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It's OK to reach out for help. Here are some trustworthy resources if you, or someone you know, needs assistance with their mental health. Mental health matters. YOU matter. Please don't go through it alone.
Call 911 if you or someone you know is
in immediate danger or go to the nearest emergency room.
National Institute of Mental Health "is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. "
Get Immediate Help in a Crisis
View the 5 action steps for helping someone in emotional pain infographic to see how you can help those in distress.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (home page)
Lifeline Chat on the web (English only)
The Lifeline provides 24-hour, confidential support to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
You can call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor or follow the second link above to start a chat with a crisis counselor.
If you are worried about a friend’s social media updates, you can contact safety teams at the social media company. They will reach out to connect the person with the help they need.
Veterans Crisis Line (home page)
Veterans Crisis Chat on the web
The Veterans Crisis Line is a free, confidential resource that connects veterans 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a trained responder.
The service is available to all veterans and those who support them, even if they are not registered with the VA or enrolled in VA healthcare.
RAINN (home page)
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created, and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline.
Call 800.656.HOPE or visit online.rainn.org (English chat) or rainn.org/es (Spanish resources)
RAINN partners with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice."
SafeBAE: Safe Before Anyone Else
SafeBAE is a survivor-founded, student-led national organization whose mission is to end sexual assault among middle and high school students. As the only national peer-to-peer organization of our kind, we help promote culture change by giving teens the tools to become activists and shift school culture through raising awareness about dating violence, sexual harassment and assault, affirmative consent, safe bystander intervention, survivor care, and their rights under Title IX."
Psychology Today: Health, Help,
Happiness + Find a Therapist
"Psychology Today is the world’s largest mental health and behavioral science destination online. It is the original and largest publishing enterprise that is exclusively dedicated to human behavior. Our motto is “Here to Help,” and the resources you’re accessing right now are the worldwide destination of choice for expert-authored information about psychology and mental health.
PsychologyToday.com is the world’s largest portal to psychotherapy; it includes free access to hundreds of thousands of professionals. "
*This site provides not only articles, but search engines to find the
following: therapists, treatment centers (for nearly EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY), psychiatrists, support groups and teletherapy.
Call or text 1-800-985-5990
The disaster distress helpline provides immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. The helpline is free, multilingual, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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