It is not that parents do not want to engage with school-based mental health professionals, it is more like we are not properly engaging them.
If your child experiences suicidal ideation at school, you probably have questions. Here are some answers from a licensed professional school counselor.
3 Types of School Supports to Help Students with Mental Health Conditions
To All the Professors and Teachers of Those with Invisible Illnesses
6 Ways You Can Help a Loved One on Their Healing Journey
The Messy Truth About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Are the Kids Really Learning About Mental Health?
Training the Community to Recognize and Respond to Crises
College Students of Color: Overcoming Mental Health Challenges
Getting Involved with Minority Mental Health
Opioids and Substance Abuse: What Can We Do?
Why Suicide Reporting Guidelines Matter
Is It a Mental Health Problem? Or Just Puberty?
How Schools Can Help Students Respond to Suicide
Ensuring Your Child is Supported at School
What Happens When Celebrities Talk About Mental Illness
I Found My Purpose
Preventing a Generation from Struggling in Silence
My First Voice
Mental Health Conditions are Legitimate Health Conditions
Understanding the Spectrum of Bipolar Disorder
A Diagnosis of Mental Illness Need Not End a College Career
Why Some People Harm Themselves
How to Respond to Self-Harm
Understanding Self-Harm
What To Do if Your Workplace is Anxiety-Inducing
When Your Parents Have Mental Illness: Healing Childhood Trauma
Writing Tips that Can Reduce Symptoms
Depression Doesn’t Need an Explanation
Being the Person My 13-Year-Old Self Needed
The Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression
Understanding Dysthymia
The Pathway to Peace of Mind
Finding Wellness After Illness
The Top Three Musicals About Mental Health
Translating Lived Experience into a Compelling Novel
PTSD and Trauma: Not Just for Veterans
Understanding Dual Diagnosis
Suicide Prevention as a Social Justice Issue
The Importance of Maintaining Mental Health in College
Preventing Mental Health Effects of Divorce on Children
Rules of the Road for Succeeding in College with a Mood Disorder
Helping Children Learn How to Think Positively
Attention Spans in the Age of Technology
Mental Health Matters for All Students
Talking About Mental Health Should Start Early
Lessons We Missed as Kids: Practicing Mental Health
A Film Festival to Spread Positivity
Supporting Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Offering Hope for Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder: What’s the Difference?
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
Mental Health Starts with Listening
Are You Living on the Edge?
An Invisible Illness is Still an Illness
Teaching Kids About Mental Health Matters
Delivering on the Hope for Recovery
How You Can Stop Mental Illness Stigma
Ways to Advance Your Mental Illness Education
Depression is an Illness, Not a Weakness
World Health Day Spotlights Depression
Beyond Silence: Stopping Stigma One Story at a Time
Balanced Partnership Raises the Scale of Mental Health Awareness
Inspiring Hope in the Bipolar Community
Understanding What Causes Stigma
The Impact of Music Therapy on Mental Health
Silence Isn’t Always Golden
Discovering New Options: Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Suicide Rate Correlations You May Not Have Known About
Giving Your Mental Health the Old College Try
Need Help With Back-to-School? Ask the NAMI HelpLine
Starting College? Don’t Let Distress Affect Your Success
MediaWatch: Don’t Forget the Children
Showing What It Means to Have Bipolar Disorder
A Voice at the Table: NAMI and Community Partnerships
Book Review: Providing the Right Care to Students: The Teacher’s Guide to Student Mental Health
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