Emergency Resources // Local Resources // Online Resources // Books & Podcasts
Links to local or online resources, especially those found in other directories, does not indicate formal endorsement or any affiliation with those services.
Emergency Resources:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio: 1-888-628-9454
Options For Deaf + Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889
Crisis Text Line: text 'Home' to 741741
Hopeline: Call or text 919-231-4525 or 1-877-235-4525
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE(7233), Deaf/hard of hearing 1-855-812-1011 (VP), 1-800-787-3224(TTY).
Trans Lifeline: U.S. (877) 565-8860 or Canada (877) 330-6366
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386 (specializes in LGBTQ youth)
TXT 4 HELP (texting crisis support for teens): Text the word “safe” and your current location (address, city, state) to 4HELP (44357).
National Grad Crisis Line: 1.877.GRAD.HLP / 1.877.472.3457 (specific for graduate students)
Georgia Crisis & Access Line: 1-800-715-4225 (Georgia specific)
Veterans Crisis Line: call 1-800-273-8255 and press 1 or send a text message to 838255
San Francisco Night Ministry: call 415-441-0123 from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. (local to San Fransisco)
Asian American LifeNet Hotline: Call 1-877-990-8585 24/7 (Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Fujianese are offered)
Boys Town Hotline: 800-448-3000 (also has an option for hearing and speech impaired callers at 1-800-448-1833)
Lists of international Crisis Lines are compiled by the following:
Local Resources:
A list of local resources suggested by To Write Love On Her Arms is available here.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) maintains a directory of local behavioral health services here.
A list of low cost mental health resources is being compiled on LowCostHelp.com.
Local counselors, psychiatrists, and treatment centers can be searched for on Psychology Today.
Local counselors, psychiatrists, and treatment centers can be search for on TherapyDen.
Low cost therapists can be found on Open Path Psychotherapy Collective.
The ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America) has a searchable directory here.
The ADAA’s directory for Telemental Health providers.
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has a searchable directory for CBT therapists.
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse keeps a directory of consumer-driven services for finding local peer-support resources.
A directory specific to black women can be found at Therapy for Black Girls.
A directory of ‘culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mental health needs of Black & Latinx/Hispanic communities’ can be found at Melanin & Mental Health.
A bilingual directory of mental health providers for Latinx individuals can be found at Latinx Therapy.
A directory of therapists who ‘either identify as Latinx, a POC, or have worked closely with the POC community’ can be found at Therapy for Latinx.
Search for local mental health professionals on TherapyRoute.
The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) has an interactive map of local therapists here.
Online Resources:
Addiction Helper (UK specific)
ADDitude (website dedicated to ADD/ADHD resources & info)
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Crisis Text Line (Text 'Start' to 741-741)
DrugRehab.com (Includes a page on co-occuring disorders)
Grad Resources (for graduate students in the U.S.)
The Mighty (stories by those with chronic illness, mental illness, and more.)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (Includes info on specific conditions)
NAMI Helpline (Answers questions about mental health issues)
National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)
Includes a page with statistics on various topics
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1.800.273.8255 / 1.800.273.TALK)
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA)
Sidran Institute (trauma & dissociation)
Treatment and Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder (TARA 4 BPD)
You Matter (a safe space for youth to discuss and share stories about mental health and wellness, created and administered by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.)
Search books & podcasts by topic:
Book Recommendations:
Podcast Recommendations:
Videos/Trainings:
the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)’s YouTube channel
Recent Advances in Anxiety - Children/Adolescents from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore’s TED talk: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
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