A number of helpful resources are available online. Find resources that relate to your topic.
Links may exit the UM System website.
Adoption
Aging
Communication
- Principles and techniques of effective communication (PDF, 134KB)
Diversity
Domestic Violence Resources
Family/children
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Psychological Association - Family and Relationships
- Center of the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
- Child Care Aware
- Child Day Care Association
- Homeless Shelters and Supportive Housing
- Hospice Campassus
- Kidshealth
- National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network
- National Stepfamily Resource Center
- ParentLink
Financial health
- Central Missouri Community Action
- Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services - Utility assistance
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Consumer World
- Credit and loans, from the Federal Trade Commission
- Financial health (MS Powerpoint, 891KB)
- Financial wellness
- Heart of Missouri United Way
- Investing 101 - Office of Financial Success
- Money Smart: A financial education program, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- MyMoney.gov
- Non-essential expenditures (MS Word, 42KB)
- U.S. Social Security Administration
- VAC - Rent assistance
Grief/loss
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Center to Advance Palliative Care
- The Compassionate Friends
- Coping with grief, loss, and death (PDF, 196KB)
- The Dougy Center
- Dying Matters
- Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Grief.com
- GriefShare
- MISS Foundation
- Open to Hope
- Support for a distressed colleague (MS Powerpoint, 519KB)
Legal
Mental health and disorders
- What are anxiety disorders? from National Institute of Mental Health
- The story of Sanvello
- What is bipolar disorder? from National Institute of Mental Health
- Eating disorders: About more than food, from National Institute of Mental Health
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (PDF, 279KB) - The PHQ-9 is intended to help you begin to explore whether the feelings, thoughts, or behaviors you may be experiencing could be depression. It is not intended to take the place of an evaluation by a trained medical professional.
- Coping with anxiety and depression, from the National Institute of Mental Health
- Recognizing and Treating Depression, from WebMD
- Tips for coping with depression, from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service
- The story of Sanvello
- “Work-Focused Psychotherapy Can Help Employees Return to Work Sooner," from the American Psychological Association
Occupational/organizational
- American Institute of Stress
- American Psychological Association-Workplace Stress
- COVID-19 Overview (United States Department of Labor)
- Employee Assistance Society of North America
- Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
- Health Care and Other Organizational Stressors
- Job Accommodation Network
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- O*Net Online
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- U.S. Department of Labor National Compensation Survey
Stress/post-traumatic stress
- The American Institute of Stress
- Fact sheet on stress, from National Institute of Mental Health
- Equipping physicians to manage burnout, from the American Medical Association
- Individual stress and wellness (PDF, 133KB)
- How to deal with stress as a medical and healthcare student, from EDUMED
- Medical student well-being, from AAMC
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), from National Institute of Mental Health
- Stress and recognizing signs, from the American Psychological Association
- Stress at work, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Stress in the workplace, from the American Psychological Association
- Stress management, from the American Holistic Nurses Association
- Taking care of you, from MU Extension
- Women’s mental health, from National Institute of Mental Health
Substance abuse
Suicide
Wellness
Visit the Wellness section of webpages for more.
Workplace accommodations/safety
Reviewed 2023-06-29