Health & Wellness Resources

Anxiety

Click here for general information about Anxiety and common disorders from our health library.

www.adaa.org  
Anxiety Disorders Association of America is a nonprofit organization that promotes the prevention, treatment and cure of anxiety disorders.

www.panicsurvivor.com  
Panic Survivor is a support group offering information about panic attacks and other anxiety-related disorders.

Depression

Click here for general information about Depression from our health library. 

www.depressedanon.com
Depressed Anonymous: A support group that attempts to aid in the prevention of depression relapse or recurrence by promoting information and resources helpful for those suffering from depression.

www.dbsalliance.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: A nonprofit, patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses - depression and bipolar disorder. This site offers information about depressive conditions as well  as links to mental health professionals and resources.

(Top of page)

Diet & Nutrition

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Information Center provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers. 

Eating Disorders

Click here for general information about Anorexia and other eating disorders from our health library.

www.overeatersanonymous.org
Overeaters Anonymous: A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating.

www.eatright.org 
American Dietetic Association: Nutrition resources will get you to information about eating disorders, including an extensive nutrition reading list.

(Top of page)

Financial Resources

http://www.familycredit.org/ 
Family Credit Management Service is an ISO registered, non-profit consumer credit counseling service offering immediate debt help solutions and a roadmap for debt free living. They are one of the largest and most experienced providers of consumer credit counseling services in the United States. To speak directly with a credit counselor, please call 800-994-3328.

There is never any fee for speaking to a credit counselor from Family Credit Management Service unless you choose to enroll in their debt management program. Answers to questions regarding financial issues, accessing online financial calculators and general information are all free services provided by Family Credit Management Service.

Individuals who elect to set up a personal debt consolidation plan with Family Credit Management Services can have the standard $49 program set-up fee waived by mentioning they were referred by WellSpan EAP.  (WellSpan EAP is not affiliated with Family Credit Management Services.)

http://www.familycredit.org/calculators/   
A wide variety of financial calculators provided by Family Credit Management Service to help you analyze your finances and make the best choices about paying off debt and trimming your budget to become debt free. Make a plan for paying off debt owed on credit cards, loans, or other obligations using a debt reduction calculator. Determine the best way to finance a car or home ... establish a goal for saving money ... or find out if it makes financial sense for your spouse to work, using these interactive debt help tools.

http://www.familycredit.org/learn/  
The more you know about credit and debt, the better equipped you'll be to make the right choices. These educational resources were developed by the expert credit counselors at Family Credit Management Service to provide help with debt and give you the knowledge you need to make sound financial decisions.

(Top of page)

Gambling Addiction

www.gamblersanonymous.org
Gamblers Anonymous: A support group for compulsive gamblers.

www.ncpgambling.org
National Council on Problem Gambling: This council aims to increase public awareness of pathological gambling, ensure the widespread availability of treatment for problems gamblers and their families, and to encourage research and programs for prevention and education.

Marital & Relationship Issues

Giving Couples Counseling a Try (44 kb PDF) resource sheet

(Top of page)

Mental Health

Click here for general information about mental health and mind-body wellness from our health library.

www.nmha.org
National Mental Health Association: The country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. Offers resource materials and information on mental health conditions and advocacy.

www.nimh.nih.gov 
National Institute of Mental Health: Information from NIMH about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets and other educational materials.

www.mentalhelp.net
Mental Help Net is a comprehensive source of online mental health information, news and resources. This site has won numerous awards for design and content, featuring behavioral health and wellness articles drawn from wire feeds and newspapers.

(Top of page)

Smoking Cessation

Click here for general information about nicotine replacement therapy and tobacco cessation from our health library.

www.quitnet.org
Quit Net: Provides research-based methods via the web to support smokers trying to break the habit.

www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source: Web site on tobacco, which is sponsored b the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Stress

Click here for general information about stress management from our health library.

Mind Your Stress (48 kb PDF) resource sheet

(Top of page)

Substance Abuse

www.health.org
Prevention Online: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug information.

www.alcoholscreening.org
AlcoholScreening.org is a free service of Join Together, a project of Boston University School of Public Health. AlcoholScreening.org helps individuals assess their own alcohol consumption patterns to determine if their drinking is likely to be harming their health or increasing their risk for future harm..

www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Alcoholics Anonymous: The web site of an organization developed and conducted by alcoholics to help themselves attain and retain sobriety.

www.al-anon.org
Al-Anon/Alateen: Web site for the families and friends of alcoholics.

www.adultchildren.org
Adult Children of Alcoholics: A 12-step program of man and women who come from an alcoholic or other drug-affected home seeking solutions to their problems.

www.na.org
Narcotics Anonymous: The official listing for Narcotics Anonymous International, a community-based association of recovering addicts.

www.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: SAMHSA is the federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability and costs to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illness.

www.drughelp.org
American Council for Drug Education: DrugHelp is a public, non-profit service that provides drug-prevention, alcohol-prevention and educational materials and programs.

(Top of page)

Suicide

www.suicidology.org  
American Association of Suicidology offers information and statistical data on suicide, suicide prevention materials and self-help groups for survivors.

http://www.afsp.org
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention gives general information on suicide and lists state-by-state directories of survivor support groups for families and friends of a suicide.

(Top of page)

Employer Related

Mental Health Toolkit

Educating Your Employees About WellSpan EAP (60 kb PDF)
Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace (53 kb PDF)
Intervention Strategies for Supervisors (53 kb PDF)
Fast Facts About Mental Health (51 kb PDF)

www.shrm.org
Society for Human Resource Management: is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. SHRM serves the needs of the human resource management professional by providing the most essential and comprehensive set of resources available.

www.dol.gov/dol/workingpartners.htm
U.S. Department of Labor's Working Partners for an Alcohol and Drug-free Workplace: Specializing in workplace related alcohol and drug use information on creating partnerships and research databases.

(Top of page)

 Health Library

Click here to visit the health library that includes information on all sorts of medical conitions, treatment options, and also includes helpful information in Spanish.

In order to view the newsletters, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you need to download Adobe software, please visit this website: