Mental Health Related Links

TEA: Mental Health and Behavioral Health

Senate Bill 279

Five Tips to Turn Around a Stressful Day

Everyone has tough days. How you handle the stress is what makes a difference, and your response can impact the trajectory of the rest of your day and week. Tips and resources from Mental Health First Aid can help you turn difficult days around and make the most of what’s ahead. Read more.

TEXAS SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH - The website strives to provide districts and campuses with the resources and tools needed to develop a comprehensive school mental health system.

The following links provide information about mental health:

Healthy Place (outside source)

American Psychological Association (outside source)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (outside source)

Safe Alternatives (outside source)

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (outside source)

National Institute of Mental Health (outside source)

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (outside source)

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (outside source)

School Mental Health (outside source)

Center for Mental Health in Schools (outside source)

Virtual Toolbox for Mental Health in Schools (outside source)

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Mental Health Be Smart. Be Well (outside source)

Texas Department of State Health Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse (outside source)

SAMHSA Coping with Disasters and Traumatic Events (outside source)

Crisis Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Resources (outside source)

Suicide Prevention Related Links

The following links provide information about suicide prevention:

Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (outside source)

National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (outside source)

Jason Foundation (outside source)

Texas Department of State Health Services Suicide Prevention (outside source)

Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide (outside source)

Texas Suicide Prevention (outside source)

American Association of Suicidology (outside source)

Is Your Home Suicide Proof (outside source)

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Suicide Prevention (outside source)

Suicide Prevention Resources

The following resources are about suicide prevention:

Coming Together To Care: A Suicide Prevention and Postvention Toolkit for Texas Communities (outside source)

SAMHSA 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (outside source)

SAMHSA Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools (outside source)

Children’s Safety Network Suicide Prevention Resource Guide 2012 (outside source)

Trauma-Informed Video Training Series by TEA - Project Restore

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Suicide Prevention

• Communicating Safely for Suicide Prevention - Talking with Others about Suicide

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

• HHSC - Suicide Prevention Quarterly Newsletter (PDF)

A Psychologist's Guide to Winter Well-Being

Feeling stressed or burned out? This winter, join a licensed clinical psychologist and mental health expert, Dr. Mylien Duong, on a journey to social and emotional well-being. There are 8 videos from the Committee for Children with evidence-based advice and a weekly self-care prescription to support your mental health during a pandemic winter.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE from PERIMETER HEALTHCARE

Why Self Care Can Help You Manage Stress from Very Well Mind

Self-Care Is Important: Why Is It So Hard to Practice? from Psychology Today

What Is Self-Care And Why Is Self-Care Important? from The Law of Attraction by Greater Minds

6 self-care steps for a pandemic — always important, now essential from Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School

Why Self-Care Is Important for Your Physical and Mental Health from Healthy Place

Taking Care of Yourself from National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

How and Why to Practice Self-Care

Engaging in a self-care routine has been clinically proven to reduce or eliminate anxiety and depression, reduce stress, increase happiness and more. It can help you adapt to changes, build strong relationships and recover from setbacks. Read more.