Mental Health

Crisis Response

Soley for non-life-threatening urgent counseling support - call the Counseling Front Office at (480) 461-7588 or (480) 461-7587 AND be sure to state "Urgent Counseling Request" Monday through Thursday, 8am - 6pm; Friday, 8am - 4pm.
After hours - MCC Campus Police (480) 461-7046; MCCCD Emergency (480) 784-0911

• Crisis Text Line - Text: HELLO to 741-741
• EMPACT Suicide Prevention Center/La Frontera (24/7 Mobile - Crisis Assess) - (480) 784-1500
• Depression Hotline - (888) 273-5174
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-TALK (8255); 5 Action Steps for Helping Someone in Emotional Pain.pdf
• Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders
• Self-Harm Hotline - (877) 455-0628
• SAGE LGBT Elder Hotline - (877) 360-LGBT (5428)
• Start your recovery treatment centers
• Steve Fund (for BIPOC students) - Text: STEVE to 741-741
• Trans Lifeline - (877) 565-8860
• Trevor Project Lifeline (for LGBTQ+ students) - (866) 488-7386
• Veterans Crisis Line - (800) 273-8255

Time & Stress Management

Finding it hard to juggle school, work, family and play.....and keep the stress level in balance?

• Study Skills - A great collection of resources compiled by the Learning Enhancement Center.
• Mind Tools gives great tips for study and test taking.
• Health Central provides internet links to a wide variety of health topics including stress management

Career Information

• Occupational Outlook Handout - information for hundreds of types of jobs: training and education needed, expected job prospects, what workers do, and working conditions.
• America's Career Infonet provides a comprehensive source of occupational information including outlooks, wages and trends by state.
• Mesa College Career Services can help research a career or find a job using the Maricopa Recruiter

Self Assessment

Evaluate or re-evaluate your interests, values, skills, goals & personality type.

• Help Yourself is written by counseling professionals especially for college students on specific topics. Sponsored by The American College Personnel Association
• Arizona Self-Help - Self-assess your interests, abilities and work values, then look at career information to find careers that could be a good fit for you.
• The Keirsey Temperament Sorter -- On line personality questionnaire. Multiple language versions

Basic Needs and Community Resources

MCC Basic Needs Resources List

Learning Disabilities Information

• Arizona Self Help - A directory of resources and programs for persons with disabilities.
• HHH Disability Services - Information about books, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, videos, databases, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, telephone hotlines and online services that provide free, inexpensive or hard-to-find information to help people with disabilities live independently
• CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder CHADD is a nonprofit parent-based organization formed to better the lives of individuals with attention deficit disorders and those who care for them.

Access To College Catalogs In United States

• College Source is a good tool for checking college programs offered in the United States.

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