Wellness Education and Resources

If you are in crisis or have suicidal thoughts, please seek help immediately.
Please call 988 (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) or 911 and ask for help.

General Mental Health Resources

Everyone gets stressed and anxious at some point, but if you are feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or just struggling with everyday life, it’s important to know when and where to get help.

• What is Mental Health?
• What is Self-Care?
• What is a Mindset?

Employee Assistance

• USG Your Mind Mental Health Resources – learn about the different mental health resources that the University System of Georgia offers its employees.
• USG Employee Assistance Program – offers face-to-face consultation with a local licensed provider and/or telephonic counseling.
• USG free mental health trainings – offers two mental health trainings to all USG students, faculty and staff — QPR Suicide Prevention Training and Mental Health First Aid Training.
• Georgia Southern Psychology Clinic – provides quality, low-cost psychological services to the residents of Bulloch County and surrounding areas.
• Georgia Southern HERO Folder – this folder provides tools for you to recognize individuals in distress and connect them with appropriate resources.

• USG Your Health Resources
• Explore Food Groups with MyPlate
• Creating a Healthy Plate
• The American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations
• Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets

• USG Your Finances Resources – overview of different financial resources offered by the USG
• USG Employee Assistance Program – offers a multitude of different consultations on financial situations as well as work-life balance concerns.
• Georgia Southern Cares – grants that are designed to assist Georgia Southern University full-time benefited faculty and staff members, and retired benefited Georgia Southern University faculty and staff members when they experience a severe, temporary, and unforeseen financial hardship
• Guide to Budgeting

Physical Health is the condition of your body and how well it is operating. It represents one dimension of total wellness.

• USG Your Health Resources
• NASA DeskFit Exercises Guide – 20 essential desk exercises you can do without leaving your office or home workspace.
• The Importance of Sleep
• Why do we need Sleep?
• Armstrong Campus in Savannah Walking Trail – 1.5 mile route