Student Health Services

Resources and Links for College Students

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Mental Health Screening Tool

Alcohol

One in every thirteen adults has trouble with alcoholism and/or alcohol abuse. Alcoholism IS a disease that is characterized by craving, loss of control, dependence, and tolerance. Withdrawal symptoms of alcoholism are nausea, vomiting, shakiness, and anxiety.

Alcoholism Treatment

Alcohol Screening Tool

Facts On Tap

Exercise and Fitness

Physical fitness is "The ability to perform daily tasks vigorously and alertly, with energy left over for enjoying leisure-time activities and meeting emergency demands. It is the ability to endure, to bear up, to withstand stress, to carry on in circumstances where an unfit person could not continue, and is a major basis for good health and well-being."
American Heart Association

NCAA - Nutrition and Performance

National Institute of Health: Exercise and Physical Fitness

Medications

Any questions concerning your current medications can be found here:

RX List

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault is any unwanted sexual activity by an individual whom you did not give your consent. Sexual Assault is a crime and needs to reported to the appropriate personnel.
Women's Health Sexual Assault

Sexual Health

Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), once called venereal diseases, are among the most common infectious diseases in the United States today. STD's now affect more than 13 million men and women nation wide and costs more than 10 billion dollars (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1999).

STD's - Information from CDC

Smoking

More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are related to smoking (National Cancer Institute, 2001). Smoking puts individuals at risk for many health problems such as lung cancer. Contact Student Health Services at 239-590-7966 for information on smoking cessation including how you can get products such as Nicoderm patches and Nicorrette gum for a reduced price.

American Cancer Society

Quit Smoking

no tobacco . org

HIV/AIDS

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV/AIDS can be transmitted by sexual contact with an infected individual, sharing of dirty needles/syringes, and/or blood transfusions.
HIV - AIDS : Conditions A - Z

Stress

Stress is the physical and emotional effects our body endures during a change in our environment.

Medline Plus - Stress

National Mental Health Association - Coping

Substance Abuse

Substance abuse involves the excessive use of BOTH drugs and alcohol. Substance abuse is the cause of many traffic accidents, risky sexual behavior, delinquency, and a decreased academic performance.

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health: Substance Abuse

Medline - Substance Abuse Problems