our minds matter

mental health resources

the following warning signs of suicide demand immediate attention

  • Talking about wanting to die or kill oneself.
  • Talking or writing about suicide or death.
  • Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live.
  • Talking about being a burden to others and how the world would be better off without him/her.
  • Talking about being trapped or in unbearable pain.
  • Complete withdrawal.
  • Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge.
  • Displaying extreme mood swings and acting recklessly.
  • Looking for ways to kill oneself, such as searching online or obtaining access to firearms, pills, or other means to kill oneself.
  • Giving away prized possessions and other personal things; tying up loose ends.

If you or someone you love exhibits any of these signs, you should immediately call 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you cannot reach someone on this line, go to an emergency room, make sure you or your loved one is not alone until professional help arrives and remove all firearms, sharp objects, drugs, alcohol and other things that could be used in a suicide attempt.

  • CDC LGBTQ+ Resources: provides resources for LGBTQ+ youth, friends, supporters, educators, school administrators, parents, guardians and family members. 
  • It Gets Better Project: online platform to share LGBTQ+ stories and to remind teens that there is hope and it will get better. 
  • Movies and TV shows from Common Sense media featuring LGBTQ+ teens. 
  • Trans Lifeline: A trans-led hotline and non-profit organization offering “direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.”
  • TrevorLifeline: The Trevor Project offers a suicide and crisis prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth that is available via phone, online chat, and text.
  • True Colors United offers a four-step plan for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness to safely access housing and understand their legal rights.
  • College scholarships and key resources for transgender students.
  • Trevor Space: A social media network that provides a community for tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ youth looking to connect with each other and find support.
  • The Importance of Gender Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
  • A Guide to Resources for LGBTQ+ Students: College resources, support groups, political advocacy groups, and more

  • Special Olympics’ Inclusive Health programming focuses on improving the physical and social-emotional well-being of people with intellectual disabilities by increasing inclusion in health care, wellness, and health systems for Special Olympics athletes and others with intellectual disabilities.
  • Strong Minds Activity Guide from the Special Olympics’ Strong Mindfulness Program is designed to help develop coping skills in everyday life.
  • Autistic Self-Advocacy Network works to empower autistic people across the world to take control of their own lives and the future of the common community, and seeks to organize the autistic community to ensure autistic voices are heard in the national conversation. “Nothing About Us, Without Us!”
  • Volunteers of America contains resources for affordable housing, employment, and behavioral health services. Services, which include but are not limited to domestic violence support, addiction and substance use disorder treatment, mental health crisis counseling, and mental health housing/residential treatment are searchable by service type and location.
  • Inclusive Therapists is a national directory of therapists that allows you to find a therapist based on their cultural knowledge, languages, provider’s identity, therapeutic approaches, services, specialties, practice locations, insurance, as well as a variety of other factors. 
  • The Arc Resources Library is a searchable resource database with a variety of resources—including toolkits, videos, articles, training, fact sheets, and litigation—for people with disabilities, family members, advocates, and various professionals.
  • Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities.
  • Eye to Eye works to improve the educational experience and outcomes of neurodiverse young people, while engaging them and their allies in the movement for a more equitable and inclusive society.
  • Partners for Youth with Disabilities aims to create a world where young people with disabilities will be able to live with dignity and pride in who they are, and to lead self-determined lives filled with purpose. They build the skills and abilities of young people with disabilities, and increase the inclusivity of workplaces, organizations, and communities.

  • The AAKOMA Project: Works to build the consciousness of Youth of Color and their caregivers on the recognition and importance of mental health, empower youth and their families to seek help,  and influence systems and services to receive and address the needs of Youth of Color and their families.
  • Active Minds: Changing the conversation about mental health through education for young adults.
  • Born This Way Foundation: Co-founded and led by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Bissett Germanotta, supports youth mental health and works with young people to build a kinder and braver world.
  • Jack.Org: Canada’s only charity training and empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health.
  • The Mental Health Coalition:  a nonprofit coalition of organizations, brands, and individuals who have joined forces to end the stigma surrounding mental health.
  • Mental Health Literacy: This website provides in-depth info about mental illness for teens. Check out their Youtube videos and social media pages.
  • Self Care Station: apparel website to spread self-care love and normalize mental illness and speaking about mental health, partners with mental organizations to raise awareness and talk about the stigma.
  • To Write Love on Her Arms: A non-profit whose mission is to “present hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.”