Mental health and physical health are critical to our overall wellbeing.
The youth mental health crisis was intensified by the COVID 19 pandemic.
It's time for all of us to be equipped to support our youth.
We can all help when a person is experiencing a mental health crisis.
When it comes to youth
mental health, families,
friends,
mentors and even bystanders can be first responders.
Here are five ways to help.
Safety.
Make sure there's no current danger of physical or psychological harm.
Calm and comfort.
Listen and ease their distress.
Connect.
Help connect them with a friend, family member, mentor, teacher
or coach that they trust.
Empower.
Build their confidence and reassure them that they're capable
of finding a way forward and that they're not alone.
Hope.
Communicate hope and speak positively
that things can and will get better.
When you see youth in distress, you can help.
Reach out Seattle.
Call or text 988.
Together as first responders,
we can all make a difference.
Especially for the youth in our lives.
Remember that mental health is physical health.
The body doesn't know the difference.
When it comes to youth.
Mental health. Families.
Friends.
Mentors and even bystanders can be first responders.
Here are five ways to help.
Make sure there's no current danger of physical or psychological harm.
Listen and ease their distress.
Help them with Connect. Communicate.
Hope and Build their confidence and reassure them that they're not alone.
When you see youth in distress, you can help.
Reach out Seattle.
Call or text nine, eight,