These resource below are made just for teens and young adults. Learn about youth mental health and wellbeing and get the facts to make healthy choices. Check it out!
Apps & Tools Just for Teens
Island Space
Island Space is a movement that promotes healthy lifestyles for teens in Mercer Island. Growing up here is different. There can be lots of demands on your space. Grades. Homework. Sports. Extracurriculars. Relationships. The pressure to succeed is real. Learn tips and facts to help you make healthy choices.
Take Five
“Take Five” is an online tool to support youth mental health and wellbeing. The free and anonymous tool is designed to provide a personal, private, self check-in for youth about their emotional state and coping strategies. The tool gives individualized feedback to students and also provides factual information about what other high school students are experiencing to give students perspective.
Hear Me WA
Get professional judgment-free, support 24/7. Text 738477 or call 888-537-1634. HearMeWA is a program for young Washingtonians up to age 25 created by the WA State Attorney General’s Office.
Focus on YOU
Every day is different—sometimes, it’s new and exciting. Other times, it’s exhausting and overwhelming. When you need to, take time to focus on those harder emotions—like your stress, boredom, or loneliness. Visit Focus on You for tips on developing your own ways for dealing with them.
A Friend Asks
Would you know how to help a friend who is thinking about suicide? “A Friend Asks” is a FREE smartphone app that helps provide the information, tools, and resources to help a friend (or yourself) who may be struggling with thoughts of suicide. Download the app today and encourage friends and family to do the same — you could help save a life!