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When our body has an overactive stress response, there are tools and treatments that can help us to combat the worry, fear, and panic.

How to Optimize Your Home for Healthy, Stress-free Living

The swell of grief around the holi‐ days is a common reason clients enter my therapy office this time of year. People often seek help for the immense sorrow that starts surfacing right around Thanksgiving.

Nuestra Visión es ser el referente nacional en programas de concientización, prevención, capacitación y apoyo en temas de salud mental. Nuestra misión es Construir una cultura de concientización, prevención, formación y acompañamiento para la promoción de la salud mental y el bienestar emocional de la comunidad.

This toolkit provides resources for pastors and their boards/councils to navigate the difficult situation in which a pastor may need a leave of absence for mental health challenges.

This video highlights the importance of self-care among faith leaders and shares guidance on what faith leaders can do to care for themselves after a suicide.

In this video, we will talk about how to intervene with a suicidal person with CARE, steps to take when the individual needs help beyond what you alone can provide and some basic do’s and don’t’s. We will also offers tips on how to offer spiritual resources.

Grief is hard. It doesn’t magically resolve with time but simply goes underground. We heal only by doing the hard work of healing. The good news is that you don’t have to do this — any of this — alone.

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale was designed by W.W. Zung to assess the level of depression for patients diagnosed with depressive disorder. It's a short self-administered survey to quantify the depressed status of a patient.

When you’re in the midst of a panic attack, pets may break the spell; here’s how

Whatever type of loss you’ve suffered, there’s no right or wrong way to grieve. But by understanding the stages and types of grief, you can find healthier ways to cope.

The booklet acknowledges the common interests shared by medicine and religion in the welfare of young individuals. It then describes multiple mental health challenges faced by LGBT youth, including suicide, depression, anxiety, substance use, bullying, and homelessness.

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) is working with more than 250 national partners from the public and private sectors to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (National Strategy).

This video offers some ideas for designing a funeral or memorial service for someone who has died by suicide. It also includes a list of do’s and don’t’s for reducing the chance of suicide contagion. A memorial service, no matter how the person died, should be a time for healing and remembrance. It is not a time for judging.

In this video, we talk about how you ask someone if they are having thoughts of suicide.

Watch a variety of mental health related videos on this YouTube channel

Worries about school work affect about two-fifths of children, the research found

Grief is universal. People often describe grief as passing through 5 or 7 stages. The 5 stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The 7 stages elaborate on these and aim to address the complexities of grief more effectively. They include feelings of guilt.

Phone numbers and organizations that can assist in mental health emergencies

This Resource Center for in Northern Texas programming is a living document to provide resources to people who attend Care & Healing Worship Services and Support Groups.

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention f you or someone you know is experiencing a suicide or mental health related crisis, please call or text 988 or chat 988Lifeline.org. The Action Alliance is not a crisis line.

In this video we will discuss the grief experience of family members of a person who has died by suicide and offers some do’s and don’t’s for reaching out to them. We’ll also talk briefly about appropriate language to use when discussing suicides.

In this video, we discuss the warning signs and risk factors for suicide that you, as a member of the clergy, may notice in congregants who come to you for counseling.

Depression is not a normal part of the aging process. Everyone feels sad or "blue" from time to time. But growing older involves adjusting to life changes that often involve loss: of loved ones, of familiar routines, of physical health.