Carolina Amateur Hockey Association

Carolina Hockey recognizes that mental health is an escalating crisis with teens.  According to the Centers for Disease Prevention, more than one in three high school students experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2019. Nearly 20% of all high school students had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year, a statistic that rises significantly for LGBTQ students and students of color. Sports teams (especially hockey) offer unique opportunities to create spaces where teens feel safe, seen, heard, and valued. These are several resources for you if you are a teen, coach, or parent.  If you need help, know someone that needs help, or wants to help, you can find information below.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) www.nami.org

SAHM (Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine) www.adolescenthealth.org

AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) www.afsp.org

Working together on bullying prevention, intentional inclusion and youth mental wellness, we can help kids create the futures that they imagine.

Working together on bullying prevention, intentional inclusion and youth mental wellness, we can help kids create the futures that they imagine.

The JED Foundation is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. We’re partnering with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. We’re equipping teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. We’re encouraging community awareness, understanding, and action for young adult mental health.

The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998. Focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, they offer a toll-free telephone number where confidential assistance is provided by trained counselors. The stated goals of the project are to provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for youth (defined by the organization as people under 25), as well as to offer guidance and resources to parents and educators in order to foster safe, accepting, and inclusive environments for all youth, at home, schools and colleges.