Mental Health

This resource provides a virtual reality (VR) trip through the brain to learn about alcohol's effects on the brain. Stops include the prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, hippocampus, and cerebellum. Youth, caregivers, and educators can download the app to access the tool using Quest, Quest 2, or Meta Quest Pro ...

This resource (PDF, 28 pages) defines and describes parent engagement through the lens of schools' health promotion activities. It outlines how parents, schools, and communities can work together to create an environment that facilitates the healthy development of children and adolescents. Learn more (PDF, 28 pages).  ...

This infographic encourages school districts to renew, strengthen, energize, and nourish their local school wellness policy efforts. Learn more. 

This guide (PDF, 51 pages) describes tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach (TIA) in behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing TIA and describes strategies for such assessments. Implementation strategies for the following 10 domains ...

Through the Free to Learn initiative, ED and HHS are encouraging states, territories, school districts, Tribal nations, and public health agencies to pledge to partner to create and support schools and other learning environments that prevent, address, and ameliorate the effects of bullying, violence, and hate while also supporting school ...

This guide (PDF, 64 pages) discusses the prevalence of suicide among youth, effective treatment programs, implementation considerations and strategies, and examples of the successful use of programs in clinical and community-based settings. Learn more (PDF, 64 pages).   

This guide is designed to promote enhanced professional skills with college students’ decisions surrounding drugs and alcohol. This resource describes the competencies required to maximize student success and well-being with a focus on reducing risky behaviors and harm associated with students’ substance use. This resource is accompanied by an eight-part ...

This webpage provides information about mental health and substance use disorders affecting parents and youth as well as assessment tools and treatment programs.   Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders  Working with families: Mental health  Working with families: Substance use  Learn more.  ...

This report shares data about the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among adults, lasting impacts of ACES on adult health and well-being, and implications for public health practice. Learn more.  

This advisory (PDF, 82 pages) emphasizes the important role that social connection plays in individual, community, and societal health. It offers recommendations for increasing and strengthening social connection through a whole-of-society approach. The advisory presents a framework for a national strategy to improve social connection with specific recommendations for the ...