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NASP Communiqué, Vol. 33, #7

May Is Mental Health Month!

Mental Health Resources for School Personnel

Compiled by Ralph E. Cash, PhD, NCSP
Nova Southeastern University

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Lazarus, P., Jimerson, S. & Brock, S. (Eds.) (2002). Best practices in school crisis prevention and intervention. Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. (see www.nasponline.org/publications).

Government Reports

U.S. Public Health Service. (1999). Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: Author. Available: www.surgeongeneral.gov

U.S. Public Health Service. (1999). The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide. Washington, DC: Author. Available: www.surgeongeneral.gov

U.S. Public Health Service. (2000). Report of the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health: A national action agenda. Washington, DC: Author. Available: www.surgeongeneral.gov

World Health Organization. (2000). Preventing suicide: A resource for teachers and other school staff. Geneva: Mental and Behavioral Disorders, Department of Mental Health (WHO). Available: www.who.int/en

Organizations and Websites

American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016; www.aacap.org

American Academy of Family Physicians, P.O. Box 11210, Shawnee Mission, KS 66207; (800) 274-2237; www.aafp.org

American Association of Suicidology, Suite 310, 4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW,  Washington, DC 20008; (202) 237-2280; www.suicidology.org

American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002; (202) 336-5500; www.apa.org

American Psychiatric Association, 1400 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 682-6000; www.psych.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), Suite 501, 730 N. Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610-7204, (800) 826-3632; www.dbsalliance.org 

National Association of School Psychologists, Suite 402, 4340 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 657-0270 (suicide resources); www.nasponline.org/NEAT/suicide_resources.html

National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE provides access to trained telephone counselors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

National Institute of Mental Health, Room 8184, 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892; (310) 443-4513; www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Association, 1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; (800) 969-NMHA; www.nmha.org

National Resource Center for Safe Schools, www.safetyzone.org

Safe and Responsive Schools Project, www.indiana.edu/~safeschl

SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program, Screening for Mental Health, Suite 304, 1 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481; www.mentalhealthscreening.org.

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, P.O. Box 644, Westminster, CO 80036-0644, (303) 429-3530; www.yellowribbon.org

Adapted from “Depression in Adolescents” in Helping Children at Home and School II: Handouts For Families and Educators (NASP, 2004).

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