Skip to Main Content
Home

Morris Library

Mental Health Awareness: Readings and Resources

Resources and reading. May might be Mental Health Awareness Month, but we want to help year-round.

Finding Solutions

two young people in conversation sitting cross-legged with hopeful smiles and holding hands

Whether you need mental or physical health care, help with your studies, have financial or legal concerns, need a job or advice preparing for your career, or require special assistance, SIU can offer you guidance, resources, and support. All you need to do is ask for help. To see the SIU resources and services that are available to you, check the Solution Finder.

Non-fiction Suggestions

Crisis Lifeline

call or text 988 to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline

Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org if you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, 988 provides a 24/7 connection to confidential support. There is Hope.

Fiction Suggestions

We're Here to Help

Profile Photo
Ask A Librarian
There seems to be something wrong with your browser. Please try reloading this page.
For in-depth research assistance, fill out this form to meet with a librarian

For quick questions, call the Information Desk at (618) 453-2818

For questions that can wait a day or two, email us at askalibrarian@siu.edu

(All our services are answered by library staff.)

Attribution and Sharing

Mental Health Awareness: Readings and Resources by Cassie Wagner is licensed under CC BY 4.0

This license grants you permission to copy this guide, in part or in its entirety, as long as you follow license terms and attribute the author. There’s no need to ask for permission.