Practice Guidelines, Tip Sheets, and Resource Guides

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is committed to providing credible information and resources to help people navigate through this crisis. In this guide, you will find answers to questions ranging from how to manage anxiety during this difficult time, to how to access medication while in quarantine, to how to deal with the loss of a loved one to COVID-19.

NAMI se compromete a proporcionar información y recursos creíbles para ayudar a las personas navegar a través de esta crisis. En esta guía, encontrará respuestas a preguntas que van desde cómo manejar la ansiedad durante este momento difícil, cómo acceder a la medicación mientras está en cuarentena, sobre cómo lidiar con la pérdida de un ser querido por COVID-19.

This Healing Library kit has been designed to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside you will find a Discussion Guide, Activities Guide, Acts of Kindness, Book recommendations with discussion and observation prompts, and Community Helpers. 

This Quarantine Family Toolkit by Kristin Ramsey, ATR-BC, LPC offers suggestions and resources on how to talk with children about COVID-19, a sample daily schedule for working/learning at home, online apps, podcasts and other resources for daily activities, mindfulness activities and short guided muscle relaxation script, as well as many art activities instructions and examples.

This NCTSN Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 resource will help parents and caregivers think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family— both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope. 

This NCTSN Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 resource will help parents and caregivers think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family— both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope. 

This NCTSN Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 resource will help parents and caregivers think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family— both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope. 

This NCTSN Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Parents tip sheet helps parents understand how economic difficulties can affect their families, in terms of their sense of safety, connectedness, and hope. The fact sheet also helps families find ways to cope during uncertain times.

This Select NCTSN Resources related to the COVID-19 Pandemic tip sheet identifies existing NCTSN resources related to COVID-19. The list includes fact sheets and resource guides, offering information and suggestions for supporting children and families.  

This NCTSN Helping Children Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic tip sheet helps parents and caregivers address their children's concerns and worries arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruptions of normal life that we are experiencing.

Esta NCTSN Helping Children Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic tip sheet ayuda a los padres y cuidadores a abordar las inquietudes y preocupaciones de sus hijos en cuanto a la pandemia de COVID-19 y las perturbaciones experimentadas en su vida normal.

This NCTSN Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Youth High School and College Age helps high school students and young adults understand how economic difficulties may affect them and provides suggestions on how they can cope during these uncertain times