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Student Health and Wellbeing Resources

These are the staff's top picks: apps, resources and websites to support your well-being goals. Check our emergencies and off-campus care page for additional community resources.

Health Resources and Programs By Topic

Alcohol

Websites

Handouts

Eating Disorders and Body Image

Websites

  • Body Image Resources: Tips for how to have a positive relationship with your body image.
  • National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA): National non-profit that promotes resources, provides educational materials, and offers treatment referrals for those struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating habits
  • Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA): A Massachusetts based non-profit that promotes resources, provides educational materials, and offers treatment referrals for those struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating habits.

Handouts

General Health and Mental Health

Websites

  • Go Ask Alice: Health questions asked by college students and answered by healthcare professionals from Columbia University.
  • Ulifeline: Mental health resource center.
  • Jed Foundation: Mental health education, skill building and a leading suicide prevention organization.
  • Active Minds: Student led mental health programs and resources to reduce stigma and increase awareness.
  • WebMD: Collection of medical and psychiatric healthcare signs, symptoms, and suggested treatments.
  • Signs of Emotional Distress: Mental health crisis signs to look out for and where to seek resources for yourself or a loved one.
  • Talking to a Struggling Friend: Conversation starters for speaking with a friend that you are worried about.
  • Great Good in Action: A library of science-based practices to boost your overall wellbeing.
Marijuana

Websites

Handout

Mindfulness

Apps (Available on the App Store and Google Play)

  • Calm: Bedtime stories and guided meditation exercises.
  • Headspace: Guided meditations and mindfulness exercises.
  • Smiling Mind: Daily meditations and mindfulness exercises.
Nicotine

Websites

Handouts

Apps (Available on the App Store and Google Play)

  • quitSTART: Tailored tips, challenges, and inspirational messaging to help you quit smoking.
  • This is Quitting: Receive text, tips, and stories from other young adults who have tried quitting vaping.
  • QuitNow!: Set goals, find community, and learn about physical and mental health benefits to quitting.
Nutrition

Websites

Sexual Health and Reproductive Health

Websites

  • Bedsider: Find resources on contraceptive and birth control methods, birth control reminders.
  • Planned Parenthood: Sexual and reproductive health resources with healthcare services available at their Boston clinic.   
  • Healthy Sexual: Information about STI & HIV prevention.
  • Get Tested: Find free or low cost, fast and confidential STI testing sites near you.
  • Breast Exams: Step by step instructions for how to perform a self-breast exam for breast cancer prevention.
  • Testicles Exam: Step by step instructions for how to perform a self-testicular exam for testicular cancer prevention.

Handouts

Apps (Available on the App Store and Google Play)

Sleep

Apps (Available on the App Store and Google Play)

  • Pzizz: Relaxing music to help you fall asleep and track your sleep and nap habits.
  • My Sleep Button: Mindful mediation and guided visualization to help you fall asleep.
  • Better Sleep: Calming sounds, mediations, and music to help you sleep and track/record your sleep.
  • Rise Science: Personalized guide to improve your sleep and reducing your sleep debt.

Identity-Specific General Health and Mental Health Resources

Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA)

Finding a Therapist

Online Communities

  • I am Shakti: Online community focused on South Asian mental health.

Podcasts

  • Erasing Shame: Podcast about shame and mental health in the Asian American community.
  • MaanMukti: Mental health stigma stories from people in the South Asian community.

Organizations

Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)

Finding a Therapist

  • Therapy for Black Girls: Therapy for Black Girls is an online space and therapist directory dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. 
  • InnoPsych: Online database featuring clinicians of color across the country.
  • Therapy for Black Men: An online directory to help men of color in their search for a therapist.
  • Inclusive Therapists: Inclusive Therapists offers a safer, simpler way to find a culturally responsive, social justice-oriented therapist. They center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the LGBTQIA2S+ community and people with disabilities.
  • Boston GLASS: Services for LGBTQ+ youth (18--29) of Color.
  • US Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service Division, Department of Behavioral Health has a variety of programs and a resource to find care providers.

Online Communities

Apps

  • The Safe Place: A minority mental health app geared towards the Black community.
  • Liberate: Meditation app made by and for the BIPOC community.
  • Shine: Self-Care app for rest, healing, and growth through difficulty.
  • Minds of the Culture: Created and designed by therapist, Dr. Chanda Reynolds, as a tool to help the Black community cope with mental health.

Podcasts

Racial Trauma

Organizations

First-Generation College Students

Online Communities

  • I’m First: Stories from first gen college students and graduates about their experiences.
Latino/a, Latinx, Hispanic

Finding a Therapist

  • Latinx Therapy: A virtual directory of mental health providers for Latinx community.
  • InnoPsych: Online database featuring clinicians of color across the country.

Podcasts

  • Nopal Kweenz: Three Latina Therapists unpacking mental health issues in our community one episode at a time.
  • Emotions In Harmony: Mental Health podcast by a Latinx psychologist in English/Spanish.
  • Latinx Therapy: Mental health podcast focused on the Latinx community.

Organizations

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual + (LGBTQIA+)

Websites

Finding a Therapist

  • Inclusive Therapists: Inclusive Therapists offers a safer, simpler way to find a culturally responsive, social justice-oriented therapist. They center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the LGBTQIA2S+ community and people with disabilities.
  • Boston GLASS: Services for LGBTQ+ youth (18-29) of Color.

Online Communities

Organizations

Religious Beliefs

Muslim

  • Coffee with Karim: Muslim podcast that discusses Islamic psychology, Muslim relationships, and practical Islamic spirituality.
  • Therapy for Muslims: Provides referrals for a Muslim mental health practitioner in their area, information on mental wellness from an Islamic lens and a list of helpful resources.
Veterans

Websites

Support Groups and Call/Text Centers

The following are phone and text service providers and support groups. In an emergency, please call University Police at 781-891-3131 or 911 for assistance.

Eating Disorders
LGBTQIA+
  • LGBTQ National Youth Hotline (for callers 25 and under) – Call: 1-800-246-7743 Available: Mon-Fri 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET, Sat and Sun 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET  
  • Trevor Project – Call: 1-866-488-7386, Text: START 678678, Chat Online Available: 24/7/365
  • Fenway Health Peer Listening Line (for callers 25 and under): Call: 617-267-2535 or 800-399-PEER (7337)
  • Fenway Health LGBT Helpline (for callers 26 and over): 617.267.9001 or 888-340-GLBT (4528)
  • Trans Lifeline – Call: 877-565-8860 (US Only) Available: 24/7/365
Mental Health

Available 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Nicotine/Tobacco Cessation
  • MA Smokers Quit Line: Call 1-800-QUITNOW (784-8669) or enroll online  Available: 24/7, holiday hours may vary. Interpretation services offered in over 200 languages, call the main line for assistance. 
    • Call: 1-855-335-3569 (Spanish)
    • Dial 711 on VRS/TTY (Deaf/Hard of Hearing)
    • Call 1-800-838-8917 (Mandarin & Cantonese)
    • Call 1-800-556-5564 (Korean)
    • Call 1-800-778-8440 (Vietnamese)
  • Quitting for Juul or Vaping: Text “DITCHVAPE” to 88709
Sexual Health
  • Planned Parenthood Health Educators: Text “PPNOW” to 774636 or chat online Available: Mon-Thurs, 9 a.m. - 1 a.m. ET, Fri 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. ET, Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, Sun 12 p.m. - 1 a.m. 
  • STI and HIV Testing Sites
Substance Use
  • MA Substance Use Helpline: Call 1-800-327-5050 Available: 24/7/365
  • National Substance Use Helpline: Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) Available: 24/7/365 Languages Offered: English, Spanish
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Call: 617-426-9444 Available: Mon-Fri 9a-9p, Sat/Sun/Holidays 12p-9p.
  • Al-Anon: A support group for friends and family members of someone with a substance use disorder. Call 508-366-0556 Available: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Cocaine Anonymous: Call 617-539-6090
  • Marijuana Anonymous: Call/Text 1-800-766-6779 Email: info@newenglandma.org
  • Narcotics Anonymous: Call 1-866-624-3578

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