The CDC has developed the Free Mind campaign to raise awareness about the connections between youth substance use and mental health. Campaign Goals: Prevent substance use initiation, substance use, overdose, and related harms among youth. Educate youth on specific...
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Conversation Starters – How to Talk to a Friend About Mental Health or Drugs
The CDC has released helpful resources and videos to help people talk to their friends about mental health challenges or substance use concerns. The resources provide support on choosing conversation starters, preparing for the conversation, and include a list of...
Facts About Substances – CDC Free Mind Campaign
The CDC has developed new videos and fact sheets on substance education and impacts of substances on the body. Resources are available on alcohol, cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) products, opioids, polysubstance use, vaping, and xylazine. Learn more and access the...
Free Mind: Mental Health & Drug Use Awareness for Teens
This resource page from the CDC spreads awareness of the intersection between mental health and drug use among teens. Learn more and access the website here.
Maybe the teen mental health crisis is actually a sleep crisis
Maybe the teen mental health crisis is actually a sleep crisis. Increasingly, kids are replacing sleep with using their devices. Read more here.
2024 Rhode Island Student Survey (RISS) Data Dashboard
The 2024 Rhode Island Student Survey (RISS) Data Dashboard is available here: https://seow.ri.gov/dashboards
SAMHSA- Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults
This resource created by SAMHSA, and specifically, its National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory (Policy Lab) provides evidence-based practices and service delivery models to prevent substance misuse and help people with substance use disorders (SUD);...
2024 RI Student Survey Press Conference Advisory
Prevention advocates to release results of latest Rhode Island Student Survey Leaders of Rhode Island’s regional Prevention Coalitions, together with the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH), the Rhode Island...
Brain Shrinkage Alert: Cannabis Use in Youth Linked to Structural Brain Changes
Researchers at University of Montreal have discovered that adolescent cannabis use might lead to the cerebral cortex’s thinning. Learn more here.
Internet Safety and Social Media Guide
Navigating Safe Social Media and Internet Use - A Guide for Parents This guide was developed by the Rhode Island Regional Coalitions. This is a self Guided tool for parents and caregivers to learn about Internet Safety tools and latest information on social media...