What other support is available on campus?
Apart from school social workers or psychologists, on campus there is also non-clinical support. This kind of support can be really helpful to a lot of people who are at college.
- Some high schools have a Let’s Erase The Stigma (LETS) chapter, and some colleges have an Active Minds chapter. Here you can get support for your mental health.
- If you are struggling with addiction, most campuses have AA or other support groups available.
- If you are living on a college campus, see if there is a sober house (dorm) where drugs and alcohol are not allowed.
Some campuses have recovery houses (dorms) like at Fairfield University. Click here to read about their recovery house and substance abuse programs on campus. There are also other resources such as, recovery centers for people in recovery from mental illness.
Supports like these can help you in more ways then one when you’re at school. Just because you might deal with mental health and of substance abuse issues doesn’t mean that you can’t have a great college experience! There are people on campus that get it and are going through the same thing that you are!