Depression Resources
Suicide Prevention Hot Lines
1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
1-800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741
Dial 2-1-1 for the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay’s suicide, crisis and emergency Hot Line. NOTE: if your mobile phone doesn’t connect, dial (352) 332-4636.
Depression Resources
https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance offers community-based, peer-run support groups.
https://healthunlocked.com/anxiety-depression-support
The Anxiety & Depression Association of America offers an online peer support community in English and Spanish, as well as blogs, webinars, and videos.
https://www.save.org/peersupport/
Offers a directory of Peer Supporters – non-professional volunteers who have been suicidal and who are now in recovery
https://www.intelligent.com/online-college-guide-for-students-with-mental-health-disorders/
Resources for college students experiencing mental health issues such as depression.
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Discusses how yo use the prinicples of mindfulness to relieve depression, written by some giants in the field of mindful practice.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns. A simple, easy to follow program for overcoming depression with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program. Includes loads of worksheets.
General Mental Health Resources
https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Support-Groups
National Alliance on Mental Health – NAMI offers peer-run support groups for individuals with mental health issues, as well as a help line and on-line discussion groups.
An Invitation to Self-Care by Tracey Cleantis is a nuanced guide to self-care.
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven Hayes is a layperson’s introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), which proposes that we learn to accept difficult feelings rather than struggle against them so we can free our energy to pursue our values.
Meditation & Mindfulness
https://drdansiegel.com/wheel-of-awareness/
The framework of this meditation, represented by a diagram of the “Wheel of Awareness,” is a bit confusing, but the meditation itself is well structured and effective.
https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/audio
The website of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, offering a wealth of free meditations and podcasts.
https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/pages/bill-moyers-special
A fascinating 45-minute documentary about Manfulness Based Stress Reduction, pioneered by Jon Kabat Zinn at the UMass Medical Center to offer help for those in chronic pain who failed to respond to traditional treatments.
Secular Meditation by Rick Heller is a practical and easily-digestible guide to meditation for those skeptical of its religious sources.