Blessed Youth Survival Guide

Description

Pastor and national mental health advocate Sarah Griffith Lund has written a brief supplement to Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence about Mental Health with Children and Teens (ISBN 9780827203204) for youth to help them understand and recognize when they are experiencing mental health issues and how to seek help for themselves or a friend. Blessed Youth Survival Guide destigmatizes the most common mental health issues young people will experience in a format small enough to be discreetly carried or passed along to a friend. Today’s youth need to hear the message “It’s okay to not be okay.” They need to know hope and help are always available. A companion to the book Blessed Youth (9780827203204), Blessed Youth Survival Guide offers the tools youth need to survive when they are feeling disconnected, confused, and alone. This survival guide is specifically for youth and covers topics that today’s youth will undoubtedly face such as anxiety, sadness, depression, phobias, OCD, panic attacks, PTSD, trauma, and therapy. Blessed Youth Survival Guide helps youth recognize when they are experiencing an issue and encourages them to tell a parent, doctor, or another adult who can help them receive the appropriate care. Youth are encouraged to be proactive with their mental health by developing good overall health practices and taking a Safety Pledge — a pledge to promise to identify three people who they can contact if they begin having thoughts of self-harm and/or suicide.