Together we rise, together we thrive seeks to build trust and share resources, breaking the barriers that prevent youth from experiencing positive mental health every day.
If any of the statements below feel familiar to you or a friend, click on that statement to hear from others about their experience, learn more and find local resources to help.
If you are unsure of what type of help you need, please call the UPMC Western Behavioral Health Child Services central call line at 412-246-6668.
- "I have lived with neglect, abuse, violence, and/or substance use."
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- Watch: are you okay? (short film) (@fightchildabuse1913)
- Learn more: What is child trauma? (NCTSN)
- Does this film seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit Theiss Child and Adolescent Trauma Services (CATS);
- email TheissTrauma@upmc.edu; or
- call 412-383-1575.
- "I think about or act recklessly, try to injure myself, or consider suicide."
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- Watch: Young People Describe What it's Like to Have Suicidal Thoughts(@wellbeingsorg)
- Does this film seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit Services for Teens at Risk (STAR-Center); or
- call 412-246-5619.
- "I have huge mood swings and swings in energy activity level where I sometimes don’t feel like doing anything at all."
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- Watch: Manic Monday Night: A Super Short Film about Bipolar Disorder (@dr.kojosarfo)
- Does this film seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit Child and Adolescent Bipolar Spectrum Services (CABS); or
- call 412-246-5238.
- "I worry that something bad will happen to me or others if I don't complete certain repetitive tasks."
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- Watch: How I got diagnosed with OCD (@maya.sood)
- Does this film seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit UPMC Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program; or
- call 724-934-4110.
- "I have extreme eating habits and/or avoid eating at all as a way to feel better about myself."
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- Watch: Eating Disorders do not have a "specific look." (TikTok: @NAMIcommunicate)
- Does this conversation seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit Services for Kids & Youth with Eating Disorders (SKYE); or
- call 412-246-6390.
- "I often avoid everyday situations or opportunities because I am fearful, frozen or feel panicky."
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- Watch: On Our Minds: Coping with anxiety (Podcast Season 1 EXTRA) (@StudentReportingLabs)
- Does this conversation seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- call 412-246-6668 for the UPMC Western Behavioral Health Child Services central call line.
- "I frequently feel unmotivated, tired, or as if nothing is interesting or exciting to me."
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- Watch: Depression: One Teen’s Story (You Are Not Alone: KET)
- Does this conversation seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit Services for Teens at Risk (STAR-Center); or
- call 412-246-5619.
- "I feel as if I don't have control of my thoughts, or that I can't tell what around me is real and what is not."
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- Watch: Not Real, But Feels Real: Demystifying Psychosis & Delusions (@DrTraceyMarks)
- Does this conversation seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit HOPE Team; or
- call 412-647-4321.
- "I think I am losing touch with reality."
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- Watch: Young Man on Being Diagnosed With Psychosis (@PBSNewsHour)
- Does this conversation seem familiar? This local resource can help:
- Visit YETI Lab; or
- email yetilab@pitt.edu.