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Patient Education Materials covering a variety of mental health and substance abuse topics are available for you to download and print. You may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Viewer.

Best Practices

• Youth Violence Factsheet and Public Health Approach
  (64 KB PDF)
• Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating an Intervention
  (176 KB PDF)
• Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence Part 1
  (1.3 MB PDF)
• Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence Part 2
  (492 KB PDF)

Blogs

• Action Blogging Campaign – Ending Gender Based Violence
  
• Guide to Training Programs in Conflict Resolution and Related Fields
  

Bullies and Bullying

• bNetS@vvy | Internet Safety
• Bullying and Your Child (En Español)
• Bullying is Not a Fact of Life (1.1 MB 40-page PDF brochure)
• Children Who Bully (438 KB PDF)
• Dealing with Bullies (for Kids) (En Español)
• Facts for Families: Bullying
• Facts for Teens: Bullying
• HRSA: Stop Bulling Now!
• Take Action Against Bullying
• U.S. Department of Education Summit on Bullying
• What to Do if Your Child is Being Bullied (355 KB PDF)

Child Abuse

• Communities Working Together to Help Children Exposed to Violence (272 KB PDF)

Cyberbullying

• Dr. Phil Tackles Cyberbullying
• Mental Health Woes Plague ‘o;Cyberbullies’ and Their Victims
  

Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence (99 KB PDF)
• The Pain of Abusive Relationships

Elder Abuse

• Elder Maltreatment: Preventive Strategies – Risk and Protective Factors

Family Violence

• Domestic Violence Victims Have Higher Health Costs for Years after Abuse Ends
  
• White Paper on Improving Family Violence Prevention in Ohio (1.2 MB PDF)

Healthcare

• Hospital Trains on Ending Cycle of Violence
  

Internet Safety

• Youth Violence: Electronic Aggression
  

Poverty

• Living in “Survival Mode:” Why Some African Americans Thrive, While Others Merely Survive Emotional Challenges (75 KB PDF)
• Moving Beyond Survival Mode: Promoting Mental Wellness to Cope with Urban Trauma (3.6 MB PDF)

Prevention

• The 2009 Gang Violence Summit (1.1 MB PDF)
• Ceasefire – A Proven Method to Reduce Shootings and Killings (3.6 MB PDF)
• Cultivating Peace in Salinas (324 KB PDF)
• The Imperative for Primary Prevention (260 KB PDF)
• KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief – Reducing the Teen Death Rate (56 KB PDF)
• Prevention Saves Money and Lives (1.7 MB PDF)
• Violence Prevention Planning – Snapshots on Safety (272 KB PDF)

Relational Aggression

• Girls Will Be Girls: An Inside Look at Relational Aggression

School Violence

• Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence 2nd Edition (1.7 MB PDF)

Sexting

• When Being a Teenager is Against the Law
  

Social Media

• Social Media & Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults (2.3 MB PDF)
• Student Victimization in U.S. Schools (2.97 MB PDF)

Teens

• Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens
• Teen Drug Intervention | Time to Act
• Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention

Violence, Trauma, and Abuse

• Answers in the Aftermath: A Guide to Mental Health Concerns for Victims of Violent Crime (1.3 MB PDF)
• Ceasefire: A Proven Method to Reduce Shootings and Killings (3.6 MB PDF)
• Domestic Violence (99 KB PDF)
• Men and Trauma
• Sexual Assault Awareness (320 KB PDF)
• Supporting the Survivor of Violent Trauma (1.2 MB PDF)
• Surveillance for Violent Deaths

Youth Violence

• Working Together to Prevent Youth Violence