Additional Resources
Mental Health
CSS has gathered additional resources from our collaborators to aid in your storytelling process. Follow the links below to find helpful tip sheets, toolkits, and videos.
The Social Policy Report reviews prevention strategies designed to address the rising trends of harmful behaviors among adolescents. Click here to view the report.
This advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy calls attention to the critical role that connection plays in individual, community, and societal health and offers a framework for how we can all contribute to improving social connection. Click here to read the full advisory.
The Teen Mental Health Report from the Children’s Media Association combines research and resources on teen mental health to support storytellers, parents, teachers, and teens. Click here to view the report.
The Mental Health Coalition’s Language Guide will help you choose more positive, sensitive, and inclusive language surrounding mental health. Click here for the language guide.
This guide from the JED Foundation and partners is meant to help parents and families who are concerned about their teen’s mental health and emotional well-being have important conversations with their child.
This tip sheet from the Child Mind Institute can help storytellers looking to portray mental health topics on-screen.
This toolkit, created with the Full Story Initiative Non-Profit Advisory Council, provides guidance to content creators looking to accurately and authentically portray diverse communities, perspectives, and social issues in their work.
Storyline Partners offers a number of readers to help storytellers tell more nuanced stories on topics such as Gun Safety and Public Health & Climate Change. Click here to see all of their offerings.
Nickelodeon Consumer Insights explores how kids TV can normalize mental health journeys.
Mental Health Media Guide
Click here to see the Mental Health Media Guide from Viacom, in partnership with researchers, mental health experts, and media professionals.
The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA has partnered with the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at UW-Madison to release the findings from an academic survey of 4,000 adolescents and their parents across the country.
Accurate Mental Health Portrayals Impact Youth
The latest findings from @inclusionists reveal a lack of representation in mental health treatment on screen: only six child or teen characters received therapy, all of whom were White. Discover more in the full report https://tinyurl.com/j9vk6bun