GSU Library Research Guides: Student Success Resources: Stress

Stress

Being able to identify and manage the stresses in your life will help you be more successful. Recognizing and getting help is the first step to becoming a healthy and productive person.

Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. Work/school stress, issues with abuse (substance/physical/sexual) and relationships issues are universal life experiences.

Emergency Situations
If you have a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 immediately.

On campus, call Public Safety at 404-413-3333 or Campus Dispatch 404-416-4357 for assistance.

If you have a non-life-threatening mental health concern, call the Counseling Services Access Line at 770-278-1300 (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). After regular business hours, call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at 1-800-715-4225 any time 24 hours, seven days a week.

If you are in severe distress and think that you may harm yourself or someone else, go to the nearest hospital emergency room, call 911 or contact Public Safety at 404-413-3333.

Limits of Confidentiality: Under normal circumstances, information disclosed in counseling is strictly confidential. In emergency situations, it is sometimes necessary to disclose information for the protection of those involved (see American Counseling Association Code of Ethics, B.2.a.).

Stress Management Resources

Reclaim Your Brain by Joseph A. Annibali; Daniel G. Amen (Foreword by)
Dr. Joseph Annibali spent three decades treating patients who suffer from overloaded, overstimulated brains (anxiety, disabling OCD, depression, bipolar disorder, and substance abuse.) The underlying problem is a Too-Busy Brain, a great irritant that interferes with attention, concentration, focus, mood, and often much more. It may even be a sign of undetected damage to either the brain or the body itself. But through practical strategies, understandable explanations, and prescriptive mind-management techniques, Dr. Annibali will help readers finally reclaim their brains and get back in control of their lives.
Stressaholic by Heidi Hanna
Chronic multitasking and ever-increasing demands on our time and energy have caused a neurochemically-based dependence on sources of stress and stimulation to provide fuel for our chaotic lifestyles. While this may boost performance in the short-term, studies have consistently shown that when stress hormones are elevated over time they create the worst form of internal wear and tear; decreasing productivity, wasting time, and even killing brain cells. Stressaholic shows you how to win the war on stress without limiting progress by creating an optimal performance pulse of stress and recovery for life.
10 Steps to Mastering Stress by David H. Barlow; Ronald M. Rapee; Sarah Perini
Stress can interfere with many parts of our lives - it increases work absenteeism, can lead to relationship difficulties and interpersonal strain, and can increase the risk ofturning to artificial relaxation such as drugs and alcohol. Chronic stress also increases the risk of developing certain serious physical illnesses.This program will help you identify what is causing your stress, teach you proven calming techniques, and most importantly, show you how to think more realistically in ways that will reduce, rather than increase, your stressful reactions to daily events in your life..

More about Stress Management

When Love Hurts by Jill Cory; Karen Mcandless-davis; Lundy Bancroft (Foreword by)
Call Number: BF575.L8 C667 2016
Written by two women with first-hand experience with abuse victims, When Love Hurts introduces exercises and resources to help you make sense of your relationship, addressing all forms of abuse including verbal, emotional, financial, sexual and physical. Filled with stories from women who have been in the same position of feeling powerless and confused, this practical guidebook is a supportive and non-judgmental friend to women who don't know where to turn. Jill Cory and Karen McAndless-Davis give women the necessary tools to regain control of their lives.

More about Interpersonal Relationships

Stress Reduction and Management
An online resource for students looking to identify, understand and manage everyday stresses.
Stress Management Health Center

Personal Counseling Main Line (appointments and information for psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues only) 678-891-4105

Call 678-891-4105 to schedule an appointment at any campus.
Alpharetta:
Building AA, Room 1430
Clarkston:
Building CN, Room 1547
Decatur:
Building SA, Room 2104
Dunwoody:
Building NB, Room 1306
Newton:
Building 2N, Room 2308

After-hours counseling 404-413-1640 - follow prompts to speak with on-call crisis counselor.

Community-based providers To assist students seeking longer-term therapy or specialized intervention, the counseling center has partnered with Shrinkspace, a website designed to link students with providers in the local community who specialize in college mental health and regularly work with Georgia State students.