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Student & Family Mental Health Services
Monthly Mental Health Newsletter
Why Mental Health Matters
Why it Matters?
64% of teens feel the world is more stressful now than when their parents were their age.
About 1 in 6 report experiencing specific negative emotions all the time or often.
1 in 4 students have been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
We Should Talk About Mental Health
Two-third say they’re open to talking, but only 48% talk with parents about their mental health nd only 22% talk with friends.
34% seek mental health information from parents, 18% from friends, 7% from teachers or trusted adults outside their family, and 6% from social media.
Among those who have sought information about mental health, 95% trust their parents often, 80% trust their teachers and other adults at their school and 78% trust their friends.
Teens Want Schools to Play a Big Role in their Mental Health
More than 2 in 3 agree schools should teach about what mental health is, including where and how to seek treatment.
56% say their school thinks that mental health matters.
67% think schools should offer days offer mental health.
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What is TCHATT?
Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) provides telemedicine or telehealth programs to school districts to help identify and assess the behavioral health needs of children and adolescents and provide access to mental health services.
TCHATT is available to any school district in Texas that wants it. If you’re a school district interested in joining TCHATT, please email us at tcmhcc@utsystem.edu.
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Coastal Plains Integrated Health provides community services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. All services are based on individual needs and designed for people to live and work successfully in their communities. Our focus is on community-based services to provide education, training, and support to help people live as independently as possible in the community. If interested in accessing IDD services, please call: 1-888-819-5312 during regular business hours.
Coastal Plains Integrated Health provides mental health services to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe clinical depression.
Crisis services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week for all people in the service area who feel they need assistance with a behavioral health crisis. These services may be accessed through a Crisis Hotline at 1-800-841-6467. All information about services received is strictly confidential.
Mental Illness is a term describing a group of disorders that cause severe disturbances in thinking, feeling and relating. Mental illnesses can affect anyone at any age. Symptoms may last weeks, months or years. But, mental illness is a treatable disease. With early identification and new treatment approaches the success rate can be high.
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Headspace offers free access to K-12 (primary-secondary) teachers and supporting staff in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.Whether you’re feeling inspired to connect more with your students or you’re looking for a new way to bring calm to your classroom, Headspace can help students build healthy habits that last a lifetime. Better focus, less stress, and happier thoughts are just a few minutes away.
As a BISD employee, all you have to do is register with your email.
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2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need. Whether by phone or internet, our goal is to present accurate, well-organized and easy-to-find information from state and local health and human services programs. We accomplish this through the work of our 25 Area Information Centers (AICs) across the state. 2-1-1 Texas is a free, anonymous social service hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
No matter where you live in Texas, you can dial 2-1-1, or (877) 541-7905, and find information about resources in your local community. Whether you need help finding food or housing, child care, crisis counseling or substance abuse treatment, one number is all you need to know.
Annually, millions of Texans dial 2-1-1 to reach the Texas Information & Referral Network (TIRN) for help with basic needs like food, housing, child care, or emergency services. 2-1-1 TIRN, a program of Texas Health and Human Services, hosts a free anonymous hotline that operates options 1 (community programs information and referral), 4 (State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry), and 5 (mental health and substance abuse). To view available data related to the needs of 2-1-1 TIRN callers throughout Texas, you can search, view, and display the information as charts and graphs at Click here for 211 Counts
