Addressing Mental Health Needs

EDC assists schools, health care professionals, families, and communities as they address mental health needs. Our work focuses on prevention, intervention, training, and public policy.

View the Focus on Mental Health section of EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs Web site

Strategies for Mental Health

The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention works with more than 100 schools and communities to use proven strategies for mental health promotion and violence prevention. Through training, online learning, site visits, and peer exchange, the center assists communities as they serve diverse audiences.

• Visit the center’s Web site
• Read an article about the center’s work following hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Suicide Prevention

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC (SPRC) provides prevention support, training, and resources to organizations and individuals who are developing suicide prevention programs, interventions, and policies, and advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

• Visit the SPRC Web site
• Read about and view an audiovisual slideshow of a public health professional who has received training from SPRC

Mental Health Services for Military Personnel

EDC collaborates with military and community partners to improve the mental health services for veterans and active service members. Our work focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide prevention.

• Read a feature article about this work

Schools and Families Working Together

EDC helps parents and schools work together to ensure that teenagers with mental health problems receive the help they need.

• Read a feature article about this work and download a copy of the brochure designed for parents

Mental Health on Campus

The CampusHealthandSafety.org Web site offers administrators, students, parents, and other professionals information about helping students stay healthy and safe, both on campus and in the surrounding community. The resources emphasize a comprehensive public health-based approach to addressing alcohol and drug use, and violence, and in promoting mental health among students.

• Visit the mental health section of the site
• Read a feature article about the site

Early Childhood Programs

Explore an EDC report that features lessons from New England Head Start programs that have supported the emotional wellness of those involved in the program.

• Download a copy of Strategies to Support the Emotional Wellness of Children, Families, and Staff: Findings from a Head Start Mental Health Task Force (PDF, 334 KB)

EDC offers Head Start programs guidance for choosing social, emotional, and behavioral screening tools.

• Download a copy of A Look at Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Screening Tools for Head Start and Early Head Start (PDF, 30 MB)

Dealing with Trauma

Co-sponsored by EDC, The Three R's to Dealing with Trauma in Schools: Readiness, Response, and Recovery explores trauma, its impact on children, and implications for schools and school personnel.

• View this presentation online (requires RealPlayer, advance to the 10:44 minute mark)