Links to mental wellness assessment, treatment, and referrals services at the bottom of the page!
FPY Mental Wellness Resources: Promoting mental wellness resources and education to reduce self-destructive behaviors and improve well-being, celebrate diversity and identity acceptance, and prevent youth suicide, depression, and bullying. FPY educates hundreds of parents, teachers, students, and humans services professionals on topics including mentoring, bullying prevention, and suicide prevention each year.
2010 Mental Wellness Conference: One hundred and forty four participants at the sixth annual "Bridging the Gap" youth Mental Wellness conference engaged in a wide-ranging conversation on April 12, 2010 at the Fairfax Community Church. The conference entitled "Mental Wellness Resiliency: Giving Youth the Tools to Succeed” invited participants to address the challenges youth face, and how adults can help them manage the stresses and strains. This annual conference is the most visible part of FPY's ongoing work to identify gaps in services to youth, highlight them, and bring together community resources to address them. Past conferences have focused on issues of youth depression and suicide. That work has since resulted in a great expansion of depression screenings in schools, and mental health referrals. Future work will build agreement and cooperation between public and private resources for youth to increase the quantity and quality of help available.
To view slideshows from this year's Mental Wellness Conference visit the links below:
Leadership & Resiliency Program
2010 Fundraising Goals: It is FPY's goal to raise $10,000 by December, 2010 to support our work in youth mental wellness. This funding will help provide additions to community education resources for youth depression, youth suicide, and bullying. For more information on how to support our youth mental wellness resources contact Kristen Brennan @ kristen.brennan@fairfaxcounty.gov
1. A steady annual increase in the number of adults each year who are trained on signs and symptoms of youth depression and suicidal behavior, resulting in increased numbers of adults in Fairfax County who are able to recognize youth depression and act to provide youth with access to mental health resources;
2. Steady increases in diversity and absolute numbers of faith communities participating in the annual youth mental wellness conference each year resulting in increased numbers of faith communities equipped to make referrals of youth and their families to appropriate mental health services;
3. Steady increases in the ethnic/racial diversity of adult conference attendees each year resulting in increased awareness within hard to reach communities, and the communities from which youth report highest incidence of depression;
4. A decrease in self-reported depressive symptoms, especially in 12th grade (down 7 percentage points since 2001, on Fairfax County Youth Survey);
5. A decrease in the percentage of students reporting suicide attempts on Fairfax County Youth Survey from 2001 to 2008.
YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES INFO and LINKS
->Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board: Mental Health Services
Key Service: Mental Health Assessment and Treatment
Description of Services:
Mental Health Services of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board seeks to promote individual and community well-being by reducing mental illness, emotional disturbance, and acute emotional distress. Our staff seek to assist and support adults with severe and persistent mental illness, children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances and children and adolescents at risk for developing severe emotional disturbances, and empower adults, children, and adolescents to live self-directed and productive lives and achieve their fullest potential as valued and contributing members of their communities, and provide services for persons in acute psychiatric or emotional distress, and support to families of persons with mental illness or emotional disturbances.
Public Contact Info: Phone: 703-481-4230 | Spanish: 703-481-4121 | TTY: 703-481-4110
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/mhs/
->Department of Systems Management for Human Services: Coordinated Services Planning
Key Service: Mental Health Referrals
Description of Services:
Referrals to Services and Resources: CSP staff has extensive knowledge of resources available to meet the needs of Fairfax County residents. The Human Services Resource Guide (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rim/) is a database that contains detailed information on resources that are available to Fairfax County residents.
Public Contact Info: 703-222-0880, TTY: 711; Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
->CrisisLink:
Key Service: Mental Health Crisis Helpline
Description of Services:
24/7 Crisis & Suicide Prevention Hotlines: Offers crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and support to individuals in order to foster self-sufficiency by providing problem-solving skills and information on community resources so callers can better cope with emotional trauma, personal and family crises.
2-1-1 VIRGINIA: helps people navigate our increasingly complex social services system in Northern Virginia. It also helps nonprofits and other human service providers by steering people to the right door the first time to help local agencies run “leaner not meaner.”
Public Contact Info:
Crisis Intervention: 1-800-272-8255
Health and Human Service Program Info: 2-1-1
->Northern Virginia Family Services
Key Service: Mental Health Assessment and Treatment
Description of Services:
NVFS maintains an extensive suite of counseling programs aimed at treating the whole person in their areas of greatest need, and those areas that are often overlooked. Our case managers and family support workers are trained to be on the lookout for signs of deeper issues that might not otherwise come to the surface.
Public Contact Info: 703-385-3267
http://www.nvfs.org
->Fairfax County Mental Health 24-Hour Emergency Services
Public Contact Info: 703-573-5679, TTY: 703-207-7737
->Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health
Key Service: Emergency Mental Health Assessment and Treatment
Description of Services:
Provides comprehensive psychiatric emergency services to persons who are experiencing a mental health emergency. Offers crisis intervention and stabilization, evaluation for referrals to crisis care facilities, emergency shelters, and hospitals.
Public Contact Info: (703) 573-5679; TTY: (703) 207-7737
Other Mental Health Links
National Counseling Group
http://www.nationalcounselinggroup.com
Dominion Hospital
http://www.dominionhospital.com
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
http://www.stmarks-elca.org
ECU Communications
http://www.ecucomm.com
Antioch Baptist Church
http://www.antioch-church.org
Burke Presbyterian Church
http://www.burkepreschurch.org
Fairfax Community Church
http://www.fairfaxcommunity.net
