Self-Injury/Suicide Resources
During challenging times, these caring resources have been handpicked to help families like yours, offering guidance and understanding as you support your child through difficult emotions and find healthier ways to cope and heal together.
Important self-injury/suicide topics for families
- Researching the rise in child suicides | Cook Children's
- Preventing youth suicides | Cook Children's
- Conversations matter (man who lost his son to suicide) | Cook Children's
- Three parents open up about losing a child to suicide | Cook Children's
- I'm thinking of suicide. How can I get help? (for teens) | Cook Children's
- Preventing suicides: Tom and Ellen Harris lost their daughter to suicide without much warning | Cook Children's
- Signs a child might be suicidal | Child Mind Institute
- Teen suicides: What are the risk factors? | Child Mind Institute
- How ca`n you prevent suicide? | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Warning signs of suicide | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- I started cutting again. How can I stop? (for teens) | Cook Children's
- Cutting and self-injury (for teens) | Cook Children's
- Cutting and self-harm factsheet (for schools) | Cook Children's
- Helping teens who self-harm | Cook Children's
- Quick facts on self-injury | Child Mind Institute
- Help for cutting and other self-injury | Child Mind Institute
- Why do young people hurt themselves? | Child Mind Institute
- Self-injury in adolescents | The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Suicide in children and teens | The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- What to do if you're worried about suicide | Child Mind Institute
- Gun safety with Dr. Guzman | Cook Children's
- Reducing suicide risk with safety plans | Child Mind Institute
- Safety plan guide to fill out for families | Vibrant Emotional health
- Taking a child to the emergency room | Child Mind Institute
- Having a child in emergency inpatient treatment | Child Mind Institute
- Bringing a child home from psychiatric hospitalization | Child Mind Institute
- Improving the medical response to kids with a mental health crisis | Cook Children's
- When does a child need inpatient psychiatric care with Dr. Kia Carter | Cook Children's
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Additional resources for families
Raising Joy podcast
We encourage you to subscribe to our Raising Joy podcast, which aims to encourage hope and resilience among children and teens. Available on the following networks:
Behavioral health services
Our licensed experts provide psychology and psychiatry services for families whose children and adolescents, ages 2 to 18, are experiencing behavioral, neurodevelopmental and emotional challenges.