Mental Health

Articles and Research (click to view)

• Digital Resources for Mental Health at All Ages, at UT Austin Boot Camps
• Trevor Project National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020
• Mental Health in Adolescents, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Adolescent Mental Health, World Health Organization
• Let’s Help Our Youth Change the Way They Look at Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Mental Health Issues on the Rise Among Adolescents, Young Adults, Jaime Rosenberg
• What Research Says About How Religion Affects Your Health, Nicole Fisher
• The Positive Effects of Religion on Mental Health, Maria Archer
• Raising Kids with Religion or Spirituality May Protect Their Mental Health: Study, Alice Walton
• Youth Pastors Play Pivotal Role in Teens’ Mental Health, Nick Zagorski
• The Importance of Listening Well to Young People, Signe Whitson L.S.W.
• Black Minds Matter, Coshanda Dillard
• Depression, Mayo Clinic
• What Is Depression?, American Psychiatric Association
• Depression in Adolescence, Anita Thapar, Stephan Collishaw, Daniel S. Pine, Ajay K. Thapar
• Major Depression in Adolescents, Stanford Children’s Health
• Adolescent Depression, Hopkins Medicine
• Depression and Teenagers, by Melissa Ford
• Sleep and Depression, by Katie Harris
• Religion and Depression in Adolescence, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sriya Iyer, Anwen Zhang
• The Importance of Community and Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Health
• Community Support Builds Better Lives, National Alliance on Mental Health
• Community Engagement and Positive Mental Health, www.nostigmas.org
• Church-Based Health Programs for Mental Disorders among African Americans, Sidney H. Hankerson and Myrna M. Weissman
• Christian Faith Communities Are Often the Front Lines of Mental Health Care,  Tara Isabella Burton
• Mental Health and Faith Community Partnership, American Psychiatric Association
• Parenting a Depressed Teenager, by Stephanie Dowd, PsyD
• What Selfies Are Doing to Self-Esteem, by Rachel Ehmke
• Social Media and Self-Doubt, by Rae Jacobson
• How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers, Rachel Emke
• Four things you can do to support your teen's mental health, at Unicef
• 2020 Mental Health Resource List, at Nursing License Map
• Cyberbullying: What is Cyberbullying and How to Stop It, at CallerSmart
• How Parents' Calm Impacts Teen Behavior, by Ken Ginsburg
• What To Do If You Think Your Teenager is Depressed, by Stephanie Dowd, PsyD
• Watching for Signs of Psychosis in Teens, by Juliann Garey
• The pandemic is threatening our children's ability to cope, by Joan Steinberg and Harold S. Koplewicz
• How to Talk About Mental Health Issues, by Rae Jacobson

Anxiety and Suicide (click to view)

• Anxiety Disorders, Mayo Clinic
• Anxiety Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health
• Your Adolescent – Anxiety and Avoidant Disorders, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Cleveland Clinic
• Adolescents in Crisis: Why We Need to Recover Religion, Paul Vitz and Bruce Buff
• The Suicide Rate for Kids Ages 10-14 Nearly Tripled in the Last Decade.  Why and What Can We Do?,  Annie Reneau
• Thoughts of Death and Suicide in Early Adolescence, Ann Vander Stoep, Elizabeth McCauley, Cynthia Flynn, and Andrea Stone
• Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know, Mayo Clinic
• Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents, Nadine J. Kaslow
• Teen Suicide, Stanford Children’s Health
• To improve student's mental health, Yale study finds, teach them to breathe, by Brita Belli
• Suicidal thoughts are increasing in young kids, experts say. It began before the pandemic, at NBC News
• What To Do If You're Worried About Suicide, by Nadine Kaslow, PhD
• Signs a Child Might Be Suicidal, by Rachel Ehmke

Substance Abuse (click to view)

• Teen Substance Use and Risks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Monitoring the Future Survey: High School and Youth Trends, National Institute on Drug Abuse
• United States Adolescent Substance Abuse Facts, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Why Do Adolescents Take Drugs?, National Institute on Drug Abuse
• The Impact of Substance Abuse in Families, AddictionResource.net

Pornography (click to view)

• Teens and Internet Pornography, Lynn Margolies
• How Pornography Affects a Teen Brain, Danny Huerta
• Is Pornography Dangerous for Teens?, Child Mind Institute
• Teenagers and Pornography: Treating the Silent Epidemic,  John Mark Haney

Violence (click to view)

• Exposure to Violence during Adolescence as a Predictor of Perceived Stress Trajectories in Emerging Adulthood, Justin Heinze, Sarah A. Stoddard, Sophie M. Aiyer, Andria B. Eisman, and Marc A. Zimmerman
• The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems, Carrie A. Moylan, Todd I. Herrenkohl, Cindy Sousa, Emiko A. Tajima, Roy C. Herrenkohl, and M. Jean Russo
• Exposure to Domestic Violence: A Meta-Analysis of Child and Adolescent Outcomes, Sarah E. Evans, Corrie Davies, and David DiLillo

Hunger and Homelessness (click to view)

• What Are the Psychological Effects of Hunger on Children?, American Psychological Association
• Food Insecurity and Hunger: A Review of the Effects on Children’s Health and Behaviour, Janice Ke and Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones
• Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth, American Psychological Association
• Child Homelessness: A Growing Crisis, U.S. Department of Health and Human Serivces

Family Instability (click to view)

• Family Instability and Child Well-Being, Paula Fomby and Andrew J. Cherlin
• The Varying Effects of Family Instability, Anna Sutherland
• The Church and the Family Crisis, Don and Carol Browning

Tools: (click to view)

• Suicide Risk Assessment Standards, Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• The California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project, at Child Mind Institute
• The Social Work License Map

Tending to the Mental Health of Adolescents Training Module (click to view)