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De-Stress Fest: Mental Health

Looking for a break in your studies? Need some stress relief? Need study tips and de-stress resources? This guide can help!

Maintaining Mental Health

Maintaining Mental Health: Tips, Tricks, and Habits that will maintain and improve your mental health.

Mental Health Assistance

  • BC Student Health Wellness Center: The following services are available to BC students at no cost! To schedule an appointment on the main or Delano campus, please call 661-395-4336 or email BCStudentHealth@bakersfieldcollege.edu.
    • A Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker and/or Intern can help you find solutions to problems with stress, relationships, anxiety, depression, fears, self-esteem, alcohol and drug issues, and adjustment to college life.
    • Crisis intervention
    • One-to-one brief psychotherapy, up to six visits a semester   .
  • Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (KernBHRS): Provides a mental health access line at 1-800-991-5272, as well as other services.
  • Pacific Health Education Cognitive Center Inc.: Tele-connection services are free to Cognitive Center clients and to the residents of Kern County. 
  • CCC Health & Wellness Resources: Providing California Community College students, faculty and staff with resources, best practices, and opportunities.
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.                   

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.            

In English - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or in Spanish - 1-888-628-9454 (These numbers will continue to work indefinitely, in addition to 988.)

List compiled by Bakersfield College's Office of Student Life.

Mental Health Signs & Symptoms

Know the common warning signs of mental health: 1. feeling very sad for more than two weeks, 2. trying to harm or kill oneself, 3. risk-taking behaviors, 4. sudden overwhelming fear for no reason, 5. significant weight loss or gain, 6. seeing, hearing, or believing things that are not real, 7. using drugs or alcohol, 8. drastic changes in mood, behavior, personality, or sleep habits, 9. difficulty concentrating, 10. intense worries that get in way of daily activities.

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression. Anxiety: feeling on edge, thinking negatively, difficulty concentrating or carrying out tasks, muscle tension, fatigue easily, sleep disturbances, persistent worry, feelings of panic, irritability, and shortness of breath. Depression: sad mood, hopelessness, guilt and worthlessness, loss of interest, decreased energy, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, low appetite, irritability, and thoughts of suicide.

Anxiety Apps

List compiled by Bakersfield College's Office of Student Life.