Resources for Teens

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Mental Wellness

LGBTQIA+ Support

  • Gender Affirming Care Resources – This list of resources is compiled by RegisteredNursing.org, whose mission is to “Promote excellence in nursing by enabling future and current nurses with the education and employment resources they need to succeed.”
  • GLAD – Works to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression
  • Greater Boston PFLAG – Helps change attitudes and create an environment of understanding so that LGBTQ+ family members and friends can live in a world that is safe and inclusive
  • A Nurse’s Comprehensive Guide to Gender-Affirming Care – This guide gives an overview of the treatments and vocabulary involved in gender-affirming care, and highlights the importance of providing such care. Published as a resource for aspiring nursing students.
  • OUT Metrowest – OUT MetroWest builds communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive.
  • OUT Metrowest Youth Programs
  • Scarleteen – An independent, grassroots sexuality and relationships education and support organization and website
  • Trans Lifeline – A crisis hotline staffed by transgender people, for transgender people.
  • Trevor Project – The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people ages 13-24.  Get help now.

Addiction & Family Support

  • CDC resources for domestic violence
  • GLSEN – Strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression
  • The Hotline: Domestic abuse support
  • Shatterproof – A national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families.
  • Wayside Youth & Family Support Network – Empowers children, young adults, and families in Massachusetts to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being

Suicide & Self Harm Prevention

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline –  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Call 988 or access the text and chat features at the link.
  • Crisis Text Line – According to the website, you can text anywhere, anytime, and receive a confidential text from a live, trained crisis counselor from their secure platform within minutes.
  • The Jed Foundation – A nonprofit that exists to protect the emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults.
  • Online Suicide Help Wiki – Contains list of sites that offer discussion via instant messaging, chat rooms, email, text, and online support groups
  • Self-Injury Outreach and Support (SIOS)

Dating & Sexual Assault Support

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