Series 4 Posts: Mental/Emotional Health, an Introduction

We hope you've been enjoying our content on Instagram! Our fourth series focuses on topics related to mental and emotional health during pre-adolescent / adolescent times ~

Wanted to know more on the info we shared in this week's posts? Find the sources and links we referenced in our posts below.

(Side note: we hope you enjoyed our continued #throwback pictures of us in middle/high school.)

Audre Lorde / Breast Cancer Awareness Month

• The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

Mental Health During Puberty

• NAMI: Is it a Mental Health Problem? Or Just Puberty?

• VeryWellMind: Depression During Puberty

LGBTQ+ Youth & Mental Health

• The Trevor Project: National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020

• The Trevor Project: Research Brief: Suicide Attempts among LGBTQ Youth of Color

Seeking Care: Adolescent Mental Health

• Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies: Deciding When to Seek Treatment

• NAMI: How to Help a Friend

• NAMI: Learning to Help Your Child and Your Family

• GoodTherapy: When do Minors in Therapy Have a Right to Confidentiality?

• Harvard Health Blog: Teens and Confidentiality

• Guttmacher Institute: An Overview of Consent to Reproductive Services by Young People

Navigating Body Image

• Park Nicollet Melrose Center:Teens, Social Media And Body Image

• Inside Wellness: 5 Ways to Combat Negative Body Image

• Mayo Clinic: Healthy body image: Tips for guiding girls

If you haven't yet seen these posts yet, go check them out on our Instagram. Thank you!