Chapter 10: Personal Development

 Mentoring

National Mentoring Partnership: The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate for the expansion of mentoring and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.

Center for Coaching and Mentoring

 
 Public Health
 Stress

American Institute on Stress: The American Institute of Stress is a non profit organization founded in 1978, to serve as a clearing house for information on all stress related subjects. 

The  medical basis of stress, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and drug use: The mission of the doctors at this site is to provide health education at the college level.

Teens and Stress Web Development Team

 
 Fitness

Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite: This is a noncommercial site which provides fitness, health and nutrition related information and education.

Links to Professional Fitness Associations: Metamorphfitness is a New York City based organization of fitness professionals whose goals is to educate and inspire the public as to the benefits of leading a healthy, fit lifestyle and how to achieve it.

NetSweat: This site provides information about fitness and specific sports.

 
 Nutrition

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Selfgrowth.com: This site has information related to diet and nutrition, health and fitness, and mental health including stress management.

 
 Alcohol and Drug Abuse

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention: The U.S. Department of Education established the Center to provide nationwide support for campus alcohol and other drug prevention efforts. The Center is working with colleges, universities, and proprietary school throughout the country to develop strategies for changing campus culture, to foster environments that promote healthy lifestyles, and to prevent illegal alcohol and other drug use among students.

The Alcohol and Other Drug Education Project of Hobart and Wm Smith College:
The Alcohol and Other Drug Education Project of Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a broad collection of education and research initiatives designed to better inform students and college personnel about alcohol and other drugs and address problems of abuse.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University: A unique think/action tank that engages all disciplines to study every form of substance abuse as it affects our society.


The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

 
 Sleep

National Sleep Foundation: The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting public education, sleep-related research, and advocacy.

The Sleep Well: A site created by Dr. William Dement, a world-renown sleep researcher and director of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Laboratory.

SleepQuest