Top Mental Health Websites for Teenagers
Top Mental Health Websites for Teenagers
Navigating through the bottomless pit that is the internet in search of solid, practical, and helpful resources about mental health can be exhausting, especially if you’re a teenager. You shouldn’t have to struggle for help and answers. Research has the ability to save lives and reveal problems that need solving.
Below we have gathered what we feel are some of the top sites on mental health for teenagers. Use these resources as a starting point in understanding your own mental health and navigating
the journey ahead.
1. National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI for short is one of America’s largest leading mental health organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of millions of people affected by
mental illness. They believe in getting help early on. Focusing on kids, teenagers, and young adults they have gathered essential information and resources intended to get them the help they need.
They teach on how to find help, navigating friendships and relationships at school and at home. You will learn about the effects social media has on your mental health and how to protect
yourself while staying connected.
2. The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGTBQ+ (lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people. They provide crisis counselors that are trained to answer calls, chats, or texts from LGBTQ
young people who can reach out on their free confidential and secure 24/7 service when they are struggling with issues such as coming out, identity, depression, and suicide.
They even have resources to help in the area of housing, homelessness, substance abuse, bullying, and suicide risk. The Trevor Project website is easy to navigate and is a safe space to
be.
3. Mental Health Literacy
Mental Health Literacy creates and delivers evidence-based resources and programs on youth mental health through collaboration with a variety of stakeholders.They believe that mental health is part of overall health. Just like it’s important to be informed about your health, it’s equally important to be informed about your mental health.
Mental Health Literacy takes the best available scientific evidence in mental health and makes it easy to understand and accessible for everyone. Whether you’re a friend, health professional,parent, or educator, mental health literacy has resources for everyone. Check out their toolbox to learn all about dealing with stress,
understanding mental illness, and types of mental disorders.
4. National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. It is one of the institutes that make up the National Institutes of Health, the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIMH helps to raise awareness about the importance of children’s mental health and early
diagnosis and treatment by sharing information and materials based on the latest research. If you’re trying to navigate your own mental health struggles and looking for answers, their resources help to break it down simply and easily.
5. The Youth Mental Health Project
The Youth Mental Health Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate, empower, and support families and communities to better understand and care for the
mental health of our youth. They envision a world made up of informed families and caring communities that realize and
strengthen the mental health of our youth - a world where people are just as aware of their mental health as their physical health, where families are validated and able to readily access the care they need.
More Mental Health Resources
How you improve your confidence in yourself and in life “Life is full of uncertainties, and our passage through it depends significantly on our attitude. In this journey, trust allows us to channel the best of each human being.”
Feeling imperfect is often a cause for suffering
“Feeling imperfect is often a cause for suffering. But life and art require that imperfection to exist. How to accept our faults and defects?”
How to live a healthier life mentally “What if you were made to choose between staying alive or keeping your wealth? What if the
choice was impossible? Imagining this situation is revealing.”
Being a teenager is not easy. These resources can offer resources and guidance to understand what you’re feeling and help you on your road to recovery.