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Addressing Anxiety & Depression in Young Adults: Leveraging What Works
Addressing Anxiety and Depression in Young Adults Resources

ADDRESSING ANXIETY & DEPRESSION IN YOUNG ADULTS: LEVERAGING WHAT WORKS RESOURCES

We asked our panelists to provide us with links pertinent to their talks, and additionally gathered material from our audience in the webinar chat. We have organized these materials by topic and provide links to them all here.

Trends for Youth in Mental Health

New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC newsroom

Poor Mental Health is a Problem for Adolescents, CDC newsroom

The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being, Brookings Institute

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Kaiser Permanente

CDC Data and Trends Summary on Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Teen girls ‘engulfed’ in violence and trauma, CDC finds, Donna St. George, Washington Post

The teens are not alright. We should all be alarmed, Marcela García, The Boston Globe

Inequities in the Mental Health System

The historical roots of racial disparities in the mental health system, Tahmi Perzichilli, Counseling Today

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health, Margeria Allegria, Melissa Vallas, Andres Pumariega, National Library of Medicine

Representation: Why It Matters in Therapy, Tara Hodgens, the YMCA

How to incorporate anti-racism into psychiatric practice, Katie O’Connor, Psychiatric News

Mental Health Parity in the US: Have We Made Any Real Progress? Ali Shana, Psychiatric Times

Psychiatrist Shortage and Community Care

A growing psychiatrist shortage and an enormous demand for mental health services, Stacey Weiner, Association of American Medical Colleges

The Power of Community Health During COVID-19: A Look at Chelsea, Massachusetts, featuring Mary Lyons-Hunter, PsyD – Shrinking It Down, The Clay Center

Expanding community based mental health services and support, NYC.gov

Prevention and early intervention in youth mental health: is it time for a multidisciplinary and trans-diagnostic model for care? International Journal of Mental Health

More on the PACT program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Social Media and Mental Health

Does Social Media Make Teens Unhappy? It May Depend on Their Age, Virginia Hughes, The New York Times

Teens, Social Media, and Mental Health: It’s Not As Clear Cut As You Think, Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, Harvard Social Impact Review

Telehealth

Myths Busted: New Studies Show Telemedicine is Effective, Doesn’t Reduce Access to Care, University of Rochester Medical Center

Study of Impact of Telehealth Use on Clinic “No Show” Rates at an Academic Practice, Psychiatric Quarterly

General Mental Health Resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness Massachusetts (NAMI Mass)

Education & skills training courses * Support groups * Advocacy
COMPASS helpline email compass@namimass.org or call 617-704-6264

Cole Resource Center (CRC)

Resource referrals * Support groups * Workforce Development Program
Resource referrals email info@coleresourcecenter.org or leave a message at 671-857-3298

Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Resources and Information

National organizations

Local Organizations

Massachusetts Network of Care
Comprehensive directory of behavioral health services in MA
Care Solace: Care Solace navigates the mental health care system to find available providers matched to specific needs.
Special services for schools
Teach for America
NEA: In his most recent book, “Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-To-Prison Pipeline,” researcher, author, and NEA higher education member Mark R. Warren spotlights the voices of Black and Brown parents and students who are organizing and building movements to dismantle the school–to–prison pipeline in their local schools. This website also has sections on SEL (Social Emotional Learning), Restorative practices
Example of Trauma-informed information
Adolescent Counseling Services (Bay Area, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties). This organization has a dedicated staff, provides reliable quality resources, and does good work.

Donate, Support, Volunteer!

PARTICIPATE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL

COLE RESOURCE CENTER

Donate to CRC. CRC has a Platinum rating on Guidestar
Volunteer your time at CRC. Roles welcomed include communications, mentoring of
Workforce participants, or assisting CRC’s management team.
Replicate CRC in your own community. CRC’s work serves as a model for low cost/high
impact peer support for mental health. Email ellenf@coleresourcecenter.org to discuss.

THE AAKOMA PROJECT

UCSF CENTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ETC

Mental health care workforce development program for youth and young adults in San Francisco

CLAY CENTER

Webpage: www.mghclaycenter.org
You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mghclaycenter
For a nice promo/explanatory video about the Clay Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_puQ_tnmRkEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_puQ_tnmRkE

STEVE FUND

Donate to the Steve Fund, which focuses on mental health for young people of color, started by the family of an HR79 classmate.

Education Courses

NAMI Family-to-Family

Free 8-week course for family caretakers of people with mental health conditions
Led by trained family volunteers

NAMI Basics

Free 6-week course for parents of children & adolescents
Led by trained family volunteers

Flourishing Families (BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation)

Free 5-week course supporting the parents, guardians, and caregivers of young adults who live with a mental health and/or substance use condition. NEW in spring 2022.

NAMI Peer-to-Peer

Free 8-week, recovery-focused course for people with mental health conditions
Led by trained volunteers with lived experience

Support Groups

NAMI Mass Connection Recovery Support Groups

Led by trained peer facilitators who’ve been there. NAMI Connection groups allow you to talk about your experiences in a safe and confidential setting. The free groups encourage empathy, productive discussion, and a sense of community.

NAMI Mass Family Support Groups

Led by trained family member volunteers, NAMI Family Support Groups are free groups for family members, friends, and other caregivers of people diagnosed with mental health conditions. See also NAMI Mass’s special interest support groups (for parents of teens & adolescents, parents of school-age children, spouses and partners, elderly caretakers, etc.) here.

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) – Boston Support Groups

Current groups include Maintaining Stability, Depression, Bipolar and Mania, and Senior Strength for peers, and Family and Friends

Cole Resource Center Support Groups

Current groups are Women’s Family and Men’s Peer-to-Peer support groups.

Contact Numbers for a Crisis

988 Suicide & Crisis 24/7 (alternative to 911 for behavioral health, launched nationwide July 2022)

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 24/7

1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Text: #741 741 (now transitioning to 988)

Samaritans call or text 24/7

(877) 870-HOPE (4673)

The Trevor Project (LGBT youth hotline) 24/7

1-866-488-7386

Trans Lifeline (Peer Support Helpline for Transgender)

(open 24/7; see website re: reduced capacity during pandemic)
1-877-565-8860
Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline 24/7 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.