Mental Health Resources

Among the media cov­er­age about the Uvalde tragedy are arti­cles about how the Uvalde com­mu­ni­ty will start to recov­er. Men­tal health experts across the nation are being called on for their exper­tise to help peo­ple, par­tic­u­lar­ly chil­dren, process and under­stand how to cope with such a safe­ty-shat­ter­ing experience.

Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) Clin­i­cal Coor­di­na­tor of Behav­ioral Health Nik­ki Shields com­piled a list of resources below that par­ents, edu­ca­tors, youth lead­ers, and adults in our local com­mu­ni­ties can turn to in order to help them­selves process the sense­less loss of life. You may also find the resources help­ful for chil­dren who expe­ri­ence trau­ma from learn­ing about the Uvalde mass shoot­ing, or oth­er mass shoot­ings, through the media, social media, friends, or oth­er sources.

Children’s Book: Once I Was Very Very Scared:

• VIew and down­load a dig­i­tal copy of Once I was Very Very Scared

APA (Amer­i­can Psy­cho­log­i­cal Association):

A list of articles/​links about the following:

• Empow­er­ing com­mu­ni­ties to pre­vent mass shootings
• Man­ag­ing your dis­tress in the after­math of a shooting
• How to talk to chil­dren about dif­fi­cult news
• Talk­ing to kids when they need help
• Help­ing your chil­dren man­age dis­tress in the after­math of a shooting
• Entire APA mass shoot­ing & gun vio­lence resource list

Com­pre­hen­sive list of nation­al cri­sis hot­lines for a vari­ety of emer­gency sit­u­a­tions and populations:

Coun​sel​ing​.org Tips for Coping:

• Cop­ing in the After­math of a Shooting

SAM­SA (The Sub­stance Abuse and Men­tal Health Ser­vices Administration):

• Cop­ing tips for trau­mat­ic events and disasters
• Learn about who is most at risk for emo­tion­al dis­tress from inci­dents of mass vio­lence and where to find dis­as­ter-relat­ed resources.

Amer­i­can Coun­sel­ing Asso­ci­a­tion Trauma/​Disaster Resources:

• Trau­ma and Dis­as­ter Men­tal Health Resources