Mental Health Resources
If you or someone you know needs help, don’t wait. Reach out now. You are not alone. Below is a sampling of resources, information, and caring and capable people willing and able to assist.
Mental Health & Crisis Support Hotlines
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-TALK (8255)
National Hopeline Network Suicide & Crisis Hotline: (800) 442-HOPE (4673)
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network Hotline (RAINN): (800) 656-HOPE (4673)
National Eating Disorders Association Hotline: (800) 931-2237
Samaritans (Crisis Help, UK and Ireland): 116 123
Additional Hotline Listings
Center for Mental Health in Schools/ UCLA (Comprehensive hotline list by topic) / http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/hotline.htm
Crisis Text Line (USA text service) Text HOME to 741741 / crisistextline.org
Mental Illness, Mental Health & Substance Abuse
National Association on Mental Illness: nami.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Mental Health Resources (MHR: mhresources.org
The American Psychiatric Association (APA): psychiatry.org/mental-health
Self Care Is Not a Luxury
Please give yourself the care you deserve. If you need help, get help.
Crisis & Suicide Prevention
IMAlive: imalive.org
Veterans
Veterans Crisis Line: veteranscrisisline.net
PTSD
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs/National Center for PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/
Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Hotline: thehotline.org
Safe Horizon: safehorizon.org
Bullying
Committee for Children: cfchildren.org
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: pacer.org/bullying/
Children & Teens
Child Mind Institute: childmind.org
Nationwide Children’s (On Our Sleeves): https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/giving/on-our-sleeves/find-help/concerns
HEARD Alliance: heardalliance.org
Teen Health & Wellness: teenhealthandwellness.com
College Students
The Jed Foundation (teens/young adults/college): Jedfoundation.org
Seniors
National Council on Aging: ncoa.org/center-for-healthy-aging
LGBTQIA+
The Trevor Project: thetrevorproject.org
LGBT National Help Center (all ages/LGBTQIA): glbtnationalhelpcenter.org
Eating Disorders
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA): nationaleatingdisorders.org
Bipolar
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: dbsalliance.org
Psychosis, Schizophrenia & Related Disorders
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA): sardaa.org
Books
I have read some wonderful books on a christian response to mental health. I'll share a few here. (These are not endorsements, simply examples.)
Mental Health and the Church, Stephen Grcevich, MD
Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges, John Swinton
Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those With Emotional Difficulties, Dwight L. Carlson
Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad, John Eldredge
Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness,
Christian Ministries & Resources
Here are a few ministries that exemplify a wonderful biblical response to mental health. Each of these are excellent for individuals, families, or community group resources.
Grace Alliance mentalhealthgracealliance.org
Fresh Hope freshhope.us
Hope for Mental Health (Saddleback Church) hope4mentalhealth.com
Please note: While it was my intention to create as comprehensive a list as possible, I may have unintentionally left out specific psychiatric conditions, life situations, health challenges, or groups of people. This was unintentional. Please, if you or someone you know is in need of professional help, see a medical doctor; this list is meant to be a guide to resources, not a solution in and of itself.
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*If you are in crisis, please go to a hospital or call you doctor immediately. Be safe, don't wait.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Mathew 7:7