Self Help Resources

This section is designed to provide self help resources to TAMUQ students, faculty and staff. If you have any questions about the topics below or would like more information, please contact dsa@qatar.tamu.edu

HealthyLife Students' Self-Care Guide 
This is a link to software published by the American Institute for Preventive Medicine and hosted on TAMU's Health Education website.  By clicking on the link above, you will gain access to the HealthyLife Students' Self-Care Guide to learn about common health problems and solutions.

Biofeedback: Your Body is Talking to You.  Are You Listening?
Biofeedback is a method of using electronic sensors to measure different physiological processes or states, such as temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, electrical activity of the skin and muscles, and brain wave patterns. This information is then given back to in a visual or auditory way and allows you to actually see or hear what is happening within your body. 

Biofeedback teaches self-regulation skills to assist people in improving their own health and well-being. Biofeedback can help individuals learn to control and better manage their own physical and mental processes. Once you become aware of what is happening, you can learn different techniques, and through practice, you can have a significant impact on both your physiological and mental states. Biofeedback is often and best used in conjunction with other forms of therapy and medical treatment.

It is a safe, painless, drug-free method of teaching the body and mind how to return to and maintain a healthier state. The Counseling & Wellness Program offers free biofeedback training to currently enrolled TAMUQ students.  More information on the benefits of Biofeedback can be found here.

Handouts
What is Biofeedback?
What is Anxiety?
Stress and Your Performance

Online Self Assessment Screening for Mental Health

Feeling sad?  Lost interest in the things you used to enjoy?  Feeling irritable and havng mood swings?  Eating out of control?  Having nightmares?  Can't stop worrying and feeling restless?   These feelings are sometimes associated with more serious issues.  Take the screeing to find what your symptoms mean.

Linking to this sight will give you an opportunity to take an anonymous screening for which you will get immediate results.  The screening assessments cover depression, bipolar disorder, alcohol, eating disorders, generalized anxieity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.  The purpose of the screening is to help you learn if your symptoms are consistent with any of these disorders and how to access assistance.

Diet and Nutrition
United States Department of Agriculture Steps to a Healthier You

Mental and Physical Health and Safety
Do you have what you need for a first aid kit?  Click here to find out.
Are you ready to quit smoking?  Are you addicted to smoking?  Are you kidding yourself about smoking?
Sleep and Your Health...click here to take an online quiz and access other sleep resources.
Optimal Performance and Sleep
Stages of Sleep
Depression
Prescription Drug Information
Screening for Mental Health Self Assessment Program
Texas A&M University Student Counseling Service
Texas A&M University Health Education

Study Skills
NEW Tips for Relieving Test Anxiety
Need to improve your study skills? Click here to find resources from Virginia Tech to improve your studying habits.
Trying to figure out your gpr?  Click here
Do you need help with writing an upcoming paper? Check out the Technical Communication Center.
Want general information on academic success? Take a look at the academic success handouts.
For a visual presentation of techniques and strategies, check out the academic success video series produced by Dartmouth College. Looking for online workshops, check out Texas Woman's University Counseling Center's On-Line Workshops