Healthy Mind Resources

A list of BLOOM's trusted resources for more information & support

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Teen Safe

Provides educational materials to parents and adolescents to reduce risky behaviours and help promote healthy activities in teens.

The Trevor Project

A non-profit organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.

Psychology Today

Psychology Today is the world’s largest mental health and behavioral science site online.

Chopra App

A place to discover your unique mind-body type and unlock personalized meditation and well-being practices tailored just for you.

Insight Timer

Offers 100,000 free guided meditations for as long as you want without ever paying a cent.

Teen Tribe // Support Group

Teen Tribe provides peer-to-peer support groups for teens faced with mental health challenges and/or difficult family dynamics.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

The nation’s largest mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Healthy Mind
NEABPD (National Education Alliance for Borerline Personality Disorder)

Provides education, promotes research, raises public awareness and understanding, decreases stigma, and enhances the quality of life of those affected by BPD

AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)

A voluntary health organization giving those affected by suicide a nation-wide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to help save lives.

College Parents Matter

Equips caregivers with young people in college with tools and resources to better communicate with them about alcohol and drug use.

SAMHSA: Talk. They Hear You

A mobile app that helps caregivers to have conversations with their young people about underage substance use.

Anxiety
The Thought that Counts
By Jared Douglas Kant, with Martin Franklin, Ph.D., and Linda Wasmer Andrews

A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Guts
By Raina Telgemeier

A true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face and overcome fears.

NOCD: Effective Care for OCD App

Obsessive complusive disorder (OCD) therapy via video, text, and more.

MindShift CBT – Anxiety Relief App

Helps manage anxiety and stress through clinically proven strategies for management.

Depression
Depressed While Black

Providing Black-affirming mental health support and advocacy.

Erikas Lighthouse

A depression and mental health education organization that provides free, flexible, and effective programming for grades 4-12.

Mood Kit App

Improve your mood and become your own expert with the wisdom and guidance of MoodKit at your fingertips!

Eating Disorders
RR: Eating Disorder Management App

An excellent tool for anyone recovering from an eating disorder.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The U.S. health protection agency division of nutrition, physical activity, and healthy weight.

National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA)

Supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders through prevention, cures, and access to quality care.

Exploring Emotions
Mood Kit App

Improve your mood and become your own expert with the wisdom and guidance of MoodKit at your fingertips!

SOS Help for Emotions
By Lynn Clark

Reduce your stress and enhance emotional intelligence by practicing self-help skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Happify

Happify’s science-based activities and games can help you overcome negative thoughts, stress, and life’s challenges.

Psychology Today

Psychology Today is the world’s largest mental health and behavioral science site online.

Mental Illness
NEABPD (National Education Alliance for Borerline Personality Disorder)

Provides education, promotes research, raises public awareness and understanding, decreases stigma, and enhances the quality of life of those affected by BPD

Moodfit

A free app that helps you track your moods and gives you exercises to help address negative emotions.

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education

Guides teens and young adults in self-awareness, compassion, & ethical decision making, and empowering them to apply these to their lives..

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
By Don Miguel Ruiz

Reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering.

Mindfulness
The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens
By Megan MacCutcheon, LPC

A workbook to help build up self-esteem and confidence, with creative activities and advice on how to think positively, release self-doubt, and love yourself.

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
By Thich Nhat Hanh

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh shows how to make positive use of the situations in life that usually pressure and antagonize us.

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
By Eckhart Tolle

Only after regaining awareness of being, liberated from mind, and intensely in the now, is there enlightenment.

Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential
By Deepak Chopra, M.D.

How to venture beyond daily living and experience heightened states of awareness.

Self-esteem & Body Image
Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-esteem, and the Confidence Gap
By Peggy Orenstein

This groundbreaking book challenges us to change the way we raise and educate girls.

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
By Nancy Amanda Redd

Physician-backed fast facts, FYIs, and how-tos about girls’ bodies.

I would, but my damn mind won’t let me! (ages 12+)
By Jacqui Letran

A teen’s guide to controlling their thoughts and feelings (for teens who struggle with body issues, self-doubt and worry).

HealthyChildren

Backed by pediatricians committed to optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all young adults.

Substance Use
Partnership to End Addiction

Empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture to end addiction.

Youth.GOV

A U.S. government website that helps you create, maintain, and strengthen effective youth programs.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Leading federal agency supporting scientific research on drug use and its consequences.

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

Empowers and mobilizes students and adult allies in the pursuit of healthy decision-making.

Suicide & Self Harm
The Nan Project

Promotes mental health awareness and suicide prevention programs for young people, using a peer-to-peer model.

The Trevor Project

A non-profit organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress.

Trauma
The Body Keeps The Score
By Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

Provides insight into how trauma lives in our bodies, the ways that it manifests in our lives, and finding effective treatments.

Trauma Institue and Child Trauma Institute (TITI)

Promotes the healing and healthy development of children, adolescents, and adults who have experienced trauma or loss.

Mental Health America: Racial Trauma

Promotes mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Committed to raising the standard of care for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events.

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