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Crisis Resources for Traumatic Events

Traumatic events are often frightening and upsetting, causing a range of intense physical, emotional and psychological symptoms. People commonly feel shock and disbelief right after the traumatic event, and may have a hard time accepting the reality of what happened. Magellan Healthcare has curated crisis coping and support tip sheets that can be used to help relieve traumatic stress reactions and begin healing. Find tips available in English and Spanish on:

How to cope after a traumatic event
Living with threats of violence
Helping children cope after a traumatic event
Supporting employees during traumatic events

Creighton University provides the Employee Assistance Program via Magellan Healthcare. Students can access support through Student Counseling Services.

Navigating a Mental Health Crisis: A NAMI Resource Guide for Those Experiencing a Mental Health Emergency
provides important, potentially life-saving information for people experiencing mental health crises and their loved ones. This guide outlines what can contribute to a crisis, warning signs that a crisis is emerging, strategies to help de-escalate a crisis, available resources and so much more.

Available in English and Spanish.

Resources: Mental Health - General

Leaves on a Stream: Mindfulness Exercise
During the leaves on a stream exercise, you will visualize yourself resting near a stream. Whenever thoughts enter your mind, you will imagine placing them atop a leaf, and watching as they float away.
7 Ways to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers some suggestions about what we can do as individuals to help
reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Grounding Techniques
After a trauma, it’s normal to experience flashbacks, anxiety, and other uncomfortable
symptoms. Grounding techniques help control these symptoms by turning attention away from thoughts, memories, or worries, and refocusing on the present moment.

Circle of Care: A Guidebook for Mental Health Caregivers
Circle of Care is designed to guide unpaid friends, family and neighbors who care for someone with a mental health condition. Fact sheets included are intended to assist these caregivers with finding help for the specific challenges.

Available in English and Spanish.
Mental Health Theme-Specific Resources | Creighton University Student Counseling
Resources to support your mental health wherever you are. Not all personal concerns require professional attention, and some people simply don’t wish to meet with a counselor. Utilize this self-help information before or instead of scheduling time with a counselor.

Book Recommendations

DEIA Resources for Understanding Mental Health
The comprehensive texts included here address the complexity of navigating mental health considerations through interpersonal relationships, patient-practitioner relationships, and even within the workplace.

Resources: Academics

Study Tips for ADHD

Mental Health College Guide | NAMI
Going to college is a big step, and big steps come with excitement, the unknown, and, usually, a healthy amount of stress. That’s not only ok, but it’s to be expected. And it’s the reason this guide was designed by—and for—college students. The guide covers topics from self-care to getting mental health care support, to legal rights and self-advocacy.

Resources: Body Image

Body Image Information Sheet
Body image is how you think and feel about your appearance, and how you feel in your own skin. A person can have a healthy or unhealthy body image, regardless of how they look.

Resources: Finances

Financial Resources & Tools | Creighton University Recreation & Wellness
Recreation & Wellness has curated a link tree of financial tools and resources like budgeting templates and personal finance calculators as well as books and podcasts.

Resources: Grief

Grief Fact Sheet

Resources: Perfectionism

What is Perfectionism?
Perfectionism is the belief that everything must be perfect all the time. A perfectionist sets impossible goals, and feels crushed when they are not achieved. Alternatively, someone who strives to do their best sets challenging but achievable goals.