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Resources

This is a Mental Health resource page for individuals affected by mental health issues, family, and friends. If you would like to see a resource added to this list feel free to contact us!

988 Lifeline

24/7 Crisis Hotline: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988lifeline.org

Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Veterans, press 1 when calling.

Crisis Helplines

Mental Health Resources

Local Resources

Suicide Prevention

  • CDC Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/
  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center: https://sprc.org/
  • American Association of Suicidology: http://www.suicidology.org  
  • CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resources
    • CDC Suicide Prevention: Offers resources and information about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which provides confidential support 24/7.
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    • NIMH Suicide Prevention: Provides resources, including the Veterans Crisis Line and contact information for professional crisis counseling.
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
    • AFSP Suicide Prevention Resources: Offers a Crisis Hotline and other resources for those struggling or in crisis.
  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
    • SPRC: Offers information on suicide prevention programs and resources for taking action after a suicide.
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    • SAMHSA Help Prevent Suicide: Provides resources for suicide prevention and offers support for those in crisis.
  • American Hospital Association (AHA)
    • AHA Suicide Prevention Resources: Offers a guide for healthcare professionals to help prevent suicide.
  • Mayo Clinic
    • Mayo Clinic Suicide Prevention: Provides guidelines on what to do if someone is thinking about suicide.
  • American Psychiatric Association
    • Psychiatry.org – Suicide Prevention: Offers information and statistics on suicide prevention.
  • HelpGuide
    • HelpGuide Suicide Prevention: Offers suicide prevention services and resources, including services for LGBTQ youth.
  • SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education)

Youth and Teen Resources

  • NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness – Kids, Teens, and Young Adults
  • NAMI: Youth and Young Adult Resources
  • Mental Health America – Youth Mental Health
  • NAMI: Teen & Young Adult HelpLine
  • CDC – Mental Health (Youth)
  • NIMH – Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • American Psychological Association – Kids’ Mental Health Crisis
    • Addresses the mental health crisis among youth and what psychologists are doing to help.
    • Visit APA
  • Youth.gov – Mental Health
    • Discusses how trained service professionals and self-advocacy can make a difference for youth with mental health issues.
    • Visit Youth.gov
  • White House – Improving Access and Care for Youth Mental Health
  • Verywell Mind – Organizations Tackling The Youth Mental Health Crisis
    • Provides information about organizations addressing the youth mental health crisis.
    • Visit Verywell Mind

Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Cessation Resources

ATTUD (Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence) is an organization of providers dedicated to the promotion of and increased access to evidence-based tobacco treatment for the tobacco user. www.attud.org

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is the leading association focused on this special area of research. SRNT was founded in 1994 to coordinate and advance research on a broad array of topics ranging from the pharmacology of nicotine to the societal influences on use of tobacco. The Society has flourished in the years since its inception and now has over 1100 members, in more than 40 countries around the world. http://www.srnt.org/

Smokefree.gov Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking.
Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker. Smokefree.gov allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. You can get immediate assistance in the form of:

  • An online step-by-step cessation guide
  • Local and state telephone quitlines
  • NCI’s national telephone quitline
  • NCI’s instant messaging service
  • Publications, which may be downloaded, printed, or ordered
  • The Web site was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute.

HHS National Quitline Number 1-800-QUITNOW

Nicotine Anonymous: www.nicotine-anonvmous.org

l2-Step Oriented. Nicotine Anonymous “The Book”, Pamplets available on various topics
419 Main Street, PMB#370
Huntington Beach, CA 92648 USA Phone: 866-536-4539 Fax: 714-969-4493 Email: info@nicotine-anonymous.org

Become an Ex Smoker
American Legacy Foundation www.becomeanex.org

The American Lung Association web site contains useful information on the health effects of smoking, tips on smoking prevention for parents, and interesting statistics on the toll that tobacco smoking takes on society.
www.lungusa.org http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/ http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/preventing-smoking/ http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/

American Cancer Society has an excellent guide to smoking cessation. It also describes the steadily increasing health benefits the longer you stay quit: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp?from=fast

Find a local quit line: This tool from the American Cancer Society is useful when searching for a local quit line: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/PED_10_3x_Find_Support.asp

American Heart Association: Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.
www.americanheart.org

National Cancer Institute where you will find information on a toll-free quit line, live chat with advice about quitting smoking, and other general information about smoking: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/smoking

Global Resource Forum: www.tobacco.org

American Legacy Foundation: www.thetruth.com

Action on Smoking and Health www.ash.org

Clinical trials for new smoking cessation interventions that may be available in your area:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results/map?term=smoking+cessation

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids www.tobaccofreekids.org

Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov/tobacco

Cochrane Collaboration www.cochrane.org

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/

Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehbpl/?Page=minnesota/default.html

NIDA Monitoring the Future Survey http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/MTF.htmlSurgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/