Self-Help Resources | Bear River Mental Health

Youth in Transition
Resources for youth during this period in life.
Parents Empowered
Help keep brains healthy and futures bright by assisting children/youth to be free from the harms of alcohol.
Utah Division of Substance Use and Mental Health
The agency responsible for ensuring that services are available statewide.
LGBTQ+
Supporting Cache Valley Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual, 2-spirit, plus (LGBTQIAP2+) communities and https://utahpridecenter.org
Advance Directives
Any adult client who is capable has the right to make a declaration of preferences or instructions regarding their mental health treatment. An Advance Directive is a declaration that allows, or disallows, mental health treatment.
Circle of Security (COS)
Offers specialized support and resources that address the unique challenges of parenting children who have been traumatized or have attachment difficulties.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Research-based website for parents of children with bipolar disorder that offers parents the latest information as well as parent-to-parent mentorship. Access to the site requires an annual fee.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Provides free information on depression and bipolar disorder, as well as listings to more than 1,000 patient support groups across the country.
Open Excellence
Global community foundation website that provides the infrastructure for interested parties to pool resources to fund recovery-based programs and research.
Mentalhelp.net
Provides comprehensive mental health and illness information on topics such as depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, anxiety, addiction, schizophrenia and more.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Offers self-help support and advocacy resources and information for consumers, families and friends of people with severe mental illnesses. NAMI is a not-for-profit, grassroots organization.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Provides information from the federal agency that conducts and supports research on mental illnesses.
Mental Health America (MHA)
Community-based, non-profit website promoting mental health, preventing mental disorders and achieving victory over mental illnesses through advocacy, education, research and service.
National Runaway Safeline (NRS)
Here to listen. Here to help. Provides resources, information and support to keep America’s runaway, homeless and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.
University of Virginia Health System (Adult Mental Health)
Published by the University of Virginia (UVA), this site includes links to a comprehensive list of many diagnosable mental illnesses in adults.
University of Virginia Health System (Child and Adolescent Mental Health)
Published by the University of Virginia (UVA), this site includes links to many diagnosable mental illnesses in children and adolescents.