition
• Developing Resiliency
• Fact Sheet: Controlling My Reactions
• Coping with Transition & Change
• Election Year Politics: Protocols for Office Talk

Emergencies and Disasters

• The Effects of Traumatic Stress
• Managing Traumatic Stress
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Soldiers' Support upon Return
• Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Offers Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters