The Mental Health Minute

March 2, 2026

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From the CFISD Mental Health Intervention Team

Providing mental health information, resources and self-care tips!

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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

From February 23 to March 1, we recognize National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a time to learn, support, and break the stigma surrounding conditions such as anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. These are not simple habits, but serious mental health conditions that affect people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds.

This week invites us to listen, learn, and provide supportive resources, remembering that every story matters and that recovery is possible with understanding, empathy, and access to help.

What are eating disorders?

Eating disorders are serious illnesses involving severe disruptions in eating behaviors, often marked by an intense preoccupation with weight, body image, and control over food intake.

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Mental Health Minute: Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders

Learn about NIMH research on eating disorders. Find resources on the signs and symptoms of eating disorders, types, and potential treatments and therapies.

nimh.nih.gov

Warning Signs of an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are serious medical conditions involving severe and often persistent disturbances in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions that impair psychosocial functioning.

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National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI)

Guidance for Caregivers

Family members and caregivers often play a large role in helping and supporting individuals with a mental illness. Whether you’re providing a lot of assistance or very little, the information here can help you better understand the issues that you might face.

Learning to Help Your Child and Your Family

Having a child with a mental health condition can be a challenge, but there are ways to help make things easier. Begin by taking notice of your children’s moods, behaviors and emotions. Early intervention, especially with signs of psychosis, is critical because mental health conditions often get worse without treatment. Many conditions are cyclical and periods of […]

nami.org

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Help for Cutting and Self-Injury | Child Mind Institute

Help for Cutting and Other Self-Injury - Child Mind Institute

Learn why kids self-injure, how to spot signs of cutting and self-harm, and the best ways to help them manage their emotional struggles.

childmind.org

Quick Facts on Self-Injury - Child Mind Institute

A brief overview of self injury, also called self harm. Intentional cutting or scratching the skin to alleviate distress is a common practice in adolescence.

childmind.org

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Self-injury/cutting

Nonsuicidal self-injury, often simply called self-injury, is the act of harming your own body on purpose, such as by cutting or burning yourself. This type of self-injury is a harmful way to cope with emotional pain, sadness, anger and stress.

Self-Harm

Feeling like slipping up again? Want to learn more about self-harm and how to cope? Learn more or text CONNECT to 741741 for support with SH.

crisistextline.org

Self-injury (Cutting, Self-Harm or Self-Mutilation) | Mental Health America

Self-injury, also known as self-harm, self-mutilation, or self-abuse—occurs when someone repeatedly harms themselves on purpose in a way that is impulsive and not intended to be lethal. While self-harm is not intended to be lethal, people who harm themselves are at a higher risk of attempting suicide if they do not receive help.

mhanational.org