Below is a list of resources during this time.

Please click on each blue link to be redirected to their website.

Note: Find ways to respond and cope (including activities) under the COVID-19 Resources tab above

Organizational Resources

University of Mississippi/City of Oxford:

• • • Oxford Community Updates
      • Current COVID-19 Restrictions—updates
    • Second Emergency Resolution
  • UM News:
    • UM COVID-19 Updates 
    • UM COVID-19 Resources
    • Expert on Viruses Unpacks COVID-19 for Nonscientists – 3/19/20
    • Students Get Free Access to Barnes & Noble E-textbooks – 3/20/20

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Advice
• Public Advice/Information Main Page
• PDF Handouts:
  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Main Page
• Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
• COVID-19 Resources for Households
• PDF Handouts:
  • • • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and you
      • Crisis + Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) In an Infectious Disease Outbreak
      • Share Facts About COVID-19
      • The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America: CDC-15 Days to Slow the Spread
      • Reducing Stigma
      • 10 Things You Can Do to Manage your COVID-19 Symptoms at Home
• PDF Posters:
  • Handwashing for Middle-Schoolers
  • Stop the Spread of Germs
  • Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019

Mississippi State Department of Health

• Current MS Cases and Statistics
• Re-opening and Community Safety Information

American Psychological Association (APA)

• APA COVID-19 Information & Resources

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COVID-19 Informational Articles

• “Coronavirus: Ten reasons why you ought not to panic”
• “Coronavirus Coping: 6 Ways Your Strengths Will Help You” 
• “A COVID-19 coronavirus update from concerned physicians”
• “Johns Hopkins: COVID-19 Safety Tips for Families”

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General Resources

• Feeding America
• Mississippi Department of Employment Security
• Mississippi Department of Education COVID-19 Main Page
  • MDE Coronavirus Hotline: 877-978-6453 (8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday)
• University of Mississippi COVID-19 Resources
  • “Keep Learning” – help transition to remote learning.

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Mental Health Resources

 

• Tele-mental health services for campus community members through the following:
  • UM Counseling Center
    • Available to UM students
    • Contact: 662-915-3784 or counslg@olemiss.edu
  • UM Psychological Services Center
    • Available to anyone located in Mississippi
    • Contact: 662-915-7385
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Disaster Distress Helpline
  • 1-800-985-5990
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  • 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  • Chat with Lifeline
• Disaster Distress Helpline
  • Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
• Crisis Textline
  • Text TALK to 741741
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • 1-800-799-7233
  • www.thehotline.org
  • Text “LOVEIS” to 22522
• PDF Handouts:
  • NCTSN’s Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
  • SAMHSA Taking Care of Behavioral Health During Outbreak

 

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Updated: 2/17/22, 5:00PM