9 Strategies for Quarantining in a Non-LGBTQ+ Affirming Environment
With help from queer therapists and experts from The Trevor Project, here’s how to endure isolation with those who might not accept your identity.
Source: them.
Health & Wellness Resources
These health and wellness resources are an extensive, curated collection of tools and resources. The library includes external resources as well as resources that were developed under CCC Health & Wellness or submitted by the colleges. Search by keyword, topic, and/or audience.A Guide to Campus Mental Health Planning
The first section outlines the infrastructure that needs to be in place to build and sustain an effective mental health promotion and suicide prevention effort. The second section guides campus planners in developing a comprehensive, coordinated set of programs and … read more
Source: Jed Foundation
ACEs Aware-Related Practice Papers Now Available
ACES Aware grantees across the state are producing practice papers featuring promising strategies and case studies from clinical teams and communities implementing ACE screening and trauma-informed systems of care. Visit ACEsAware.org to read the practice papers, including: Eisner Health’s Journey … read more
Source: Aces Aware
After a Suicide: A Suicide Toolkit for Schools (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
Developed by AFSP and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center — two of the nation’s leading organizations devoted to suicide prevention — to assist schools in the aftermath of a suicide (or other death) in a school community.
Source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Information and education about suicide and depression, programs for suicide survivor treatment, research, and education.
Source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) – Find your Chapter
California has several AFSP chapters. Use this search tool to find the chapter for your region and get involved in local AFSP suicide prevention walks, Talk Saves Lives suicide prevention trainings, and more.
Source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Assisting Parents/Caregivers in Coping with Collective Traumas
Offers strategies to help parents/caregivers cope with collective traumas. This resource also provides guidance on what parents/caregivers can do to care for their children.
Source: NCTSN
Assisting Students in Distress Quick Reference Guide (Riverside City College)
Riverside City College created this quick guide to help faculty and staff identify, refer, and support students in distress. The main focus is a listing of community resources.
Source: Riverside City College
Assisting the Distressed Student: Administrator/Faculty/Staff Guide
Developed by the college Behavioral Intervention Caring Team (BICT), this guide is intended to provide guidance to staff and faculty on how to aid emotionally distressed students and offers steps on how to refer them for help.
Source: Ventura College
Basic Suicide Facts
Suicide hurts all of us-parents, children, siblings, friends, lovers and spouses. The loss for society is psychological, spiritual, and financial. Understanding suicide requires looking at all of the factors that underlie this complex and intensely emotional issue and applying logic … read more
Source: Harvard T.H. Chan
California Homeless Youth Handbook
With the launch of the Homeless Youth Handbook, advocates and California youth who are unhoused, precariously housed, or transitioning out of homelessness have gained a major new set of legal resources. A multi-year, multi-state pro bono initiative by Baker McKenzie … read more
Source: Bay Area Legal Aid, the Tipping Point Community, Google and Baker McKenzie
California Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
For the person in crisis, counselors online, and other facts about how to ask for help.
Source: California Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
California Youth Mental Health: Understanding Resource Availability and Preferences
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and California’s Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) released “California Youth Mental Health: Understanding Resource Availability and Preferences,” a survey of more than 400 young people in California ages 13 to 24 … read more
CalMHSA Suicide Prevention
The California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) suicide prevention social marketing program is one component of the MHSA Suicide Prevention initiative, which uses a full range of strategies from Prevention to Early Intervention to prevent suicides across ages and backgrounds. … read more
Source: California Mental Health Services Authority
Clues to Suicide
People thinking of suicide often give clues when they are feeling desperate and hopeless. One clue may or may not mean a great deal, but any clue is worth exploring. Here is a list of the most common clues.
Source: Spokane Mental Health
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at a Glance
An evidence-supported, low-burden solution is The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), a screening tool developed by multiple institutions, including Columbia University, with NIMH support has predicted suicide attempts – one of the foremost national priorities for prevention. Developed by a … read more
Source: The Columbia Lighthouse Project
Communities Must Tailor Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts to Those Who Need Them Most
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about youth suicide rates.
Source: Child Trends
Communities Must Tailor Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts to Those Who Need Them Most
Youth suicide rates increased from 2018 to 2021 for Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), Black, and Hispanic youth—but not for White youth.
Source: Child Trends
Community Connections in Times of Physical Separation
If you’re experiencing feelings of worry, irritability, or low mood right now, you’re not alone.
Source: Each Mind Matters
COVID Coach App
Free app designed to provide coping tools and support resources to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Government-developed (US Department of Veterans Affairs).
Source: US Dept. of Veterans Affairs