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
• Lifeline Chat
• 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).
  • En Español
• 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)
• Veterans Crisis Line: call 1-800-273-8255 and press 1 or send a text message to 838255
• Boys Town Hotline: 1-800-448-3000 (also has an option for hearing and speech impaired callers at 1-800-448-1833)

Local Resources

• 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 or Open Path Psychotherapy Collective.
• Local counselors, psychiatrists, and treatment centers can be searched for on HelpPRO, Psychology Today, or TherapyDen.
• Local resources suggested by To Write Love On Her Arms is available here.
• 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 servicesfor 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.

Online Resources

• Active Minds
• Addiction Helper (UK specific)
• ADDitude (website dedicated to ADD/ADHD resources & info)
• American Association of Suicidology
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• Crisis Text Line (Text ‘START’ to 741741)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• DrugRehab.com (Includes a page on co-occuring disorders)
• Grad Resources (for graduate students in the U.S.)
• Heads Up Guys
• International Association for Suicide Prevention
• International OCD Foundation
• Man Therapy
• MentalHealth.gov
• Mental Health America
• Mental Health Grace Alliance
• 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)
• PostpartumDepression.org
• Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA)
• Sidran Institute (trauma & dissociation)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• 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.)

A special thank you to Robert Vore for compiling these lists on his website and allowing others to freely share them!