Make good mental health a priority!
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
website: English and Spanish
(800) 950-NAMI (6264)
Helpline/information: Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, ET.
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Counseling, 24/7
Crisis Text Line | Text HOME To 741741 free, 24/7 Crisis Counseling
(800) 799-SAFE (7233)
National Domestic Violence Hotline: Trained expert advocates are available 24/7
(800) 656-HOPE (4673)
National Sexual Assault Hotline, 24/7
English and Spanish, available. Interpreter services available for all other languages.
Helpline connects you to a crisis support advocate in your area.
NAMI (@NAMICommunicate) / Twitter
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI provides information and referrals to treatment programs, support groups and educational programs.
About mental illness
Learn more about mental health | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information on warning signs and symptoms, mental health conditions, common with mental illness, treatment and facts about the prevalence and impact of mental illness.
Your Journey
Your Journey | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information for individuals with mental illness, family and caregivers, teens and young adults, veterans and active duty, identity and cultural dimensions, frontline professionals.
Find help in a crisis
NAMI HelpLine | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information on what to do in a crisis, where and how to get support.
Support & Education
Support & Education | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information on mental health education, support groups, NAMI helpline and online discussion groups.
COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Information on COVID, mental and health implications, where to go for support, how to pursue treatment and information on general financial assistance.
Find your local NAMI
Find Your Local NAMI | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
A directory on more than 600 NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates across the country. Many NAMI affiliates offer an array of free support and education programs.
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NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE
Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
website: English and Spanish
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline '1-800-273-TALK (8255)' | Facebook
The Lifeline (@800273TALK) / Twitter
800-273-TALK (8255)
National suicide prevention lifeline. Trained crisis counselors available 24/7.English and Spanish, available. Interpreter services available for all other languages.
TTI Users
Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then (800) 273-8255.
(800) 273-8255 / Text 838255
Veterans Crisis Line
(800) 985-5990
Disaster Distress Helpline
Chat Line
24/7 Support
Lifeline Chat : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 180 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.
Help yourself
Help Yourself : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Information on support groups, mental health professional locator, how and where to find a mental health professional, inclusive therapist finder and bereavement support group finder. Find material on how to build and use a support network and make a safety plan.
Coping during community unrest
Coping During Community Unrest : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Information on coping tips and resources. Additional tips on coping with grief after community violence and race-based trauma.
LGBTQ
LGBTQ+ : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Information and resources for yourself and to help support loved ones who are LGBTQ+.
Attempt survivors
Attempt Survivors : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Support and information on recovery after a suicide attempt.
Loss survivors
Loss Survivors : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Resources available to help survivors of suicide loss cope.
Youth
Youth : Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people between 10 to 24. Information on how to ask for support, make a safety plan and how to take care of yourself.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE and MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
website: Sixteen languages
(800) 662 – HELP (4357)
Helpline, 24/7, English and Spanish
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation and to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders, and their families. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
Find treatment
Information on treatment locators and helplines for: substance use, behavioral health, disaster distress, early mental illness, veteran’s crisis line, SAMHSA’s helpline and resources.
Opioid treatment program directory
Directory of opioid treatment centers by state.
Buprenorphine treatment practitioner locator
Buprenorphine Treatment Practitioner Locator | SAMHSA
Information on buprenorphine practitioners and treatment, opioid treatment programs by state.
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BOYS TOWN NATIONAL HOTLINE
website: English
Boys Town (@BoysTown) / Twitter
(800) 448-3000
Helpline, 24/7, English, Spanish, and translation services representing more than 140 languages.
(800) 448-1833
TDD line that allows counselors to communicate with speech-impaired and deaf callers.
Boys Town is a youth care and health care service that supports children and families with the right type of care, at the right time, in the right way. Whether caring for a child in crisis, treating complex health care conditions or helping families find the parenting resources they need. Children and parents can call this crisis intervention service.
Teens and young adults
Information on ways to get help. Some of the topics include coping skills, family, transitioning into adult hood, abuse, anger, anxiety, breakups, bullying, depression, distorted thinking, eating disorders, grief, friendship, and identity.
Parents
Parenting Tips, Guides and Tools | Boys Town
Articles, videos, tools, guides, and quick tips on topics including but not limited to, behavioral issues, the digital age, sleep issues, social issues, school, discipline, diversity and inclusion, communication, self-harm, substance abuse, parenting a teen, parenting through a crisis and bullying.
Jacob Young Podcasts
Launched in November 2020 the podcast tackles serious issues like mental health, relationships and more with celebrity guests, friends, and experts.
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TEEN LINE
TEEN LINE (@TEENLINEONLINE) / Twitter
(800) TLC-TEEN (852-8336)
(310) 855-Hope (4673)
Helpline, 7 days a week, 6:00 PM — 10:00 PM, PT, English
Text “Teen” to 839863
Text line, 7 days a week, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, PT
Teen Line is a nonprofit community-based organization that provides emotional support to youth. It provides peer-based education and support before problems become a crisis, using a national hotline, community outreach and online support. teen-to-teen counseling services. Callers can talk to one of their peers about what they’re going through and learn strategies that have helped other young people just like them.
Resources
Teen & Youth Help Hotline | Teenage Advice, Crisis & Depression Helpline (teenlineonline.org)
Find resources for GLBT youth, eating disorders, STD and AIDS hotline, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, child abuse and suicide prevention.
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BEFRIENDERS WORLDWIDE
Befrienders Worldwide | Emotional support to prevent suicide worldwide
website: Available in more than twenty languages.
Befrienders Worldwide Support – Volunteer action to prevent suicide
Support by country
Befrienders Worldwide, volunteer action to prevent suicide, provides support for suicide and suicidal behavior through a network of 349 independent emotional support centers in 32 countries. The members and volunteers around the world provide confidential support to people in emotional crisis or distress, or those close to them. This service is provided via telephone helplines, SMS messaging, face to face, outreach, partnerships, and the internet. The work is non-political and non-religious.
Help and support
Information, support, and tips for suicidal feelings, listening skills, helping a friend, bereaved by suicide and warning signs. In addition, find material about depression, about self-harm, about sexual orientation and about bullying,
Find a crisis center near you.
Directory Search | Befrienders
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MEDICARE PLANS PATIENT RESOURCE CENTER
https://www.medicareplans.com/
website: English
https://www.medicareplans.com/about-us/#contact Contact
Medicare Plans Patient Resource Center is a comprehensive website with data-driven, fact-based information from Medicare industry experts and health professionals. The site provides information, education, and tools to access quality healthcare by state. Though the Medicare Plans website provides a wide range of resources the ones here are specific to mental health.
What is Medicare?
https://www.medicareplans.com/what-is-medicare/
Information about the different parts of Medicare, including coverage, cost and enrollment facts.
Resources for mental health care
https://www.medicareplans.com/mental-health-care-outpatient-for-medicare/
Information who is eligibility, benefits, and coverage for mental health care.
Ask the Medicare expert
https://www.medicareplans.com/ask-the-medicare-expert/
Submit questions to a medical consultant. Also, find answers to your questions about enrollment, eligibility and managing coverage.
Live chat
https://www.medicare.gov/talk-to-someone
Chat with someone at Medicare.gov for additional information.
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If you have any additional resources you’ve found helpful, please leave me a comment at the bottom of the page.
RECOMMENDED READING
TEN OF MY FAVORITE READS FOR MINDFULNESS AND STRESS RELIEF:
·E2: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality by Pam Grant
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/sdhj6cv
·Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Goodreads https://tinyurl.com/wd759ws
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/kw4j9zp
·Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes a Day to Less Stress, More Peace
by Patricia Collard
Barnes and Noble https://tinyurl.com/vlb2nrb
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/vzcr42x
·Mindfulness in Plain English
by Bhante Gunaratana
Barnes and Noble https://tinyurl.com/qpxrhzd
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/z7qvxbq
·Peace Is Every Step
by Thich Nhat Hahn
A guide to mindful living
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/rzszpax
·The Phantom Tollbooth
by Jules Feiffer
Stay open to possibilities and never stop learning
Barnes and Noble https://tinyurl.com/uwl88ed
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/wgduofs
·The Power of Now
by Eckart Tolle
A guide to living in the now
Goodreads https://tinyurl.com/vkc7twj
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/ho3tafy
·Taking the Leap
by Pema Chodron
Lessons in how to work with emotions rather than get rid of them
Barnes and Noble https://tinyurl.com/vr3p5s7
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/s9ya4wa
·This Is Water
by David Foster Wallace
We have a choice in how we think
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/yx3gzyz5
·Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Barnes and Noble https://tinyurl.com/tuct2f9
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/ulxo7cx
Here is my latest favorite read:
·Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
A simple parable that reveals profound truths about change
Goodreads https://tinyurl.com/ufm2cpk
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/yafuvnqs
If you have any favorite reads that help you manage stress, depression or anxiety, please leave me a comment at the bottom of the page.
