Teen Mental Health Resources

• Coping 
• Self Harm and Suicide
• Grief
• Bullying & Peer Pressure
• Stress/Axiety

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• Doll Hospital Journal
• Helpguide
• Learn Psychology – Mental Health and Wellbeing for College Students
• Mental Health America
• Mind, the Mental Health Charity
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Psychology and Mental Health Resources for Teens
• Reach Out
• TEEN LINE
• Teen Mental Health
• 7 Cups of Tea – Connect with caring people for online therapy & counseling
• Teen Advice  : From About.com all the advice you can handle and more

Self Harm

• How To Help A Friend Who Is Self-Injuring
• How to Support Someone Who Self-Harms
• Mind: About Self-Harm
• Reach Out: Self Harm
• S.A.F.E. Alternatives
• Six Reasons Why People Self-Injure
• Supporting Someone Who Self-Harms
• The Adolescent Self-Injury Foundation
• Cutting and Self-Harm
• Self-Injury in Adolescents, opens a new window
• Self-Injury/Cutting, opens a new window 
  
  

Suicide Prevention

• American Association of Suicidology
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• How to Help Someone Who Is Suicidal And Save a Life
• IMAlive
• International Association for Suicide Prevention
• International Help Links
• Know the Signs: Suicide is Preventable
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK)
• Reach Out
• SAVE: Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Depression Student Guidebook
• Suicide.org (list of suicide hotlines in every state)
• Take 5
• The Trevor Project: crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people
• To Write Love on Her Arms
• Your Life, Your Voice – 1-800-448-3000 (Boys Town National Hotline)
  

Survivors

• Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors
• SOS:  A Handbook for Survivors of Suicide by Jeffrey Jackson (published by the AAS)
• SOSL (Survivors of Suicide Loss)
• Survivors of Suicide
• Too Damn Young

• 5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies
• Coping with Grief and Loss: Understanding the Grieving Process
• Coping with Loss: Bereavement and Grief (Mental Health America)
• Much Loved: The Online Tribute Charity
• Too Damn Young

• Abovetheinfluence  :  Are you aware of the influences that can affect your decision making process?
• Peer Pressure  :  This article from about.com is a variety of links to help you understand pressure
• "I Choose" Anti-Bullying Campaign
• American Psychological Association
• Beyond Bullies
• Bullying Awareness Guidebook
• Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center
• Stomp Out Bullying
• StopBullying

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• Stress Management Guide
• Fostering Resilience
• Mindfulness: Getting Started 
• Mindfulnet
• AnxietyBC – The Anxiety Disorders Association of British Columbia (AnxietyBC™) 
• Anxiety Disorder Resource Center
• Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents Fact Sheet
  
  
  

Book Lists

• Top Ten YA Fiction Books Dealing With Mental Illness
• You are Not Alone (coming online soon) - can find brochure in the library