Check out Prince William and Lady Gaga as they team up to end the silence about the importance of mental health treatment.
Prominent figures talk to their younger selves:
Child Mind Institutes’s Month of May Media Campaign to Help Decrease Stigma
If you’re a champion of YOUNG ADULTS please share this info about a FREE training in facilitating a YA Connection Group! January 15, 2019! Young people helping other young people.
NAMI Shoreline on Facebook
*Please note: If you're experiencing suicidal thoughts contact Crisis Text Line by texting START to 741741
The topic of mental health services on campus was front and center last week at panel discussion hosted by NAMI Elm City at Gateway Community College. The discussion was facilitated by Valerie Lepoutre of NAMI CT. The students on the panel all concurred that getting help at college is daunting. Many were Yale students who struggled to find adequate services on campus, eventually seeking care off campus and in many cases having to leave their classmates and return home sometimes for over a year. The forum was video taped. When it becomes available we will post it here. The students were engaging and honest, sharing valuable wisdom which must be heard by parents and caregivers. The letter below mirrors what many of the students shared.
Anonymous Student Publicly Displays Letter to Counseling Services After an On-Campus Suicide
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"On the surface, you say you can offer help and assistance... But behind closed doors, the truth is whispered."This is a question many of us wonder about. Is there a relationship between substance abuse and suicidal behavior? Free Public Forum Wednesday Dec 12 in Middletown. In crisis now? Call 800 273 8255.
Indeed it's lonely and exhausting. We tend to blame ourselves. Especially when the world does, too.
"Nothing prepares a parent for the discovery that their child has a mental illness."
