Throughout our lives every one of us will experience frustrations, disappointments and setbacks. No one will ever have everything work out perfectly for them exactly when they want to. How we learn to manage these challenges can make a big difference in how we feel and how things work out for us.
Planning Ahead for Your Mental Health Care as You Transition to College
This article includes information about how young people with mental health conditions can prepare going into college. Many of them have been in some sort of therapy, take one or more medications, and receive support services through their high school, from private tutors and/ or other agencies. Planning ahead for their ongoing mental health needs and academic support needs should be part of the college application process and should begin long before they step onto campus.
- Preparing for the transition: middle school and high school years
- Preparing for the transition: beginning the college search process
- Learning about mental health resources on/near campus
- Establishing your treatment team
- Helpful transition tools
- Obstacles to treatment on campus
- Health promotion on campus
Eating Disorders Are on the Rise: Here’s How Educators Can Help Their Students
During the pandemic, eating disorder helpline calls increased by as much as 80% while the number of hospitalizations for adolescents with eating disorders more than doubled. Educators are often the first to identify signs of trouble in children and teenagers, and they can also be a powerful force in helping them get the support they need. That is why it’s important that they are able to recognize the signs of an eating disorder and know what to do next.
Health Care Considerations for Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Indigenous Communities
This publication is designed to support health centers in providing affirming care and
services for Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people.
Two Spirit describes an Indigenous person who expresses their gender identity, spiritual identity, or social role in a traditional, non-Western way. The term Two Spirit was developed by LGTBQIA+ AI/AN activists in 1990 as way to unify tribal traditions that
historically embraced diversity and fluidity of gender identities and sexual orientations.
Social Media Toolkit: The California Healthy Minds Thriving Kids Project
A series of free, evidence-based video and print resources that caregivers and educators can use to teach their kids critical mental health and coping skills. The project was born of an innovative partnership between the state of California and the Child Mind Institute. It includes introductory videos for caregivers and educators, and videos to teach kids five clinically proven mental health skills:
Understanding Feelings:
Students will learn that better understanding and recognizing their emotions can be an important first step toward healthy coping and deeper relationships.
Relaxation Skills:
Students will learn specific relaxation skills, such as paced breathing, that they can use when experiencing intense or uncomfortable emotions.
Understanding Thoughts:
Students will learn about connections between their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and how they can change thinking patterns to make them more helpful.
Managing Intense Emotions:
Students will learn to recognize and manage intense emotions without giving in to the urge to act in impulsive ways that can make problems bigger.
Mindfulness:
Students will learn how paying attention to the present moment can increase self-awareness, improve decision-making and make it easier to deal with uncomfortable emotions.
Skill Sheets:
Each video comes with a brief companion resource that summarizes key ideas and includes an activity that can be practiced in school or at home
