resources
No one is expected to have all the answers, which is why connecting individuals to professional resources is a vital part of bystander intervention.
Mental Health
Suicide
988 Lifeline Chat and Text — Connects you with caring crisis counselors for emotional support.
- It Gets Better — Empowering LGBTQ+ youth to define their own journey.
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center — Effective suicide prevention requires multiple approaches.
- Suicide & Crisis Center of North Texas
- Crisis Text Line — Crisis Text Line is a nonprofit organization that provides free, 24/7, confidential text-based mental health support in English and Spanish.
- Text HOME to 741741 in the US
- Military and Veteran Confidential Text Line
- Text to 838255
- Student Counseling Center: Helping A Suicidal Friend
- Student Wellness Center: Suicide Prevention Training
- The Trevor Project — Mental health resources for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Vet Centers — Military and Veteran services from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Cohen Veterans Network
Stress
- Helpguide.org — Techniques and strategies to deal with stress
- American Psychological Association
- Student Counseling Center: Stress Management
- Student Wellness Center: Stress Management
Depression
- Student Counseling Center: Depression
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Cohen Veterans Network
Anxiety
- National Institute of Mental Health — Anxiety disorders
- Student Counseling Center: Test Anxiety
- Student Counseling Center: Social Anxiety
- Cohen Veterans Network
- National Alliance on Mental Illness — Anxiety disorders
Sexual Misconduct
Sexual Assault
- Student Health Center – Sexual Assault Nurse Examination
- UT Dallas Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center
- Student Counseling Center: Sexual Assault Awareness
- Student Wellness Center
- The Turning Point — Serving survivors of sexual violence
- National Sexual Assault Hotline
- Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
- VA and Military Sexual Assault Resources
- LGBTQ+ Sexual Assault Resources
Sexual Harassment
Stalking
Dating Violence
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- loveisrespect.org — Healthy relationships for young adults can be confusing. Love is more than just the way you feel, and love is respect can help.
- Crisis Text Line
- Text HOME to 741741 in the US
- One Love Foundation — National nonprofit with the goal of ending relationship abuse.
Additional Resources
Eating Disorders
- Student Counseling Center: Eating Habits
- Student Wellness Center: Nutrition
- Center for Students in Recovery
- National Eating Disorder Association
- National Eating Disorder Helpline 800-931-2237
- Eating Recovery Center – Dallas/Plano
Hazing
- UT Dallas Hazing Policy
- Anonymous Hazing Report
- Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Student Organization Manual (pdf) – Chapter 8
- Hazing Prevention Network
Violence Prevention
High Risk Drinking/Drug Usage
- Center for Students in Recovery
- Student Counseling Center: Alcohol and Other Drugs
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Aware Awake Alive