Earlier this week, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory stating, “there is not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health.” While it may offer some benefits, social media presents “a profound risk of harm” to the mental well-being of young… View ArticlePublished on - May 25, 2023 6:29 pmPublished by - Kim Williams
Three years ago, on May 25, 2020, our country began mourning the public murder of George Floyd, who, while going to a local corner store in Minneapolis, was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin. The video of this incident and his dying words, “I can’t breathe,” moved millions of people worldwide to take a stand against… View ArticlePublished on - May 25, 2023 3:07 pmPublished by - Comms Team
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a national movement established in 1949 to raise awareness about mental health. For 2023’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Vibrant is celebrating #WhereIFindMyself. The #WhereIFindMyself campaign explores how our physical surroundings impact both individual and population mental health. Our physical environment plays a crucial role in shaping our mental health… View ArticlePublished on - May 1, 2023 8:12 pmPublished by - Comms Team
Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) is set to host its third annual Disaster Behavioral Health Symposium. The 2023 symposium will meet in person to highlight the importance of collaboration, teamwork, and connection between community partners to support people recovering from and responding to emergencies and other crises. This three-day event will take place from May 24-26… View ArticlePublished on - April 14, 2023 1:19 pmPublished by - Comms Team
By Christian Burgess, LMSW, Director, Disaster Distress Helpline, Vibrant Emotional Health I’m the Director of the Disaster Distress Helpline, the nation’s only 24/7 crisis hotline dedicated to providing year-round access to immediate crisis counseling and support for survivors, loved ones of victims, emergency responders, and anyone in the U.S. and territories struggling with distress during… View ArticlePublished on - March 31, 2023 7:25 pmPublished by - Christian Burgess
NEW YORK (March 9, 2023) – The Biden Administration today released its FY2024 budget proposal, which requests over $830 million in total federal funding for the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and Behavioral Health Services program for the 2024 fiscal year. The proposed budget includes funding that supports Vibrant Emotional Health’s (Vibrant’s) work to continue… View ArticlePublished on - March 9, 2023 8:20 pmPublished by - Comms Team
Vibrant Emotional Health is excited to announce that, starting Monday, March 6, 2023, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline LGBTQ+ pilot line is now available 24/7 by texting 988 and by chat at https://988lifeline.org/chat/) in addition to the “press 3” option available by phone 24/7. Prior to this, chat and text were only available from… View ArticlePublished on - March 8, 2023 8:37 pmPublished by - Comms Team
Following the release this weekend of the video footage of the horrific and tragic killing of Tyre Nichols by the Memphis Police Department in Tennessee, Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) acknowledges the compounding trauma of seeing and hearing police murders of Black people unfold over and over. The appalling and senseless incident on January 7, 2023… View ArticlePublished on - January 30, 2023 10:33 pmPublished by - Comms Team
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Omnibus Appropriations Package, which includes two key provisions for suicide prevention. First, the FY23 Labor, HHS, Education bill includes over $500M in funding for suicide prevention activities. And second, the bill includes the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act, which reauthorizes and expands the… View ArticlePublished on - December 30, 2022 10:00 amPublished by - Comms Team
This page is regularly updated with new resources and information. According to SAMHSA, nearly one fifth (18.7%) of Native American and Alaska Native adults experienced mental illness in 2019. Additionally, suicide rates amongst Native American and Alaska Native adolescents are over double the rate of white adolescents. This community faces many complicated, interrelated challenges that… View ArticlePublished on - October 26, 2022 4:24 pmPublished by - Comms Team