Community Organizations
This program helps children/youth and their families connect with mental health supports and other community resources.
What is Kids’ Mental Health King County?
Myth or Reality
If you have an anxiety disorder, it is important to avoid stress and situations that make you feel "stressed".
What is a Myth?
Avoiding anxiety tends to reinforce it. You can be anxious and still do whatever you need to do.
Having a tolerance (i.e., needing to drink increasingly large or more frequent amounts of alcohol to achieve desired effect)
What is alcohol abuse?
Number to call/text for Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What is 988?
Someone who is not a caregiver but is part of a youth's safe, natural network through family and other institutions.
Who is a trusted adult?
This organization provides peer support groups and educational presentations to address mental health stigma in schools and communities, like the Ending the Silence program.
What is NAMI Seattle?
Myth vs Reality
Effective treatment focuses on the here and now, including new skills to manage thoughts, emotions, discomforts and behavior.
What is Reality?
While anxiety disorders may begin in childhood, exclusive focus on that time period is not the most effective treatment.
A friend talking more about bets, odds, or “getting lucky”
What is warning sign of gaming or gambling problem?
Number to call/text for health care, food, shelter, or transportation needs.
What is 211?
Process to balance school, work and personal time to help your mental well being.
What is time management?
Founded in 1976, their mission is to empower survivors and mobilize community awareness and action to end domestic violence.
What is New Beginnings?
Myth or Reality
Medication is the only treatment for anxiety disorders.
What is Myth?
Medication can be effective but scientific research shows cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may be just as effective.
Take over your life, crowding out other people and activities you love.
What is a warning sign of domestic abuse?
Number to call/text in a serious situation where a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical help is needed right away.
What is 911?
Person with lived experience who assists individuals seeking or receiving privately or publicly funded behavior health services.
What is a behavioral health advocate?
This is a spiritually based organization that helps the families and friends of alcoholics connect and support each other through barrier free meetings, information, and shared experience.
What is Al-Anon/Alateen?
Myth or Reality
If you eat right, exercise, avoid caffeine and live a healthy lifestyle, your anxiety will go away.
What is Myth?
Aniexty disorders are sensitive to stress but people need more help than just reducing stress. People may need to face their fears, learn new facts about their symptoms and stop avoiding.
Obsessive focus on calories, nutrition labels, or “safe” foods
What is a warning sign of eating disorder?
Washington State Department of Health (DOH) online resource offering vetted, youth-friendly health information and links to trusted services for teens and young adults.
What is Teen Health Hub?
Involves a combination of self-care, healthy lifestyle habits, social support, and professional guidance.
What is maintaining mental health?
Empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth through the development of leadership, social, and life skills.
What is Lambert House?
Myth vs Reality
SSRI and SNRI antidepressants are not addictive.
What is Reality?
These medications are not addictive. However, benzodiazepines, a different type of medication, might be helpful in the short term but can lead to increased tolerance and dependence after long-term use.
Talking about being a burden to others.
What is a warning sign of risk of death by suicide?
They offer weekday appointments before, during and after school during the school year, offering Crisis Intervention, Health Education, Medical Care, Mental Health Services, Reproductive Health, Sports Physicals and Vaccinations.
What is Roosevelt High School Teen Health Center?
How volunteering can significantly improve mental health.
What is by fostering social connections?
(Also accept reduce stress, combat depression, enhances self-esteem by providing a sense of accomplishment and/or purpose)