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.

NIH:National Institute on Drug Abuse

Science-based information about drug use, health, and the developing brain for young people, caregivers, and educators.

Partnership to End Addiction

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

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.

Every Last Word
By Tamara Ireland Stone

A New York Times best-selling novel about understanding and accepting your unique self.

NOCD: Effective Care for OCD App

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

Depression
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide

Offering hope to young people through personal experiences and information on suicide prevention and how to say “YES!” to life.

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
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.

Teen Tribe // Support Group

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

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
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.

Teens Ask Deepak: All the Right Questions
By Deepak Chopra, M.D.

A guide to the spirit as seen through the eyes of teenagers.

The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance
By George Mumford

Groundbreaking mindfulness techniques that can transform the performance of anyone with a goal.

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.

Teen Esteem: A Self-Direction Manual for Young Adults
By Pat Palmer, Ed.D., and Melissa Alberti Froehner

Explores ways for young people to develop the skills they will need to navigate the teenage years.

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).

Substance Use
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

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

Above The Influence

Though this program is no longer active, it continues to provide resources to help teens stand up to negative pressures and influences.

The Phoenix

Helping build a sober, active community providing resilience and the power of connection to rise, recover, and live.

Talk it Out

Provides simple steps both parents and teens can take to stop underage drinking.

Suicide & Self Harm
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
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.

Childhood Violent Trauma Center (CVTC)

Yale Child Study Center’s childhood trauma center provides trauma-informed treatments and services to children and families.

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