We provide helpful resources for a variety of mental health and learning issues, including stress, communication issues, relationship concerns, concentration and relaxation. While not exhaustive, we believe the resources below and on our topic-specific pages, will be beneficial to your academic career and personal life.
Supportive E-Book Collection
Counseling Services and Dykes Library have collaborated in making available an e-Book Collection to help support the emotional health and wellbeing of the KUMC community. You can view titles and access the collection through this link: https://guides.library.kumc.edu/mentalhealthtoolkit/handouts#s-lg-box-wrapper-42648198
Self-Assessment
- Oldenburg Burnout Inventory
- Self-Compassion Survey
- Satisfaction with Life Survey
- Anxiety Survey (GAD7)
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)
- Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
- Brief Eating Concern Survey (SCOFF)
- Eating Attitudes Survey
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder survey (PC-PTSD)
- Couples Satisfaction Index
- Professional Quality of Life Survey for Healthcare Providers
- Stanford Professional Fulfillment Instrument
Stress Management
- 101 Ways to Reduce Stress (pdf)
- Anonymous Mental Health Screening
- Brief Relaxation Exercises (pdf)
- Concentration Enhancement - Distracting and Negative Thoughts (pdf)
- Healthy Thinking (pdf)
- Mental Health is Health
- Mental Health Toolkit
- Relieve Stress In A Straight Back Chair (pdf)
- Sleep Hygiene (pdf)
- Stress Warning Signals (pdf)
- Using Light Therapy (pdf)
Communication
Relaxation Recordings
- Autogenic Relaxation Training (mp3)
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation (mp3)
- Oak Creek (mp3)
- Simply Sailing (mp3)
- The Sea (mp3)
Relationship Resources
John Gottman videos on relationship success
- #1 Thing Couples Fight About
- 3 Things Never to Say in an Argument
- 4 Negative Patterns that Predict Divorce (Part I)
- 4 Negative Patterns that Predict Divorce (Part II)
- Building Trust
- Honor Your Partner's Dreams
- How to Complain Without Hurting Your Partner
- Relationship Repair