Mental Health

This guide highlights symptoms and warning signs of mental health and substance use disorders in children and youth. Additional resources are provided. Learn more. 

This webpage contains the CDC’s newest provisional estimates for suicide deaths in the United States in 2022. The data reveal that overall suicide rates increased approximately 2.6% from 2021 to 2022, while suicide rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) decreased 6.1%, and suicide among people 10-24 years old ...

The National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families (NCHYF) launched its redesigned website. The NCHYF supports ending youth homelessness by providing resources for direct service providers, partnering organizations, the research community, and the general public related to developing and implementing prevention, intervention, and aftercare services for runaway and homeless youth ...

The National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) brings together experienced organizations to recruit, screen, train, support, and engage caring adults who serve as tutors, mentors, student success coaches, wraparound service coordinators, and postsecondary transition coaches. NPSS invites these groups to get involved in improving reading and math, high school and ...

This resource provides a virtual reality (VR) trip through the brain to learn about alcohol's effects on the brain. Stops include the prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, hippocampus, and cerebellum. Youth, caregivers, and educators can download the app to access the tool using Quest, Quest 2, or Meta Quest Pro ...

This resource (PDF, 28 pages) defines and describes parent engagement through the lens of schools' health promotion activities. It outlines how parents, schools, and communities can work together to create an environment that facilitates the healthy development of children and adolescents. Learn more (PDF, 28 pages).  ...

This infographic encourages school districts to renew, strengthen, energize, and nourish their local school wellness policy efforts. Learn more. 

This guide (PDF, 51 pages) describes tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach (TIA) in behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing TIA and describes strategies for such assessments. Implementation strategies for the following 10 domains ...

Through the Free to Learn initiative, ED and HHS are encouraging states, territories, school districts, Tribal nations, and public health agencies to pledge to partner to create and support schools and other learning environments that prevent, address, and ameliorate the effects of bullying, violence, and hate while also supporting school ...