Mental Health

Shifting to a Post-Pandemic Time: (click to view)

• Four Things Teens Should Keep Doing Post-Pandemic, by Elyse Salek
• The pandemic is threatening our children's ability to cope, by Joan Steinberg and Harold S. Koplewicz
• Here's how to help your kids break out of their pandemic bubble and transition back to being with others, at The Conversation
• Prepare your kids mentally for the transition back to school, by Dr. Neha Chaudhary CNN
• Teenagers and Back to School Stress, by Caroline Miller

Managing the Holidays (click to view)

• Holidays During the Pandemic, by Caroline Miller
• 5 Things That Will Make You Happier, by Laurie Santos

Online Courses: (click to view)

• Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty and Stress 

General Resources: (click to view)

• Compiled Mental Health Resources
• Tending to the Mental Health of Adolescents
• COVID-19 and Youth Mental Health, at Voices of Youth
• Mental Health and COVID-19, at Mental Health America
• Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, at the Trevor Project
• Mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19, by Joyce Lee
• How teenagers can protect their mental health during coronavirus (COVID-19), at Unicef
• Why Teens May Never Be the Same After the Pandemic, by Scottie Andrew, CNN
• How to talk to your kids about Coronavirus, by Deborah Farmer Kris, PBS Kids
• The ultimate kids’ guide to the new coronavirus, by Live Science Staff
• LISTEN: Yale Expert on Coping with Stress During a Pandemic, at npr
• Adapting to Living in Isolation, at CBS Sunday Morning
• Supporting Teenagers and Young Adults During the Coronavirus Crisis, by Caroline Miller at Child Mind Institute
• It's Not Just You. There's a Reason Kids Are Clingy Right Now, by Catherine Pearson
• Stress, Anxiety, or Depression? Treatment Starts With the Right Diagnosis, by Kathleen Raven
• Dr. Josephine Kim Talks About How to Raise Healthy Individuals
• Seven Ways to Reduce Stress in Anxious Times, by Elizabeth Bernstein
• Will My Child Bounce Back from the Coronavirus Crisis?, by Hannah Sheldon-Dean at Child Mind Institute
• To improve students' mental health, Yale study finds, teach them to breathe, by Brita Belli
• Taking Your 'Mental Health' Temperature During COVID-19, by Kathy Katella
• Yale neuroscientist discusses how coronavirus pandemic stress alters brain chemistry, by Susan Dunne
• COVID-19 Dreams? Here's What They Mean, by Kathy Katella
• Mental Resilience Can Help You Through the Coronavirus Pandemic; Here's How to Build It, by Andrea Petersen
• The Toll That Isolation Takes on Kids During the Coronavirus Era, by Andrea Petersen
• What Selfies Are Doing to Self-Esteem, by Rachel Ehmke
• Dear Teenagers, Here's How to Protect Your Emotional Well-Being, by Lisa Damour
• How parents shape their children's mental health, by Elissa Strauss at CNN
• Four things you can do to support your teen's mental health, at Unicef
• Post-Traumatic Growth May Be the Silver Lining of Trauma - Here's How to Harness It, by Cassie Shortsleeve
• How Everyday People Find Time to Care For Their Mental Health, by Beverly Ford

Anxiety: (click to view)

• Managing Anxiety During Reopening, by Gia Miller at Child Mind Institute
• Trusting God in Anxious Times Curriculum, by Philip Browning Helsel
• Mentoring Youth for Joy in Anxious Times, by Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Philip Browning Helsel
• Anxiety Among Adolescents Video, by Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Philip Browning Helsel
• Joy and Anxiety Video, by Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Philip Browning Helsel
• YMI Video Playlists - Anxiety
• Feeling Anxious About COVID-19?, by Colleen Moriarty at Yale Medicine
• How to Ease Children's Anxiety About COVID-19, at the National Alliance on Mental Health
• Tips to Help Teens Cope During COVID-19, by Rubina Kapil
• 5 Ways to Help Teens Manage Anxiety About the Coronavirus, by Lisa Damour, New York Times
• Coping with Coronavirus: Managing Stress, Fear and Anxiety, by Joshua Gordon
• Parents: How to Handle TMI, by Wendy Silverman at the Yale Child Study Center
• How to cope with my coronavirus (COVID-19) anxiety?, by Emily Guarnotta, PsyD
• The Power of Myth: The Benefits of Sharing Family Stories of Hard Times, by Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal
• 10 Sneaky Ways Your Coronavirus Anxiety is Coming Out, by Dominique Astorino
• Mindfulness: How It Can Help Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, by Kathy Katella at Yale Medicine
• Dr. Josephine Kim on Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Youth and Signs to Watch For
• Dr. Josephine Kim Talks About PTSD
• Dr. Josephine Kim Addresses What to Say to Struggling Youth

Depression: (click to view)

• Nurturing Joy: Emotional Health 101 Curriculum, by Nadja Reilly, Sarah Farmer and Katherine Hyde
• Depression in Biblical Days Curriculum , by Nadja Reilly, Sarah Farmer and Katherine Hyde
• Spiritual Awakening: Joy and Depression A Unified Pathway, by Dr. Lisa Miller
• YMI Video Playlists - Depression
• Supporting Teenagers and Young Adults During the Coronavirus Crisis, by Caroline Miller at the Child Mind Institute
• Checking In on Your Teenager's Mood During COVID-19, at NYU Langone Health
• Why teens may never be the same after the pandemic, by By Scottie Andrew, CNN
• Signs of Depression During the Coronavirus Crisis, by Caroline Miller at the Child Mind Institute
• Parenting a Depressed Teenager, by Stephanie Dowd
• Suicidal thoughts are increasing in young kids, experts say. It began before the pandemic, at NBC News
• Sleep and Depression, by Katie Harris

Family Instability: (click to view)

• Tuning Into Joy Curriculum, by Sharon Galgay Ketcham
• Family Instability, Lament and Blue Herons , by Sharon Galgay Ketcham
• YMI Video Playlists - Family Instability
• Resources to Support Youth and Families During the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak, at youth.gov
• Supporting Families During COVID-19, at the Child Mind Institute
• Quaranteenagers: Strategies for Parenting in Close Quarters, by Lisa Damour
• Parents Minding of Slippery Slopes, by Wendy Silverman

Grief: (click to view)

• That COVID-19 Feeling? It's Called 'Anticipatory Grief', by Adam Bulger
• Grief and COVID-19: Mourning our by-gone lives, by Kirsten Weir
• The Kids May Not Be Alright. And That's Ok, by Helen H. O'Donnell
• Helping Your Child Manage Disappointment About Abrupt Changes to the End of the School Year, at NYU Langone Health
• "Psychological Works" Factsheet: Helping Teens Cope with the Impacts of and Restrictions Related to COVID-19, at Canadian Psychological Association
• The Reality of COVID-19 Is Hitting Teens Especially Hard, by Christopher Null
• You're Allowed to Grieve the Year that Would Have Been, by Candace Marie Benbow
• How to help a grieving teen, by The Dougy Center
• Taking care of your mental health during Coronavirus, by What's Your Grief
• That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief, by Scott Berinato at Harvard Business Review

Substance Abuse: (click to view)

• God's Work of Art - Your Brain Curriculum, by Joyce Mercer
• Who Am I Before God Curriculum, by Joyce Mercer
• Paths to a Joyful Expression of Self Curriculum, by Joyce Mercer
• Fake Joy: Substance Abuse and Young People's Search for Joy, by Joyce Mercer and Charles E. Atkins, Jr.
• YMI Video Playlist - Substance Abuse
• The Addiction and COVID-19 Connection, by  Hayley Hudson
• Vaping and COVID-19: Is Now a "Reachable Moment" to Help Your Teen Quit?, by Kathleen Raven at Yale Medicine