Support Groups
Support groups are groups composed of people with common concerns that provide help, compassion, advice, or encouragement to each other. The support groups on this page are alphabetized by area of concern. Augustana College also has to peer-led support groups. These groups are listed first.
Augustana support groups
Augustana boasts to local chapters of national mental health support and advocacy groups for college students: Active Minds and NAMI.
NAMI
Augie NAMI is a student-led campus club that supports student mental health through peer support and raises mental health awareness through education and advocacy on campus. The purpose of Augie NAMI is to help students feel mentally and emotionally well during their time at Augustana College, serving as a first-step for students to talk (or not) and learn from their peers.
Augie NAMI is open to all students, no matter where they stand on their journey. Meetings are a safe place to share, learn, and take a break from the stresses of college life. All conversations are welcomed. Support often centers on the difficult transition to college, different coping skills, time and stress management, and working through dilemmas that members share.
Augie NAMI is a support group in is purest form. Board members all have personal mental health experiences and are passionate about supporting students struggling to understand what they are feeling.
If you think Augie NAMI is for you, please come to a weekly hour-long meeting. Augie NAMI can also help guide you through mental health services. Remember Augie NAMI is here for you: come stop by a meeting, stay, hangout, bring some friends, talk, don't talk—whatever you want. Whoever you are, wherever you stand, Augie NAMI is here for you.
Meeting Time for Fall Semester 2019-20: Mondays 5-6 p.m. in Olin 304
Active Minds
Active Minds empowers students to speak openly about mental health by raising awareness and encourage help-seeking. Active Minds strives to change the aspects of Augustana College’s culture that stop students from seeking help by providing information, leadership opportunities, and advocacy training.
Through campus-wide events and national programs, Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, creating a comfortable environment to have an open conversation about mental health and the resources available to students.
The local chapter of Active Minds performs weekly events to raise awareness and get mental health resources into the hands of all students. Notifications of upcoming events are emailed out regularly.
Topic Areas:
Abuse
Addictions
Anxiety disorders
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Bipolar disorder
Borderline and narcissistic personality disorder
Chronic pain
Death and grieving
Dementia/Alzheimer's (for family members of)
Depression
Eating disorders
Gay, lesbian and bisexual
Men's issues
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Pregnancy
Schizophrenia
Substance abuse
Suicide
Women's issues
Abuse
Sexual Misconduct and Prevention Resources (Augustana College)
www.augustana.edu/student-life/TitleIX
Child Help USA Hotline
480-922-212
www.childhelpusa.org
Domestic Violence Anonymous
425-681-4850
http://violenceanonymous.org/
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
215-940-1040
www.FMSFonline.org
Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women
617-742-4911
https://www.thehotline.org
RAINN (Rape Abuse and Incest National Network)
800-656-4673
www.rainn.org
SAFE (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) Alternative Information Line
800-DON’T-CUT
www.selfinjury.com
SESAME (Stop Educator Sex Abuse Misconduct and Exploitation)
702-371-1290
www.sesamenet.org
S.I.A. (Survivors of Incest Anonymous) World Service Office
410-893-3322
www.siawso.org
SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests)
312-409-2720
https://www.snapnetwork.org/
Violence Against Women Office
202-307-6026
https://www.justice.gov/ovw
Addictions
Debtors Anonymous
781-453-2743
www.debtorsanonymous.org
Gamblers Anonymous
213-386-8789
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/
Gam-Anon Family Groups
718-352-1671
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/content/gam-anon-help-family-friends
Sex Addicts Anonymous
713-869-4902
www.sexaa.org
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
800-977-4325
www.sca-recovery.org
Anxiety disorders
Agoraphobics in Motion (AIM)
248-547-0400
www.aimforrecovery.com
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
240-485-1001
www.adaa.org
Emotions Anonymous
651-647-9712
www.EmotionsAnonymous.org
Freedom from Fear
718-351-1717
www.freedomfromfear.org
National Anxiety Foundation
www.lexington-on-line.com/naf.html
Tourette Syndrome Association Inc. (TSA)
718-224-2999
www.tsa-usa.org
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
847-432-ADDA
www.add.org
CHADDD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
800-233-4050
www.chadd.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America
412-341-1515
https://ldaamerica.org/
Autism spectrum disorder
Autism Genetic Resource Exchange
866-612-2473
www.agre.org
Autism Society of America
800-3AUTISM
www.autism-society.org
Bipolar disorder
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF)
847-256-8525
www.bpkids.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
800-826-3632
www.DBSAlliance.org
Manic Depressives Anonymous
856-869-5508
https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/find-a-support-group/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
Borderline and narcissistic personality disorder
BPD Central
888-357-4355
https://www.bpdcentral.com/
BPDWORLD (Borderline Personality Disorder)
https://www.bpdworld.org/
National Association for Personality Disorders
888-482-7227
www.tara4bpd.org
Chronic pain
American Chronic Pain Association
800-533-3231
www.theacpa.org
American Society for Action on Pain
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/asap/index.htm
Men with Fibromyalgia
www.menwithfibro.com
National Fibromyalgia Association
http://www.fmaware.org/
National Pain Foundation
888-615-7246
https://uspainfoundation.org/
Pain Connection
www.painconnection.org
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association
www.rsds.org
Death and grieving
Rick’s House of Hope
563-324-9580
https://www.verafrenchmhc.org/services-for-children/ricks/
Genesis grief support and grief recovery groups
563-421-7970
https://www.genesishealth.com/care-treatment/spiritual_care/
Gilda’s Club Quad-Cities
563-326-7504
www.gildasclubqc.org
Grief Share
www.griefshare.org
Dementia/Alzheimer’s
National Family Caregivers Association
800-896-3650
https://caregiveraction.org/
Depression
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
800-826-3632
www.DBSAlliance.org
Emotional Health Anonymous
626-287-6260
Emotions Anonymous
651-647-9712
www.emotionsanonymous.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
National Foundation for Depressive Illness
800-239-1264
www.depression.org
Recovery International
866-221-0302
https://recoveryinternational.org/
Eating disorders
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous
562-342-9344
www.ceahow.org
Food Addicts Anonymous
561-967-3871
www.foodaddictsanonymous.org
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
781-321-9118
www.foodaddicts.org
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
847-433-4632
https://anad.org/
National Eating Disorders Association
206-382-3587
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Overeaters Anonymous (OA)
505-891-2664
www.oa.org
Gay, lesbian and bisexual
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
212-966-4873
www.actupny.com
COLAGE (Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere)
www.colage.org
Dignity/USA (Catholic)
800-877-8797
www.dignityusa.org
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
212-807-6655
www.gmhc.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
202-393-5177
www.thetaskforce.org
!OUTPROUD!
415-460-5452
www.outproud.org
PLFAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
202-467-8180
www.pflag.org
Men’s issues
National Center for Men
516-942-2020
http://www.nationalcenterformen.org/
National Organization for Men
415-259-634
http://nomas.org/
Male Survivor
800-738-4181
www.malesurvivor.org
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
240-485-1001
www.adaa.org
International Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
617-973-5801
www.ocfoundation.org
Obsessive-Compulsive Anonymous
516-739-0662
https://obsessivecompulsiveanonymous.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Sexual Misconduct and Prevention Resources (Augustana College)
www.augustana.edu/student-life/TitleIX
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
240-485-1001
www.adaa.org
Emotions Anonymous
651-647-9712
www.emotionsanonymous.org
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
802-296-6300
www.ptsd.va.gov
National Organization for Victim Assistance
202-232-6682
www.try-nova.org
Trauma Survivors Anonymous
706-649-6500
Pregnancy
Helping after Neonatal Death (HAND)
888-908-HAND
www.handonline.org
National Abortion Federation
800-772-9100
www.prochoice.org
National Adoption Center
800-TO-ADOPT
http://www.adopt.org/
Planned Parenthood
800-230-7526
www.plannedparenthood.org
Pregnancy Crisis Hotline
800-238-4269
www.bethany.org
Pregnancy Hotline
800-848-5683
Resolve (infertility)
703-556-7172
www.resolve.org
Schizophrenia
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
800-273-TALK
www.nmha.org
National Schizophrenia Foundation
517-485-7168
https://sardaa.org/
Recovery Inc.
312-337-5661
https://recoveryinternational.org/
Substance abuse
Adult Children of Alcoholics World Services Organization
562-595-7831
www.adultchildren.org
Alateen and Al-Anon Family Groups
757-563-1600
www.alateen.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
212-870-3400
www.aa.org
American Council on Alcoholism
800-527-5344
Chemically Dependent Anonymous
888-232-4673
www.cdaweb.org
Cocaine Anonymous
800-347-8999
www.ca.org
Crystal Meth Anonymous
213-488-4455
www.crystalmeth.org
Dual Recovery Anonymous
913-991-2703
www.draonline.org
Marijuana Anonymous World Services
800-766-6779
www.marijuana-anonymous.org
Narcotics Anonymous
818-773-9999
www.na.org
Quad-Cities Area of NA
https://qcana.org/
Nar-Anon World Wide Services
310-534-8188
www.nar-anon.org
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
301-443-3860
www.niaaa.nih.gov
Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART)
866-951-5357
www.smartrecovery.org
Women for Sobriety
215-536-8026
www.womenforsobriety.org
Suicide
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
888-333-AFSP
www.afsp.org
Friends for Survival
916-392-0664
https://friendsforsurvival.org/
Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education (SA/VE)
952-946-7998
www.save.org
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
303-429-3530
www.yellowribbon.org
Women’s issues
Business and Professional Women
202-293-1100
www.bpwfoundation.org
National Black Women’s Health Project
202-548-4000
http://blackwomenshealth.org/
National Organization for Women
202-628-8669
https://now.org/
Women Employed
312-782-3902
www.womenemployed.org