Mental Health Disorders

• Download our 2-page infographic on mental health in Southwest CT here

• Check out our 2019 regional profiles on mental health and suicide in Southwest CT. 

• Free Play slideshow from our October 2019 lunch & learn: Free Play Initiative: How Wilton is Changing the Community Culture

• Tips and techniques for wellness and online resources for stress management 

• Older adults and mental health: Presentation by DMHAS statewide services October 2019: part 1 and part 2

• August 2019 research & policy statement by the National Council on Mass Violence in America: Causes, Impacts and Solutions: Here

• NPR: How to start therapy here

• Make a Mental Health Crisis Plan

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TOOLS & CURRICULA FOR K-12 SCHOOLS: 

• Overcoming Obstacles: free life skills curriculum for elementary, middle & high school in English, French & Spanish

• 4 What's Next (5 session resiliency curriculum for high schools; middle schools coming soon)

• Emotional Regulation Games

• EverFi's online mental health and wellness courses

•  Webinar and Slideshow of Frameworks and resources for planning & addressing mental health next schools year in light of COVID and the racial justice movement (June 2020)

• CT's plan for children: resources page

• Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Educator toolkit on SEL from Common Sense Media

• Harvard's Explore SEL toolkit

• Social-Emotional Learning Alliance for CT

• School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation System for mental health: SHAPE​

• Video & Toolkit: Getting Relationships Right (15 min, Search Institute)

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TOOLS & CURRICULA FOR COLLEGES: 

• Fresh Check Day (colleges)

• AFSP's College Students & Mental Health documentary

• Mental Health Matters Video - focused on college students and their MH

• JED Foundation - many college programs including ULifeLine, Love is Louder, Half of Us, Set to Go & JED Campus

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RESOURCES IN SOUTHWEST CT THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW:​

• Find crisis & treatment services using our regional resources guides and the SAMHSA locator map 

• Identify a family-endorsed provider through Resources to Recover

• Get our list of free peer support resources

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SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES IN CT:

• National Alliance for Mental Illness

• Advocacy Unlimited

• Mental Health CT

• Keep the Promise

• RockingRecovery

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WEBSITES YOU SHOULD KNOW: 

• CrisisTextLine Free to text any time for any crisis or concern

• CrisisTrends Searchable data from the Crisis Text Line

• SeizetheAwkward How to talk to someone when you're concerned

• OnOurSleeves Movement to transform children's mental health

• TurningPointCT - online peer support and information by and for teens & young adults in CT

• 7 Cups of Tea Free emotional support 

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GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITES:

• CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)

• Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• National Council on Behavioral Health

• mentalhealth.gov

• National Institute of Mental Health