Connecticut Clearinghouse is a library and resource center for information on substance use and mental health disorders, prevention, health promotion and wellness, treatment and recovery, and other related topics. | |
INTERLIBRARY LOAN IS HERE! | |
Connecticut Clearinghouse is very pleased to offer our books and DVDs through interlibrary loan. You can find our books on finditct.org as well as our own library catalog, and visit your local library to request our materials. Please contact your library first to see if they participate in interlibrary loan through requestIT CT. Visitors are always welcome to come in and borrow our materials in-person as well. | |
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INTERNATIONAL SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE LOSS DAY
November 18
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Suicide can be a devastating, life-changing loss. Everyone's grief is unique. Support is available. Healing Conversations, from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), is a one-time visit (phone, virtual, in-person) that connects those who have lost a loved one to suicide with trained volunteers who are also survivors of suicide loss.
AFSP events for survivors of suicide loss in Connecticut can be found here.
The CT Suicide Advisory Board website offers resources for survivors of suicide loss.
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Prolonged Grief, described as pervasive and intense grief that disrupts daily life, affects 10-20% of bereaved people. The Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University, offers resources and training for clinicians, as well as helpful information and guides for grievers.
If you are in a crisis, call 988 or text TALK to 741741.
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New books on suicide and complex loss are available for loan at Connecticut Clearinghouse. | |
Written for mental health, healthcare, community service, and pastoral professionals, this book's essential topics include death of a spouse, parenting, child or sibling; ambiguous and disenfranchised losses; death by violence, suicide or overdose; collective trauma, and reverberations of past loss in life pursuits, other relationships and across generations. | | |
In developmentally appropriate language and evocative illustrations, this picture book helps parents, caregivers, and professionals begin a conversation about a parent's suicide. Available soon. Check out the video below: | | |
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TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK
November 13-19
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Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or expression differs from those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth. People who are transgender are members of every community. They are diverse, come from all walks of life, and include people of all races and ethnicities, all ages, and socioeconomic statuses.
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Connecticut Clearinghouse library resources support prevention and mental health professionals who work with people who identify as transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary. | |
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Available in DVD as well as streaming, this program explores the different dimensions of providing affirmative counseling when working with trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse clients.
Listen to Annelise Singh on the Speaking of Psychology podcast titled "Helping Transgender People Thrive"
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In this book, school counselors and psychologists, administrators, teachers, and other community stakeholders will find steps they can take to translate and implement the ever-growing body of scientific theory and research on equitable education of gender minority and sexual minority children, youth, and families. | | |
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GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT
November 16
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About 34 million American adults still smoke cigarettes, and smoking remains the single largest preventable cause of death and illness in the world. Smoking causes an estimated 480,000 deaths every year, or about 1 in 5 deaths.
Quitting smoking is possible. It often takes several tries to quit completely. With every time you try, you're learning more about what works for you. Find helpful resources at Every Try Counts.
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No Vape November is a great opportunity to remind youth that vaping is not harmless. Check out the Know Ur Vape Campaign website for information and free posters to order or download and share. | | |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in 2023 that 1 in 10 high school students and 1 in 22 middle school students had used electronic cigarettes in the past 30 days. | 90.3 percent of high school students and 87.1 percent of middle school students who used tobacco products in the past 30 days used flavored tobacco in that time, notable because flavorings may make tobacco use more appealing to youth. | Click here to view the 2022 Connecticut Epidemiological Profile for ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems). | | |
NEW BOOKS - AVAILABLE SOON | |
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Contact Connecticut Clearinghouse to order pamphlets & posters, borrow books, ebooks, curricula or DVDs.
We offer mail or pick up. Interlibrary loan is now available.
Call 800.232.4424 or 860.793.9791.
Click here to order online.
Click here to download Fact Sheets.
Browse our Library Materials here
View our Recorded Webinars here
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Connecticut Clearinghouse is funded by the Connecticut Department
of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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