Resources
Children & Adolescents Mental Health Organizations
On Our Sleeves® The Movement for Children’s Mental Health
a list of organizations, resources, and crisis hotlines in your region and state to help meet your young person’s specific mental health needs.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
treatment and services in your area; learn about signs, symptoms and statistics.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
treatment and services in your area; learn more about disorders.
Mental Health America
treatment and services in your area; learn more about disorders and statistics; use mental health screening tools; learn about ways to maintain mental wellness.
Mental Health FIRST AID
resources by topic, including general mental health resources, suicide, different mental health disorders, substance use, helplines and support groups.
National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)
support in your area; access youth and family resources about grief.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
expert tips and guidance for talking with kids about traumatic events, whether personal, community or global.
Find individual or organizational affiliates near you
Books
Raising Mentally Strong Kids by Daniel G Amen MD & Charles Fay PhD
Your Kid Belongs Here by Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges by Deboral Vlock
Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child’s Mental Health by Dr. Billy Garvey
You Are Not Alone for Parents and Caregivers by Christine Crawford
Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotionsby Jeanine Penzo & Pat Harvey
I Miss You Too: Grief and Mental Health Books for Kids by Pat Thomas
Suicide Prevention & Support Organizations:
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention AFSP
International Association for Suicide Prevention
NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness
SAMSHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
Books for loss survivors
Let’s Really Talk About Suicide by Melissa Bottorff-Avey
Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child by Gary Roe
The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies? by Nisha Zenoff
Grieving the Loss of a Child by Sonja Stoeckli
The New World of Suicide Loss by Tracy Oeser
Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart: Hope and Healing After Losing Your Partner by Gary Roe
Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back by Kelly Farley and David DiCola
The Grief Guidebook by Gary Roe
Navigating Intense Grief by Emily Vandenburg
After the Storm by Farid Jafarli
Beyond the Tears by J. Faragher
Surviving the Unthinkable by Janice Bell Meisenhelder
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
I Miss You Too: Grief and Mental Health Books for Kids by Pat Thomas
When Children Grieve by John James
My Son My Son by Iris Bolton
Understanding Your Suicide Grief by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Permission to Mourn by Tom Zuba
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan
Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide (Second edition) by Christopher Lukas and Henry M Seidan