Youth Ministry, Mental Health, and Substance Use [TOC]

There are times where we have a whole series of articles around a single topic that tying them into one central article to reference them all is necessary. Kind of like a table of contents for the series. We have specifically wanted to help support youth pastors in collaborating with counseling topics and agencies, so here is your one-stop shop with all of the resources we have talked about with youth ministry.

• Creating a Trauma-Informed Youth Ministry
  Looking at what it would take to create a healthy youth ministry that not only understands trauma and responds effectively, but does not allow it to persist within ministry.
• Creating a Church Culture Where Teens Feel Safe to Share
  The church should be one of the safest places for them to open up, but creating that kind of culture doesn’t happen by accident.
• Social Media, Adolescents, and Mental Health
  The study by the APA on scoial media has come up with ten concerns that I think the Church should seriously take note of. 
• The Youth Worker’s Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis [Book Review]
  This is honestly a book every youth pastor, youth small group leader, and lead youth ministry volunteers should have on their bookshelf.
• Free DYMU Course: Suicide Prevention
  This is a free suicide prevention training video by Download Youth Ministry you definitely need to watch and share with your team so that you are prepared.
• Youth Ministry, Mental Health, and Substance Use [Video]
  A video we did in 2020 for the Church Mental Health Summit for youth ministry on mental health and substance misuse.
• Youth and Mental Health
  12 facts about teenagers and how mental illness is impacting their world.
• Youth and Vaping
  10 facts about teenagers and statistics on vaping.
• Youth and Alcohol
  10 facts about teenagers and statistics on alcohol
• Youth and Marijuana
  10 facts about teenagers and statistics on marijuana.
• Youth and Opioids
  10 facts about teenagers and statistics on opioids.
• Pornography As An Addiction
  Several youth pastors had been asking about resources with pornography as well as how to communicate it to their congregation.
• Youth Ministry, Mental Health, and Substance Use presentation for the 2020 Church Mental Health conference
  October 2020, I gave a presentation for the Church Mental Health Summit on “Youth Ministry, Mental Health, and Substance Use” that I will be sharing below to you guys for free. This year, I am giving a presentation on “The Pastor’s Approach To Addiction” with an understanding that pastor’s do struggle with addiction, whether it’s alcohol, working to the point of burnout, or other things.
• It’s Okay To Not Be Okay: Teenager Edition [Video]
  For pastors, do you know how your teenagers are doing? This video and the resources linked in the article, help give you or others a better understanding of mental health for teens.

What other resources have you found out there to be very helpful that we should link to?