Mental Health Resources
- Anxiety/Stress
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Asian Mental Health Collective is a website dedicated to providing information, resources, and personal stories to the AAPI community.
- http://bit.ly/AMHC_r
- Black Emotional and Mental Health
- Provides a toolkit with journaling prompts and worksheets for: self de-escalation, self care, and coping strategies for Black and marginalized communities. Also provides resources for finding a therapist or a mobile crisis team.
- https://bit.ly/beam_res
- Goal Breakdown
- Goal Breakdown is a PDF that teaches you how to break large goals down into smaller, manageable tasks
- https://bit.ly/GOAL_res
- Grounding: Create Personal Calm
- This grounding worksheet teaches you grounding techniques to calm yourself down during a heated moment
- http://bit.ly/GW_ref
- Looking After Yourself
- Looking After Yourself is a website with workbooks to improve mental health with topics like: assertiveness, sleep, procrastination, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-compassion, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and more.
- https://bit.ly/CCI_res
- My Study Life
- My Study Life is an app that helps you manage your time and get organized through a free planner
- http://bit.ly/MSL_ref
- We R Native
- We R Native is a website that offers resources to Native youth (14-24) for culture, relationships, spirituality, activism, health, and more
- https://bit.ly/WRN_res
- Vital Wellbeing
- Woebot
- Woebot is an app that provides support for depression or anxiety via daily check-ins and lessons to help you change thought patterns
- http://bit.ly/WB_ref
- Depression/Sadness
- Antidepressant Skills Workbook
- The Antidepressant skills workbook offers a self guide for managing depression through self-care and coping skills
- https://bit.ly/DWD_ref
- Be Strong
- Be Strong is a website and app that can support you through bullying, depression, thoughts of suicide, and other challenges
- http://bit.ly/strong_ref
- Half of Us
- Half of Us is a website that educates you on struggles that young people face and connects you with resources to decrease stigma
- https://bit.ly/HOU_ref
- Heads Up Guys
- Heads Up Guys offers information and resources for men with depression and their loved ones who want to support them
- bit.ly/HUG_res
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- NAMI is a website that provides education, info, local support, and advocacy for mental illness
- https://bit.ly/NAMI_ref
- Therapy for Latinx
- Therapy for Latinx provides a directory for Latinx folks to find culturally-attuned and inclusive therapists
- https://bit.ly/THY4LX_res
- Eating/Body Image
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders
- The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders is a website that provides support and education on eating disorders
- https://bit.ly/ANAD_ref
- National Eating Disorder Association
- The National Eating Disorder Association is a website that advocates for people with eating disorders and their families as well
- https://bit.ly/NEDA_ref
- Recovery Record
- Recovery Record is an app that support recovery for eating disorders by self-monitoring, goals, coping tactics, meal planning, and connection
- https://bit.ly/RR_ref
- The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors
- The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors helps people overcome and heal from body-focused repetitive behaviors
- http://bit.ly/TLCF_r
- Gender/Sexual Identity
- Asexual Visibility and Education Network
- Asexual Visibility and Education Network is a forum that provides education, respurces, and community to those on the asexual spectrum
- bit.ly/AVEN_ref
- Free Mom Hugs
- Free Mom Hugs is a website that assists LGBTQ+ people and their familes with name changes, emergency assistance, and same sex marriage support
- https://bit.ly/HUG_ref
- PFLAG
- PFLAG is a website that offers the LGBTQ community and their loved ones information, resources, advocacy, education, and peer support
- https://bit.ly/PFLAG_ref
- Point of Pride
- Point of Pride is a website that financially assists with transgender surgery and electrolysis, chest binders, trans shape-wear, and more
- bit.ly/POP_ref
- Sex Etc.
- Sex, Etc. has comprehensive sex ed information for teens, including state by state info on teens’ rights
- https://bit.ly/SE_ctlr
- Trevor Project
- Provides crisis intervention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth, including a 24/7 hotline and text line
- https://bit.ly/TP_ref
- Two Spirit and LGBTQ Health
- Two Spirit and LGBTQ Health is a website with support for the American/Alaskan Native community on mental health care, legal rights, and more
- https://bit.ly/spirit_res
- General
- Crisis Text Line
- Crisis Text Line’s FAQ page answers common questions about our free, 24/7, text-based crisis counseling service
- https://bit.ly/CTLfaq_ref or text 741741
- MHA: Find Help for Someone Else
- Mental Health America is website that offers information and resources to support and find help for a friend or loved one
- https://bit.ly/MHA3res
- NAMI: Getting Treatment During A Crisis
- NAMI is a website that educates you on how different crisis response services work to help you decide which option is best for you
- http://bit.ly/NAMIcrisis_ref
- Relationships
- How to Create Healthy Boundaries
- How to Create Healthy Boundaries is a PDF that teaches you about setting boundaries in different types of relationships
- bit.ly/CHB_ref
- How to Help Someone in an Abusive Relationship
- How to Help Someone in an Abusive Relationship is a PDF that teaches you how to support someone in an abusive relationship
- https://bit.ly/FFG_res
- Love Is Respect
- Love is Respect is a website that offers support and resources to help prevent and end abusive relationships
- https://bit.ly/LIR_ref
- Surviving A Relationship Break-Up
- Self-Harm
- Calm Harm
- Calm Harm is an app that offers timed activities to help resist and manage self-harm urges as well as track progress
- https://bit.ly/CHA_reff
- Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery
- Cornell Research Program provides a PDF that lists alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques for dealing with self-injury
- https://bit.ly/cornell_ref
- Help Guide on Cutting and Self-Harm
- The HelpGuide on Cutting and Self-Harm provides information on identifying triggers, finding coping techniques, or supporting a loved one
- https://bit.ly/HGharm_ref
- The Butterfly Project
- The Butterfly Project is an interactive activity to help support you in avoiding self-injury
- https://bit.ly/TBP_res
- To Write Love on Her Arms
- To Write Love on Her Arms is a website that offers support for depression, addiction, self-injury, and thoughts of suicide
- https://bit.ly/TWLOHA_ref
- Substance Use
- In the Rooms
- In the Rooms is a website that provides help with substance abuse support through chat, hotlines, and forums
- http://bit.ly/ITR_ref
- Just Think Twice
- Just Think Twice is a website that teaches you about different drugs, common myths, advice, and stories from other teens about drugs
- http://bit.ly/JT2_ref
- Never Use Alone
- Never Use Alone is a hotline for those who are using drugs alone and want to avoid an overdose
- http://bit.ly/NUA_r
- SMART Recovery
- SMART Recovery is a website that offers support for your recovery from addiction through an empowering self-help program
- https://bit.ly/SR_ref
- Alcohol Help
- The goal of Alcohol Help is to educate the public on the severity of alcohol use disorders, while reducing the stigma associated with the disease.
- https://www.alcoholhelp.com/
- Suicide
- Brown Stanley Safety Plan Template
- Brown Stanley Safety Plan Template guides you through safety planning to support you through thoughts of suicide
- https://bit.ly/BSSPT_ref
- Know the Signs
- Know the Signs is a website that helps you recognize the signs of suicidal ideation and offers phrases to talk to someone about suicide
- http://bit.ly/KTS_ref
- Military Help Line
- Military Help Line is a website that offers crisis intervention and suicide prevention for military issues
- https://bit.ly/MHL_ref
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- NSPL is a hotline that provides anonymous, 24/7 support for people in distress or thinking of suicide
- https://bit.ly/NSPL_ref or 1-800-273-8255
- Now Matters Now
- Now Matters Now is a website offers support for coping with thoughts of suicide through teaching DBT skills, videos, and personal stories
- http://bit.ly/NMN_ref
- Objective Zero
- Objective Zero is an app that connects veterans, service members, and families to peer support via talk or text, and wellness resources
- http://bit.ly/O0_ref
- SAVE
- SAVE is a website that provides support groups for suicide loss survivors and resources to help yourself and others
- http://bit.ly/SAVE_ref
- Suicide Loss Survivors – Suicidology
- Suicide Loss Survivors is a website that provides resources for suicide attempt survivors as well as those looking to help a survivor of suicide
- https://bit.ly/SLS_ref
- Web Poison Control
- Web Poison Control is a website, hotline, and triage tool that guides you when faced with a poison emergency
- bit.ly/OPC_ref or 1-800-222-1222
- 60 Mental Health Resources for College Students
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