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While aspects of mental health are addressed through a lens of emotional growth and humor, and the play focuses on resilience and hope, EVERY BRILLIANT THING contains discussions of depression and suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis or considering self-harm or suicide, help is available. Call the A3 Miles Hall Crisis Call Center at (844) 844-5544, available 24/7 or visit www.cchealth.org/services-and-programs/behavioral-health for additional health services.

RESOURCES

EAST BAY ORGANIZATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH & SUICIDE PREVENTION

• Contra Costa Crisis Center 

• Telecare East Bay

• Kaiser Permanente  

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Contra Costa

• Rogers Behavioral Health

• LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Walnut Creek

• Thriveworks Walnut Creek

CRISIS SUPPORT

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call and Chat & Text

• The Trevor Project: LGBTQ+ Youth – Call, Chat & Text

• Trans Lifeline Hotline – Call

• Veterans Crisis Line – Call, Chat & Text

• California Youth Crisis Line – Call & Text

• Crisis Text Line – Call & Text

• Didi Hirsch Teen Line – Call, Email & Text

SUPPORT GROUPS FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY SUICIDE LOSS

• SOLACE – Support Group for Survivors of Suicide Loss

• Survivors After Suicide – Support Group for Teens

• Friends for Survival – In Person & Virtual Support Group Meetings

• Alliance of Hope – Community Forum

RECOGNIZING & ADDRESSING SIGNS OF SUICIDE

• For Teens & Young Adults – “Seize the Awkward”

• Know the Signs – SuicideisPreventable.org

• Take 5 to Save Lives

RESPONSIBLE REPORTING GUIDELINES FOR MEDIA

Excerpted in Every Brilliant Thing

• Samaritans

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

• Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

• Reporting on Suicide

• American Association of Suicidology

• Orygen – “A Young Person’s Guide for Communicating Safely Online About Suicide”

Check out EVERY BRILLIANT THING, running through January 28.

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