UW Law Wellness--Office of Student Life
UW Law's Office of Student Life has a wealth of wellness and mental health resources for our law students.
Source: "One and Other-Mental Health" by Feggy Art is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Depression
Videos: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
OCD
Stress
Stress is an inevitable part of the law school experience, but there are ways to manage your stress and keep it under control. Many people use meditation, mindfulness, and yoga to help combat stress and the previous sections provide ways to access those techniques. Below are additional information and resources for relaxing and reducing stress.
TED Talks: Stress
Suicide Prevention
- Now Matters NowSite includes short (about 2-min.) videos with variety of people talking about surviving suicidal thoughts.
"We have had suicidal thoughts and emotions and problems that felt unsolvable. Here are our stories, including research based ways for managing the most painful moments of life. We teach Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Current Emotion, Opposite Action and Paced-breathing. These skills are part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT, proven to be helpful for people considering suicide. These tools are not considered a replacement for one-to-one counseling. You do not have to have suicidal thoughts or mental health problems to use these tools – they are useful for most people and many problems." - Suicide Prevention Resource CenterFederally supported resource center. Includes information about different populations and settings.
Campus Mental Health Resources
Chemical Dependency and Other Self-Help Resources
Chemical Dependency Self-Help Resources:
- Addiction Recovery Resources for Professionals--540-815-4214
- Alcoholics Anonymous--212-870-3400
- American Medical Association--800-621-8335
- Cocaine Anonymous--310-559-5833
- Crystal Meth Anonymous--855-638-4373
- Dual Recovery Anonymous--913-991-2703
- Heroin Anonymous World Services
- International Lawyers in A.A.
- Marijuana Anonymous--800-766-6779
- Narcotics Anonymous-- 818-773-9999
- Nicotine Anonymous--1-877-879-6422
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration--800-487-4889