Sheppard Pratt is committed to providing education and resources to support clinicians, caregivers, and the broader community in understanding and addressing complex mental health challenges. Their educational series explores evidence-based strategies for topics such as managing difficult-to-treat depression and suicide prevention, offering valuable insights from leading experts in the field.

Each educational series is designed for mental health professionals, healthcare providers, and anyone invested in improving outcomes for individuals facing these critical issues. Whether you are seeking the latest research, practical interventions, or community-based approaches, these programs provide actionable knowledge to enhance care and support.

Available Educational Series:

• Difficult-to-treat depression: learn how to assess and manage patients whose depressive symptoms are not responding to traditional treatments.
• Suicide Prevention in Primary Care: learn to improve suicide screening and management through relevant clinical information, examples, and workflows.

Join Sheppard Pratt in advancing the conversation and improving care for those who need it most.

877-292-5588

The Mental Health Association in New Jersey Peer Recovery WarmLine is a peer-run service providing ongoing telephone support to mental health consumers as they work towards recovery. It is answered by caring, trained people with lived experience with mental illness who are in recovery.

Call for support and information:
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Holidays: 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.

1-877-652-7624

The Children’s System of Care (CSOC) is New Jersey’s public behavioral health system. CSOC serves youth under age 21 with emotional and mental health care needs, substance use challenges, and/or intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families. CSOC provides community-based services that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to support the needs of the youth and family.

Suicide Is Different (SID) provides education & coaching to help you feel confident supporting your loved one thinking about suicide while maintaining your wellness.

Please contact Johanna Louie: johanna@suicideisdifferent.org to access the free online toolkit!

The Bergen County STIGMA-FREE Initiative is a county-wide program which aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. We are dedicated to raising awareness of the disease of mental illness and create a culture wherein residents who have the disease feel supported by their community and neighbors and feel free to seek treatment for the disease without fear of stigma.

A Stigma Free Toolkit is available for download.

Project YES (Youth Empowerment & Support) offers free, anonymous, brief, self-guided mental health tools for teens. YES empowers teens to learn new ways of dealing with stress while helping others do the same.

Project YES was designed with teens (ages 11-17) in mind, but people of all ages are welcome to try the tools in Project YES, anywhere and anytime.

Project YES is run by scientists at the Lab for Scalable Mental Health, with partners at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the University of Miami, Lebanese American University, and Ankara University.

Brady’s Voice is an approved 501(c)3 nonprofit charity founded in memory of Brady Elbaum, who passed away by suicide in 2022. Brady’s Voice is dedicated to helping young people cope with mental health challenges and preventing suicide. Brady’s Voice aims to educate schools, students, and families on the warning signs of suicide, provide access to resources and support, and promote a culture of openness and support for those struggling with mental health challenges.

Their mission is to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and to provide resources and support to those who may be struggling with mental health challenges. They also work to remove the stigma around mental illness and suicide, and promote open and honest conversations about mental health.

In 2022, the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Black Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative (BYSPI) to reduce suicide attempts and deaths among Black youth and young adults ages 5 to 24. Since then, the initiative has executed multiple events and supported 15 states and the District of Columbia in developing plans to address Black youth suicide through policy academies. This document serves as a guide and blueprint for national organizations, states, localities, and community coalitions to develop their own Black Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative and policy academies. It includes the process for SAMHSA’s work in this area alongside key strategic opportunities and considerations for carrying out this life-changing work