Below is a list of resources collected by the Mental Health Month Team. It includes on- and off-campus resources for mental health. Click on resource titles for a link to their website. We have also included other helpful resources such as COVID-19 related resources, resources for the AAPI community, and mindfulness-based meditation resources.
Additional Resources:
Past Mental Health Month Links
On Campus Resources
Princeton Public Safety (Urgent/Emergencies) – 609-258-3333
Princeton University Health Services (UHS)
Check their calendar for events such as mental health & wellness drop-in hours and other mental-health related groups, events, and discussions.
Counseling and Psychological Services – 609-258-3141
The Undergraduate Student Government’s Mental Health Guidebook
An e-book with resources available for undergratuate (and graduate) students at Princeton put togehter by Princeton USG’s Mental Health Taskforce and Letters to Strangers.
“Throughout the document you will find anonyous student quotes that provide insight into many of the policies, processes, and resources listed in our guide. Our hope is that this guide will clarify many of the questions you may have about mental health on campus. Beyond that , we sincerely hope that this guidebook serves not only as a resource but to remind you that you are not alone”-USG, L2S
Mind Matters: Navigating Mental Health Concerns with Student Resources Guidebook
A guide highlighting resources and student perspectives specific to Princeton from the full Mind Matters Book. The guide is written by Princeton undergraduate students along with Dr. Calvin Chin and Dr. Jess Joseph from CPS.
“Our work is written by and for Princeton students in order to encapsulate real mental health experiences. Although factors such as stigmatization can prevent many from validating their pain and feelings, mental health concerns are affecting students at an all-time high. Regardless of how you are affected by mental distress and illness, being equipped with the information and resources in order to effectively cope can change your life. No issue is too minor to seek help for.” – Mind Matters
“We address forms of prejudice and discrimination, including the dynamics that systemically exclude or oppress individuals and groups because of their race, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical ability, and economic or social class.
We foster the growth and unity of the Princeton community by advancing student learning through programs and experiences that integrate self-awareness, multicultural and intercultural communication skills, social justice education and leadership opportunities.”
AccessAbility Center and Office of Disability Services
“Princeton University is committed to ensuring equal access to its curricular and co-curricular opportunities for students with disabilities. Offering a range of services, The Office of Disability Services facilitates reasonable accommodations to support our students with disabilities. The Office of Disability Services also serves as a resource to the many University administrative units and academic departments that have responsibility for or obligations to accommodate faculty, staff and campus visitors with disabilities. “
“The Princeton University LGBT Center supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual students and employees by providing community-building, education, events and initiatives. Our work seeks to affirm and help students explore their many identities, including a/sexuality, a/gender, race, ability, religion and class.While we center the needs and experiences of LGBTQIA students, we serve the entire campus community, through training, consultation and advocacy.”
“The Women’s Center was originally founded by students 1971, and is currently staffed by a full-time Director, a Program Coordinator, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Our mission is to recognize and redress historic and persistent gender inequality at Princeton and beyond. To achieve this we help students learn from the history of women’s and other movements for social equality, and empower them to identify systems that reproduce gender inequity in the present and to envision and create a more just future.”
Chat Service: 8pm-12am –
http://webapp.icarol.com/pub/Messaging/StatusBadge.aspx?orgNum=92138&pid=176&cc=en-US
Call Service: 10pm-1am – 609-258-0279.
“Princeton Peer Nightline is an anonymous peer listening service. Our listeners are students of Princeton University who have been trained and certified as helpline volunteers. We provide empathetic, non-judgmental support to Princeton University students who wish to share a problem, are in need of information, or just want to talk about whatever is on their mind. Whether it’s relationships, academic stress, a fight with a friend or a parent, depression, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, roommate troubles, or you just had a really bad day and want to vent, we’re here to listen and make sure that no student has to face their problems alone.
Peer Nightline volunteers do not provide professional counseling, but rather supportive listening. Students in crisis will be directed to appropriateprofessional resources including the CPS counselor on call. We highly recommend that students who are experiencing mental health emergencies reach out to the on call counselor at CPS (609) 258-3139 or to Public Safety at (609) 258-1000.”
“Wellness is not merely the absence of illness or distress – it is a lifelong process of making decisions to live a balanced and meaningful life. Princeton University Campus Recreation has adopted the 7 Dimensions of the UMatter Wellness Wheel for Students, Faculty, and Staff to guide our well-being efforts. Each of our program offerings will fall under one or more of these dimensions to help you find the ways to enhance your wellness that work for you. Think about how you have been doing and feeling over the past month, and choose the option below that best describes your recent experiences.”
Check out this Mindfulness Video from Campus Rec!
An initiative by Princeton for Princeton, to give everyone the tools they need to create a safer and more caring community.
What’s It All About?
- Being an effective bystander
- Making healthy choices
- Caring for others
- Taking action
UMatter Resources:
- Bookmark these one-minute breathing exercises for times you find yourself or someone around you panicking. Send them to your friends and co-workers as well!
- Check out these mindfulness meditations on the UHS Website for some audio guides to help you manage stress and take a few moments in your day to pause for yourself.
- Look at this “Be Reall” chart for help with helping your friends and loved ones in gentle and non-judgmental ways.
- If you or someone you love wants to come up with a long-term plan for your wellness, check out the wellness wheel. It takes into account emotional, environmental, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual wellness. You can take a self-assessment and develop an action plan!
- Go to the UMatter Website or contact one of the resources available to you for more information!
- Find more information for Substance abuse with the following downloadable document:
Off Campus Resources
Princeton Police (Urgent/Emergencies) 911
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 800-273-TALK (8255)
National Domestic Violence Hotline – 800-799-SAFE (7233)
National Sexual Assault Hotline – 800-656-HOPE (4673)
NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness – 800-950-NAMI (6264) or Text “NAMI” TO 741741
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
- NAMI Mercer Chapter -Local NAMI Chapter
- NAMI South Asian Mental Health Awareness group
- NAMI African American Community Together NOW (AACT-NOW) Group
- NAMI Chinese American Mental Health Outreach Program in New Jersey (CAMHOP-NJ)
- NAMI Poetry Contest
55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
A collection of organizations, resources and podcasts focusing on mental health for people of color.
Excerpt from the website: “Mental illness does not discriminate: Nearly 20% of U.S. adults experience a mental illness each year, regardless of race or ethnicity. And while it’s clear that mental health is a crosscutting issue that affects all communities, providing effective services for people of color requires acknowledging and understanding their different lived realities. … In this piece, OnlineMSWPrograms.com collected resources that have been tailored to the mental health needs of various racial and ethnic groups. ”
Princeton DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)
Offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as well as other therapy methods including: Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, The Gottman Method for Couples, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and OCD. Well- covered by Princeton Student Insurance.
Mercer County Stigma Free Campaign
A yearlong Stigma Free Mercer campaign to combat stigma associated with mental illness and addiction and to support those who are impacted. Mr. Hughes and County employees gathered on May 1, 2018, the start of Mental Health Month, to sign a pledge calling for increased awareness and greater understanding of mental illness and addiction, with a promise to work to eliminate stigma and discrimination within the greater Mercer County community.
Fountain House Gallery and Studio provides an environment where artists living with mental illness can express their creative visions and exhibit their work. Founded by Fountain House in 2000, the storefront Gallery in Manhattan sells original artworks and collaborates with a wide network of artists, curators and cultural institutions. The Studio, located in Long Island City, is a collaborative workspace that furthers the professional practice of our artists. Embracing artists who are emerging or established, trained or self-taught, Fountain House Gallery cultivates artistic growth, makes a vital contribution to the New York arts community, and challenges the stigma surrounding mental illness.
The Icarus Project is a support network and education project by and for people who experience the world in ways that are often diagnosed as mental illness. We advance social justice by fostering mutual aid practices that reconnect healing and collective liberation. We transform ourselves through transforming the world around us.
Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ)
Incorporated in 1994, DRNJ was subsequently designated by the Governor to serve as New Jersey’s protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities.
Is a private, non-profit, consumer-directed organization established to:
- Advocate for and advance the human, civil and legal rights of citizens of New Jersey with disabilities;
- Promote public awareness and recognition of individuals with disabilities as equally entitled members of society;
- Advise and assist persons with disabilities, family members, attorneys and guardians in obtaining and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities; and
- Provide education, training and technical assistance to individuals with disabilities, the agencies that serve them, advocates, attorneys, professionals, courts and others regarding the rights of individuals with disabilities.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or WRAP®, is a self-designed prevention and wellness process that anyone can use to get well, stay well and make their life the way they want it to be. It was developed in 1997 by a group of people who were searching for ways to overcome their own mental health issues and move on to fulfilling their life dreams and goals. It is now used extensively by people in all kinds of circumstances, and by health care and mental health systems all over the world to address all kinds of physical, mental health and life issues.
WRAP has been studied extensively in rigorous research projects and is listed in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices.
The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia – Phone: 856-220-9672
The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is located near the Princeton shopping center and their psychologists are available via telehealth. They specialize in psychological assessment and the evidence-based treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Mental Health Distress in Graduate School
Four online modules to address mental health challenges in grad school. (Oct. 2020, from PhD Balance) *Note that you can become a member of PhD Balance for free simply by signing up with a user name and email address.