Mental Health Links
The following links are listed to provide you with online mental health information. Please also check the additional links provided for physical health for a more comprehensive understanding of your overall well-being. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.
Mental Health and Psychiatric Associations
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Counseling Association
- Association for Play Therapy
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- Naional Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Eating Disorders Association
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Sleep Foundation
- Psychology Today
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Suicide Prevention and Suicide Hotline (988)
- CDC: Suicide Prevention
- NIMH: Suicide Prevention
- SAMHSA: Suicide Prevention
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Information
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
Depression
- What is Depression?
- Depression Overview
- Depression: Symptoms and Causes
- Tips to Manage Depression
- Depression and How Therapy Can Help
- PHQ-9 Depression Scale
- Depression: Supporting a family member or friend
Anxiety
- What is Anxiety?
- 50 Strategies to Beat Anxiety
- 11 Tips for Coping with an Anxiety Disorder
- General Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale
- How to Help Someone with Anxiety
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- National Center for PTSD
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: NIMH
- PTSD: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Coping with PTSD
- Helping a Family Member Who has PTSD
Substance Use, Addiction, and Recovery
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Gamblers Anonymous
- Al-Anon Family Groups
- Process Addictions
- Working with Children of People Experiencing Alcohol Use Disorder
- Medications for Substance Use Disorders
- Medications for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
- 8 Ways to Help When Loving Someone with an Addiction
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD
- ADHD in the Classroom: Helping Children Succeed in School
- ADHD Accommodations
- Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale
- NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales Overview
- NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales
Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Human Trafficking, and Domestic Violence
- DFPS: Report Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Quiz
- The Human Trafficking Hotline
- The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website
Career and Personality
- O*NET Online Career Resource
- O*NET Online Interest Profiler
- Holland Code Career Interests
- Values Online Card Sort
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- The Enneagram Institute
Money Management and Budgeting
- EveryDollar Online Budgeting Tool
- Steps to Manage Your Money
- How to Save Money Fast
- 27 Side Hustle Ideas to Earn Extra Cash
Sleep Recommendations
Technology Recommendations
- Digital Guidelines for Children
- Technology Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
- Screen Time Boundaries
- Healthy Technology Use
Relationship Resources
- Setting Healthy Boundaries
- Relationship Tips
- Parent and Child Relationships
- Parent and Adult Children Relationships
- The Gottman Institute
- Making Marriage Work
- Negative Relationship Behaviors
Play Therapy, Sand Tray, and Sand Play Therapy
- Play Therapy Video
- Play Therapy Introduction
- Play Therapy Overview
- Association for Play Therapy
- What is Play Therapy?
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Sand Play Therapy
Bullying
Parenting
- Parenting Style
- Parenting Style Quiz
- Attachment Styles
- Psychosocial Development
- Child Social Development
- Cognitive Development
Behavior Change: Children and Teenagers
- Giving Kids Choices
- 50 Reward Ideas for Kids
- Rewards for Teenagers
- Chores for Children and Adolescents
- Chores for Preschool Children
- Chore Charts for Kids and Teens
General Behavior Change Resources
Social, Emotional, and Mindfulness Interventions for Children
- Free Social and Emotional Learning Activities for Children
- Social and Emotional Learning Activities for Young Children
- Feeling Wheels for Children, Adolescents, and Adults
- Feeling Chart
- Circle of Control
- Coping Skills Bingo Cards
- Coping Skills Visual Cards
- Interpersonal Coping Skills
School Resources
Life Transitions
- Life Change Index Scale
- 8 Ways to Cope with Life Transitions
- Life Transitions Strategies
- Circle of Control
Mindfulness
- What is Mindfulness?
- Mindfulness Overview
- Mindfulness Benefits
- Leaves on a Stream Mindfulness Exercise
- Mindfulness Grounding Techniques
- Mindfulness Activities for Children
- Printable Mindfulness Activities for Children
- Mindfulness Exercises
- Mindfulness Apps
- Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5