Counseling Services

ULifeline

• What is it?

  ULifeline is a multi-resource site for mental health questions. It is a valuable online behavioral support network that gives you information about yourself and also provides information if you have questions or concerns about a friend. It is an anonymous one-stop online resource for a variety of mental health information.

  Access the ULifeline Website

• What information does it provide?
  • Self-e-Valuator
    Developed by Duke University Medical Center, the Self-e-Valuator is a screening program designed to help students uncover whether they, or a friend, are at risk for depression, suicide and several other disorders, including alcohol and drug dependence, eating disorders, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • Mental Health Reference Library
    The mental health reference library provides quality, user-friendly information that has been reviewed and approved by medical experts at Harvard Medical School.
  • Go Ask Alice!
    Produced by health educators at Columbia University, this in-depth question and answer site contains an archive of hundreds of responses to anonymously-posed inquiries from college students around the world.
  • Concerned About a Friend
    This section, provided by the National Mental Health Association, describes the warning signs for depression and suicide, includes information regarding how to help a friend and lists resources for additional assistance.
  • Drug Reference Database
    The drug reference database provides information about prescription medications, potential drug interactions, as well as common side effects.
• Who may use it?

  College students are the primary audience for Ulifeline. The site, however, is available to anyone in the Hiram College community, including faculty, staff, coaches and administrators. Ulifeline is a confidential and secure web site. Individual visitors and users of the site remain anonymous.

• ULifeline History

  Ulifeline was created by the Jed Foundation, a non-profit organization, committed to reducing the youth suicide rate and improving the mental health support provided to students by universities nation-wide. It was founded in 2000 by Phillip and Donna Satow, who lost their youngest son Jed, 20, a university sophomore to suicide in 1998.

• Contact

  Julia Church Health Center

  Appointments: Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (schedule in person or at 330.569.5418)

  If you happen to be transferred to voicemail, please leave your name, a number where you may be contacted, and a couple available times/days that suit your schedule.

  Kevin Feisthamel, Ph.D, PCC-S, NCC
  Director of Counseling, Health and Disability Services
  Phone: 330.569.5418
  Email: feisthamelkp@hiram.edu