Resources
This page houses helpful resources (articles, videos, interviews, infographics, etc.) about stress, resiliency, and mental health.
Stress and Stress Management
- Manage Your Stress - K-State Counseling Services
- Stress in America - K-State Counseling Services
- Stress Management Tools - University of Michigan
- Stress Management Resources - University of Illinois
- Stress and Mental Health - Penn State Extension
- How Stress Affects Your Body
- How Stress Affects Your Brain
Suicide Prevention
- World Health Organizaiton (WHO) - Suicide
- Psychology Today - Understanding Suicide
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Mental Illness
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Suicide Statistics
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) - Frequently Asked Questions About Suicide
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) - Suicide Prevention
Mental Health
Kansas Mental Health
Farm and Ranch Stress
- Disasters: Trauma & Coping
- “Farm Stress: You are not alone"
- University of Maine - Managing Stress on the Farm
- North Central Region Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Center
- Kansas Ag Stress
- Purdue Extension - Farmers and Stress
- CBS News – Stress, Depression, and Getting Farmers to Talk About it
- Farm Families & Mental Health (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension)
Mindfulness
Family Stress and Resiliency
Youth Stress and Resiliency
- Stress Management Tips for Kids and Teens
- The Devastating, Underdiagnosed Toll of Toxic Stress on Children
- How Stress Affects Your Body
- How Stress Affects Your Brain
Military Stress and Resiliency
- Return from Chaos: Treating PTSD
- The Psychology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- What Is C-PTSD? (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
LGBTQ+ Stress and Resiliency
- Coming soon
Stress and Resiliency Specialists:
For more information regarding trainings, content, or other K-State Research and Extension Stress and Resiliency resources, please reach out to the Stress and Resiliency specialists below.
Rebecca McFarland is co-leader of the Stress and Resiliency Team and has 27 years of experience in the Cooperative Extension system, 25 with K-State Research and Extension. She serves as the District Director and Family and Community Wellness Agent in the Frontier Extension District (Anderson, Franklin, and Osage counties) in east central Kansas. Rebecca has a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies and a graduate-level certificate in conflict resolution, both from Kansas State University. She is passionate about helping Kansans identify stress, or the stressors in their lives and develop individualized coping or stress management techniques. “We all need tools, or strategies in our toolbox to address stress.”
Rebecca McFarland
785-229-3520
rmcfarla@ksu.edu
Rachael Clews is the co-leader of the Stress and Resiliency Team. Rachael joined K-State Research and Extension in June 2019 as the Family and Consumer Science Specialist for Southwest Kansas. After 18 years in the fields of academic and public libraries, she made a career change in 2016 when she married a Kansas farmer and moved from Fort Worth, Texas, to southwest Kansas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in Lay Theological Studies from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and a master’s degree in Family Studies from Texas Woman’s University. She is a Certified Family Life Educator through the National Council on Family Relations. She is passionate about equipping and strengthening individuals and families through education and prevention with an emphasis in family resource management, stress management, and resiliency. Rachael also works on a multi-state taskforce to create and expand stress management and mental health resources and services for agriculture producers and stakeholders.
Rachael Clews
620-275-9164
Rclews@ksu.edu
Partnerships:
More information about our partnerships is coming soon. Check back again later.
