Thrive NYC MHFA Resources organized by illness
Mental Health Disorders Resources
Websites
Mental Health America
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.
National Council for Behavioral Health
To locate mental health and addictions treatment facilities in your community, use the “Find a Provider” feature on the National Council’s website.
National Empowerment Center
The mission of the National Empowerment Center is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope, and healing to those diagnosed with a mental illness. The center provides information and advocacy resources.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health website provides prevalence statistics pertaining to mental illnesses, including data by age, gender, and race.
Depression Resources
Websites
American Association of Suicidology
Founded in 1968, the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) promotes research, public awareness programs, public education, and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) provides information about suicide, support for survivors, prevention, research, and more. The Suicide Prevention Action Network merged with AFSP in 2009.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
This site provides information and downloadable fact sheets on depressive disorders.
Mental Health America
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and takingaction.
Depression Screening
This website is sponsored by Mental Health America as part of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health. The mission of this website is to educate people about clinical depression, offer a confidential way for people to get screened for symptoms of the illness, and guide people toward appropriate professional help if necessary.
MoodGYM
This CBT website has been evaluated in a scientific trial and found to be effective in relieving depression symptoms if people work through it systematically.60 This site teaches people to use ways of thinking that will help prevent depression.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support, and advocacy organization of individuals with mental disorders and their families. This website provides many resources on mental disorders, including depression, that are helpful for people who have experienced a mental illness and their families, including support groups, education, and training.
National Council for Behavioral Health
To locate mental health and addictions treatment facilities in your community, use the “Find a Provider” feature on the National Council’s website.
National Institute of Mental Health
This US government site gives a wealth of up-to-date information on depression and suicide in the form of downloadable booklets and fact sheets.
Postpartum Support International
Postpartum Support International’s (PSI’s) website receives more than 100,000 visitors a year who resource PSI for support, education, and local providers. PSI’s toll-free help line serves more than 1,000 callers a month and is staffed by a volunteer 33 team of PSI-trained responders who rapidly refer callers to appropriate local resources, including emergency services. 800-944-4PPD (4773)
Progressive Relaxation
Two progressive relaxation tapes can be downloaded from the website of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. Suicide Prevention Resource Center www.sprc.org The Suicide Prevention Resource Center has fact sheets on suicide by state and by population characteristics, as well as on many other subjects.
Help Line
American Psychiatric Association
Live operators available 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern time, refer you to local board-certified psychiatrists.
American Psychological Association Public
Follow the automated instructions and press the number 1. Then an operator refers you to local boardcertified psychologists.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
This hotline is available 24 hours a day. Phone calls are transferred to trained counselors in more than 130 sites nationwide. This service has a new feature for veterans. When veterans, their families, or friends call this number and press 1, they can talk to a trained, caring professional in a specialized veterans call center. Calls are free and confidential, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This feature of the hotline is a partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Trevor Project
This is a free and confidential suicide prevention help line for gay and questioning youth that offers hope and someone to talk to 24 hours a day.
Support Groups
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
A keyword-searchable database of 1,100 national, international, model, and online self-help support groups, including many for depression. Also listed are self-help clearinghouses world-wide, research studies, information on starting face-to-face and online groups, and a registry for persons interested in starting national or international self-help groups.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
On the home page of this website, click on “Find Support.” You will be able to find out if a support group is meeting in your area. These are peer-led support groups.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of individuals with mental disorders and their families. This website provides many resources on mental disorders, including depression, that are helpful for people who have experienced a mental illness and their families, including support groups, education, and training. On the home page, click on “Find Support.”
Recovery International
On the home page, click on “Find a Meeting” to find the next Recovery International meeting in your area. Recovery International, a Chicago-based self-help mental health organization, sponsors weekly group peer-led meetings in many communities, as well as telephone and Internet-based meetings. 35
Self-Injury Resources
Focus Adolescent Services
This website is designed for parents and covers a wide range of mental health problems; it has a section on self-injury. Information and resources can be obtained weekdays only, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, at 410-341-4216.
S.A.F.E. Alternatives (Self-Abuse Finally Ends)
S.A.F.E. Alternatives is a residential treatment program for people who engage in self-injury. The website includes information about self-injury and information about starting treatment. S.A.F.E. information line: 1-800-DON’T CUT (366-8288)
Anxiety Resources
Websites
Anxiety and Depression Association of
America
ADAA promotes the early diagnosis, treatment, and cure of anxiety disorders.
Anxiety Panic Attack Resource Site
This site provides information pertaining to a variety of treatments and resources on anxiety. The site also provides questionnaires, links to treatment resources, a message board, and lists helpful publications.
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine
The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital has an online store providing CDs, DVDs, and books on relaxation techniques.
E-couch
The E-couch website provides information about emotional problems (including depression and anxiety disorders)—what causes them, how to prevent them, and how to treat them. It also provides a set of evidence-based online interventions designed to equip the user with strategies to improve mood and emotional state, along with a workbook to track progress and record experiences.
Freedom From Fear
The Freedom From Fear website provides information, screening tools, and other resources on many types of anxiety disorders.
Mental Health America
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.
National Council for Behavioral Health
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.
National Institute of Mental Health
The website for the National Institute of Mental Health has a wealth of information on anxiety disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation website includes information about obsessive-compulsive disorder, including information about effective treatments, how to find a health professional who has experience treating the disorder, and links to other websites.
Help Lines
American Psychiatric Association
Live operators, available from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern time, refer you to local board-certified psychiatrists.
American Psychological Association Public
Follow the automated instructions and press the number 1. Then an operator refers you to local board-certified psychologists.
Support Groups
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
This searchable database contains more than 1,100 self-help and caregiver support groups, including many for anxiety disorders. Also listed are local self-help clearinghouses worldwide, research studies, information on starting face-to-face and online groups, and a registry for persons interested in starting national or international self-help groups.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
On the home page, click on “Find Support.”
Recovery International
On the home page, click on “Find A Meeting” to find the next Recovery International meeting in your area. Recovery International, a Chicago-based self-help mental health organization, sponsors weekly group peer-led meetings across the United States, as well as telephone and Internet-based meetings.
Psychosis Resources
Websites
Brain and Behavior
This site provides downloadable fact sheets on psychotic disorders.
Mental Health America
TVisit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support, and advocacy organization of individuals with mental disorders and their families. This website provides many resources on psychosis. The National Alliance on Mental Illness also offers peer support groups for families and consumers.
National Council for Behavioral Health
To locate mental health and addictions treatment facilities in your community, use the “Find a Provider” feature on the National Council’s website.
National Institute of Mental Health
This US government site gives a wealth of up-to-date information on psychosis in the form of downloadable booklets and fact sheets.
Pendulum
Pendulum is a nonprofit organization providing information on bipolar disorder. The website includes book reviews, discussion forums, articles, and links to other resources.
Schizophrenia.com
This website provides information, support, and education to family members, caregivers, and individuals whose lives have been affected by schizophrenia.
HELP LINES
American Psychiatric Association
1-888-35-PSYCH (1-888-357-7924) Live operators from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern time, refer you to local board-certified psychiatrist.
SUPPORT GROUPS
National Alliance on Mental Illness
On the home page, click on “Find Support.”
Recovery International
On the home page, click on “ Find a Meeting” to find the next Recovery International meeting in your area. Recovery International, a Chicago-based self-help mental health organization, sponsors weekly group peer-led meetings in many communities, as well as telephone and Internet-based meetings.
Schizophrenia and Related disorders Alliance of America
Schizophrenics Anonymous is comprised of self-help groups established to support the recovery of people who experience schizophrenia. The website lists location of self-help groups.
Substance Abuse Resources
Websites
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Smokefree.gov, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides ideas about how to stop using tobacco. Includes downloadable resources and contacts for online and phone counseling.
Mental Health America
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.
National Council for Behavioral Health
To locate mental health and addictions treatment facilities in your community, use the “Find a Provider” feature on the National Council’s website
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
This site features information on local resources for getting help for a substance use concern, fact sheets, and further information for friends, family members, parents, and youth on having a conversation about substance use.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is the lead agency for US research on alcohol use disorders and health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Provides links to information for parents, teens, health professionals, teachers, and others about drugs of all types.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) website has information about substance use disorders of all kinds. It has information for the public, including families, health professionals, schools, and individuals. It also includes a treatment finder to locate a substance use treatment provider in your area.
How much is too much?
These websites were developed by the Boston University School of Public Health. They provide online tests about your own, or someone else’s, level of drug use, including advice about cutting down or getting professional treatment.
Help Lines For Tobacco Cessation
National Cancer Institute
Smoking Cessation Centers
SUPPORT GROUPS
Al-Anon and Alateen
Provides information and support for the family members and friends of people with alcohol problems. Includes a list of meetings in the United States and Canada
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
This searchable database of more than 1,100 self-help and caregiver support groups includes many for addictions and other substance use disorders. Also listed are local self-help clearinghouses worldwide, research studies, information on starting face-to-face and online groups, and a registry for persons interested in starting national or international self-help groups.
Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous
These websites will give you information on Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous and will give you the website and contacts for groups in your area
Eating Disorder Resources
Websites
Mental Health America
Visit Mental Health America’s site for information on mental health, getting help, and taking action
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
This site includes information about eating disorders, how to seek treatment, and support groups for people suffering from eating disorders and their families
National Council for Behavioral Health
To locate mental health and addictions treatment facilities in your community, use the “Find a Provider” feature on the National Council’s website.
National Eating Disorders Association
This site has stories of recovery from eating disorders, information about seeking treatment, and additional resources for school professionals and caregivers
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health website has links to information about eating disorders
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This website has links to information abouteating disorders.
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
This searchable database lists 1,100 self-help andcaregiver support groups, including many foreating disorders. Also listed are local self-helpclearinghouses worldwide, research studies, information on starting face-to-face and online groups, and a registry for persons interested in starting national or international self-help groups
Eating Disorders Anonymous
Following the 12-step approach used by Alcoholics Anonymous, Eating Disorders Anonymous can help people struggling with eating disorders. The website lists meetings nationwide
Overeaters Anonymous
Following the 12-step approach used by Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous can help people struggling with compulsive eating and binge eating. The website lists Overeaters Anonymous meetings nationwide.