Mental Health Content Topic Results

This toolkit was developed to introduce community-based organizations that serve youth who have experienced homelessness with resources to understand Trauma-Informed Care (TIC). The toolkit focuses on how service providers can support youth’s wholeness by cultivating safety, awareness, trust, and empathy.

This brief screening tool is used to determine if an individual has experienced a brain injury during the course of a domestic violence incident, or at any other time.

This list provides bibliographic references for the 2-part VAWnet Special Collection series, Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services.

This page provides access to recorded webinars hosted by the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health on various topics related to trauma, mental health, and domestic violence.

The current case study explores the design and implementation of a three-tiered model of trauma-informed care in a special education setting.

This article clearly defines trauma, PTSD, and secondary trauma and how secondary trauma affects those who work with traumatized clients.

The Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) covered in this fact sheet include: Overweight and Obesity, Tobacco Use, Substance Abuse, Responsible Sexual Behavior, Mental Health, Injury and Violence, Immunization, and Access to Health Care. The LHIs includes a total of ten health indicators and were listed by the US Department of Health and Human Services to measure the health and well-being of the nation for this decade.

This document provides an introduction to basic prevention concepts by exploring the public health approach, two classification systems, a planning tool used to develop more comprehensive initiatives, and the importance of understanding terminology. It addresses the topics of women's health, mental health and substance abuse, family planning, STIs and HIV, perinatal programs, breastfeeding, child and adolescent health, and injury and violence prevention.

This page offers various self-assessment checklists and measures to examine different aspects of ones current wellbeing. A link to a PDF file is provided for each of the measures/checklists.

This document explores the different types of attachment, how they develop, and the impact of this bond on young children’s development.

This blog post explores how parents can help their children navigate their feelings through emotion coaching.

Reach Hurting Kids Institute is an interdisciplinary team of researchers, mental health professionals, and children’s ministry experts who provide trauma-informed children’s ministry resources that empower the Church to reach the hurting kids in their congregations and communities.