Project HAPPY
2021 Virtual Mental Health Summit
RESOURCES
Are you or a friend struggling with mental health? Here are some resources for you to follow.
Mental Health Organizations
The National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI Walworth is a non-profit organization that provides support, education, and advocacy on behalf of individuals and families affected by mental illness
As a nation-wide org, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a grassroots self-help, support, education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with mental illnesses (brain disorders). NAMI has over 1200 affiliates nationwide, including 35 in Wisconsin.
Services they offer:
List of Services
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Support GroupsList Item 1
NAMI offers many different types of support groups for varying audiences. The groups are peer-lead, and offer the participants a safe place to share their stories.
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NAMI In Our Own VoiceList Item 2
NAMI In Our Own Voice is a free program offering presentations that will change attitudes, assumptions and ideas about people with mental health conditions. They provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly about what it's like to have a mental health condition.
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Family-To-FamilyList Item 3
NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. Research shows that the program significantly improves the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to a person with a mental health condition.
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NAMI BasicsList Item 4
NAMI Basics is a free, 6-session education program for parents, caregivers and other family who provide care for youth who are experiencing mental health symptoms. The program is available both in person and online through NAMI Basics OnDemand.
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Home Front
NAMI Homefront is a free, 6-session educational program for families, caregivers and friends of military service members and veterans with mental health conditions.
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Ending the Silence
NAMI Ending the Silence a presentation that aims to help audience members learn about the warning signs of mental illness, and teaches them what steps to take if someone they know is showing symptoms of a mental health condition.
Mental Health America (MHA)
Mental Health America of Wisconsin is an affiliate of the nation’s leading community-based non-profit dedicated to helping all Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives.
They offer:
- WI Wellness Clinic (Milwaukee)
- Peer-Run Respite for Veterans
- Strong Families Healthy Homes
- Survivors Helping Survivors
- Provide Suicide Prevention training
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart about mental health by engaging in the following core strategies: Funding scientific research, educating the public about mental health and suicide prevention, advocating for public policies in mental health and suicide prevention, and supporting survivors of suicide loss and those affected by suicide in our mission
Programs:
- It’s Real: College Students and Mental Health
- More Than Sad
- Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention
- Interactive Screening Program
- Signs Matter: Early Detection
Active Minds
Active Minds is dedicated to saving lives and to building stronger families and communities. They use education, research, advocacy, to focus on young adults ages 14–25. Active Minds is opening up the conversation about mental health and creating lasting change in the way mental health is talked about, cared for, and valued in the United States.
Programs:
- Active Minds @ Work
- Speakers
- Transform your campus
- Send Silence Packing
- V-A-R training
The Trevor Project
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
They offer:
- Trevor Lifeguard Workshop
- CARE Training
- Step-In, Speak-Up
- Model School District Policy for Suicide Prevention
- Trevor Support Center
- Trevor NextGen
- Youth Advisory Council
- & More!
Here in Wisco
Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health
The Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH) supports Wisconsin’s children in achieving their optimal social and emotional well-being. Their charge is to study, recommend strategies, and coordinate initiatives to improve integration of children’s mental health services across state agencies.
They convene stakeholders around improving the children’s mental health system and access to treatment. The goal is straightforward: To innovate, integrate and improve Wisconsin’s child and family service systems to support children in achieving their optimal mental health and well-being.
The Feelings Thermometer:
The Feelings Thermometer is a visual tool that helps you (kids and adults) measure how you are doing emotionally and what steps you can take to shift your mood when things are getting tough.
Like a temperature thermometer, the Feelings Thermometer shows you when your emotional temperature is getting warmer and then hotter, to potentially dangerous degrees. It starts at blue – the calm zone, and goes to red – the furious zone. Throughout the zones it lists activities to feel less angry, frustrated, anxious, and sad.
You can find out more about different ways to use the feelings thermometer here.
Crisis Cards:
The Mental Health Crisis Card tells people who are with a youth, or adult, experiencing a mental health crisis what to do immediately, in the first five minutes, to de-escalate the situation. The card is completed by the person carrying it and includes calming strategies and what works and what hurts in crisis situations.
You can learn more about how to obtain and fill out crisis cards here.
