Resources

Resources

Below you will find a list of mental health resources and information.

If you or a loved one is feeling suicidal, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or visit 988lifeline.org

Better Help

Better Help is a platform that therapists use to deliver therapy.

For a monthly fee, you get weekly sessions with a licensed therapist delivered by phone or video. You’re able to send unlimited messages to which your therapist will respond at least once a day, sending feedback, worksheets, or journal prompts for you.

This is a helpful feature that traditional therapy does not offer. Better Help asks a series of questions to match you with the right therapist.

Better Help is more cost-efficient compared to traditional therapy.

Traditional therapy vs. teletherapy

    • Better for more severe mental health issues

    • More access to different therapeutic approaches

    • Therapist can pick up on body language (this is important)

    • More personable relationships between therapist and client

    • Forces you to make time for yourself by going through a process to attend sessions

    • More affordable

    • Easier to attend sessions without the commute

    • Good for individuals with social anxieties

    • Direct messaging features

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What barriers to mental health do the Black community experience?

  • High cost of mental health treatment

  • Familial shame around mental health

  • Cultural stigma of mental illness

  • Lack of diversity In health care

  • Poor competency among non-Black clinicians

  • Whiteness as a foundation of mental health care

  • Distrust of the medical industry

  • Difficulty navigating the process

  • Emotional hesitation

  • Negative past experiences

Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention

45, 979 Americans died by suicide in 2020.

Suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the US.

As of 2018, suicide became the second leading cause of death in Black children aged 10-14.

Current research shows Black child age 12 and under are more likely to commit suicide than their white peers.

Suicide ideation is when you think about killing yourself. These thoughts might or might not include a plan to die by suicide. Suicidal ideation is also known as suicidal thoughts.

Signs you are experiencing suicidal ideations:

  • Isolating yourself from your loved ones

  • Feeling hopeless or trapped

  • Talking or joking about death or suicide

  • Giving away possessions

  • An increase in substance use or misuse

  • Increased mood swings, anger, rage, and/or irritability

  • Engaging in risk-taking behavior like using drugs, binge drinking/partying, or unprotected sex with multiple people

  • Sleep all-day

  • Accessing the means to kill yourself, such as medication, drugs, or a firearm

  • Anxious more than often

  • Acting as if you’re saying goodbye to loved ones

  • Feeling like you want to sleep all day and not wake up

  • Feeling extremely anxious more than often