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Guidance at Your Fingertips: Empowering Your Healing with Resources
Mental Health Resources
Please remember that these resources are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
I understand that sometimes the need for help doesn’t follow a schedule. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, there are immediate resources available to offer support and assistance 24/7. See below for some resources you can turn to at any time:
Immediate Help for Mental Health Crises and Suicide Prevention
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Phone: 988
Website: https://988lifeline.org/
Description: The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free, and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
Crisis Text Line
Text: HOME to 741741
Website: crisistextline.org
Description: Free, 24/7 support for those in crisis, connecting people in crisis to trained Crisis Counselors.
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Youth)
Phone: 1-866-488-7386
Text: START to 678678
Website: thetrevorproject.org
Description: Providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ+) young people under 25.
SAMHSA’s National Helpline
Phone: 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357)
Website: samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
Domestic Violence and Abuse
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
Text: “START” to 88788
Website: thehotline.org
Description: Highly-trained advocates are available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.
Substance Abuse
Alcoholics Anonymous
Website: aa.org
Description: An international fellowship of individuals who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere.
Narcotics Anonymous
Website: na.org
Description: A global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership offering recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program.
Veteran Support
Veterans Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-273-8255 and press 1
Text: 838255
Website: veteranscrisisline.net
Description: Connects veterans in crisis (and their families and friends) with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
Additional Online Resources
Mental Health America
Website: mhanational.org
Description: Community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting overall mental health.
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Website: nami.org
Description: The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Mind
Website: mind.org.uk
Description: Provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Please remember that these resources are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.