General Mental Health Resources

211

For: Adults & Teens | Directory | Service

Connects people with local resources and assistance. Text zip code to 898211.

211 Puerto Rico

For: All Ages | Directory | Service

Connects people in Puerto Rico with local affordable resources.

Active Minds

For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative

Empowers college students to speak out about mental illness and offers resources and ways to help self and others.

Alzheimer’s Association

For: All Ages | Website | Support | Information

Offers resources, support, and evidence-based education on those affected by Alzheimer’s or related dementia.

American Cancer Society

For: Adults | Website | Support

Offers treatment, low-cost resources, and support to people with cancer and their loved ones.

American Chronic Pain Association

For: Adults | Website | Informative & Support

Offers peer support and education on pain management skills for people with chronic pain, their family and friends, and health care professionals. Also provides info on finding clinical trials.

American Diabetes Association

For: All Ages | Information | Support

Offers education, information, and resources for those affected by diabetes.

American Red Cross

For: Adults | Website | Service

Provides assistance to families in crisis, emergency preparedness, and disaster relief assistance. 

Anger Diary

For: All Ages | Interactive | PDF

Offers a way to reflect on how we responded when we were angry and identify triggers in order to prevent future outbursts.

APA Parenting Information

Adults | Website | Informative

Offers resources for parents about common issues they might face when raising children.

Aunt Bertha

For: All Ages | Directory | Service

Connects people to local resources and support (similar to 211), with the ability to search for low-cost care options.

Autism Source

For: Adults | Website | Service

Offers a comprehensive database of resources for services related to support individuals with autism and their families.

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy

Educates college students on balancing work and school life by prioritizing and using self care.

Balancing Work and School

For: College students | Website | Informative

Offers resources for parents about common issues they might face when raising children.

Become an EX

For: All ages | Website | Support | Informative

BecomeAnEX gives you guidance and community support for quitting smoking, vaping, dipping or chewing tobacco.

The Boris L. Henson Foundation

For: Adults | Directory | Advocacy

Seeks to erase the stigma around mental health in the African-American/Black community by increasing mental health support in schools, increasing the number of African-American therapists, and more. Their directory offers a list of mental health providers and programs centered on this community.

Breathing GIF

For: All Ages | GIF | Immediate Support

Leads viewer through a breathing exercise following an animated visual aid. Helpful for anxiety or panic attacks.

CareerOneStop

For: Adults & Teens | Directory Search | Informative

Provides resources and guides for career exploration, training, as well as jobs available sorted by location and job type.

Caregiver Action Network

For: Adults | Website | Support

Provides education, peer support, and resources to people who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or old age.

Centre for Clinical Interventions

For: Teens & Adults | Website | Interactive

Offers a workbook, worksheets, and info sheets on improving self esteem. Also provides a range of information sheets about psychological disorders for one’s self and others.

Child Care Aware

For: Adults | Website | Informative | Service

Connects families to local child care, including resources for financial assistance, health and social services with respect to child care.

Child Mind Institute

For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative

Offers information about children’s mental health issues for parents and educators, including a symptom checker for a wide range of disorders and info for military families.

Chron’s and Colitis Foundation

For: All Ages | Support | Information

Provides local support, helpful info, and online communities to those who suffer from Chron’s, IBD, and Colitis.

Clutterers Anonymous

For: Adults | Support | Clutterers

Anonymous offers support groups to those who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem with clutter and help each other to recover.

Connect2Affect

For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support

Provides resources that meet the needs of Elderly adults who are isolated or lonely, by building social connections in the form of social activities, volunteering, learning, wellness, etc. Resources regarding transportation, money, food, and more are also available.

Coping with Debt PDF

For: Adults | PDF | Informative

Provides information on how to manage debt via self-help, debt relief services, debt consolidation, or bankruptcy.

Crisis Text Line

For: All Ages | Interactive | Support

Provides free, 24/7 crisis support through SMS text messaging.

Empower Work

For: Adults | Immediate Support | Hotline

Empower Work is a support text line that provides free, immediate, and confidential support for people facing tough, non-legal work situations.

Epilepsy Foundation

For: All Ages | Support | Information

The Epilepsy Foundation provides community services, public education, federal and local advocacy, and seizure first aid training to those affected by epilepsy-related disorders.

Feeding America: Find Your Local Food Bank

For: All Ages | Directory/Search

Offers a Zip-code based directory of food banks in the US for people in need.

GirlsHealth

For: Teens | Females | Website | Informative

Teaches girls about health and well-being, relationships (including family), bullying, illness, and disabilities.

Give an Hour

For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Support

Connects military members and their families with resources including free mental health services donated by private practitioners.

Goal Breakdown

For: All ages | PDF | Interactive

Helps users break down large goals into smaller, more manageable tasks. Beneficial when feeling overwhelmed and unsure where to start.

Greater Good in Action

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Provides a list of practices for mindfulness, self-compassion, forgiveness, parenting, happiness, gratitude, stress relief, and more.

Habitica

For: All Ages | APP | Interactive

Provides a free habit-building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. With in-game rewards and punishments to motivate you to complete tasks in your life.

Healthcare.gov

For: Adults | Website | Affordable Healthcare

Provides services relating to obtaining health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Healthy Communication with Youth about Race

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Provides resources to parents and others to assist them in promoting strength, health and well-being among youth of color.

Hearing Voices Network: USA

For: Adults | Website | Support

Helps to find local support groups for those hearing voices.

Help with Bills

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Provides information about government programs that help with bill payment and temporary assistance.

HRSA Health Centers Database

For: Adults | Website | Affordable Healthcare

Provides a database of public health centers funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services to give access to healthcare for economically or medically vulnerable populations. 

HUD Housing and Homeless Assistance

For: All Ages l Directory/Search l Informative

Directory for locating national homeless assistance through the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. 24/7 hotline also available specifically for homeless veterans.

Indian Healthcare Services

For: All ages | Directory | Service

Provides a directory of Indian Health Service, Tribal or Urban Indian Health Program facilities through The Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

International OCD Foundation

For: All Ages | Website | Informative

Connects individuals affected by OCD and related disorders to support, information, and resources to live full and productive lives.

Jails to Jobs

For: Adults | Website | Support

Provides previously incarcerated individuals with resources needed to find employment. Also includes a directory for free or low-cost tattoo removal services and free interview clothes.

Job Accommodation Network

For: All Ages | Website | Informative

Provides free and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.

Job Corps

For: Ages 16-24 | Website | Service

Provides free residential education and career training. Students can earn a high school diploma or the equivalent, and college credits. Job Corps offers tuition-free housing, meals, basic health care, a living allowance, and career transition assistance.

Khan Academy

For: All ages | Website | Service

Provides free education on math, science, programming, animation, etc. Backed by: NASA, MIT, and Modern Museum of Art with free academic content (K-college).

LawHelp

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Provides referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, court forms, court information and more in your state.

LiveWell Foundation

For: Teens | Adults | Support Groups

Offers online video support groups moderated by trained peer volunteers.

Looking After Yourself

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Offers workbooks for self-guided techniques to improve mental health. Topics include: assertiveness, sleep, procrastination, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-compassion, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and more.

MannMukti

For: All Ages | Informative | Support

Encourages healthy, open dialogue of South Asian mental health issues in an effort to remove stigma, improve awareness and promote self-care.

MHA: Find Help for Someone Else

For: All Ages | Website | Support

Offers options, info, and resources for someone looking to support a third party who is in crisis now or dealing with long-term issues.

Mijente

For: Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy

Mijente helps people effect gender, racial, economic, and environmental change through campaigns, connecting people across a wide network that serves as a hub for culture, learning and advocacy.

Military OneSource

For: Current military or up to one year post separation/retirement | Website | Support

Offers community resources via the website and hotline that serves all of Department of Defense, Active Duty Military, National Guard, and Reserve personnel and their direct family members.

Modest Needs Foundation

For: Adults | Website | Support

Provides short-term financial assistance to individuals and families in temporary crisis who are ineligible for conventional financial assistance.

mRelief

For: Adults | Website | Service

Facilitates a fast and simplified process for qualifying for food stamps.

My Study Life

For: Teens & Adults | Interactive

App Provides users with a planner for school and allows them to gain organizational and time management skills.

NAMI: Getting Treatment During a Crisis

For: All Ages | Website | Informative

Explains how different mental health crisis response services work to help discover and choose which option is best for a person’s current crisis.

National Association of the Deaf

For : All Ages | Website | Advocacy/Informative

Preserves, protects, and promotes the rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)

The National Association for Self-Esteem

For: All Ages | Information

Offers lessons, activities, and up to date research on how to understand and boost self-esteem.

The National Down Syndrome Congress

For: All Ages | Website

The National Down Syndrome Congress provides information, advocacy, and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with Down syndrome.

National Endowment for Financial Education

For: All Ages | Website

The National Down Syndrome Congress provides information, advocacy, and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with Down syndrome.

National Federation of the Blind

For: All Ages | Advocacy | Website

Advocates and provides information for blind or low-vision people and their families and friends.

National Indian Child Welfare Association

For: All Ages | Website | Support

Works to support the safety, health, well-being, and spiritual strength of American Indian/Alaska Native children. NICWA provides prevention education, as well as influences and informs the policy and practices of the tribal and state systems that respond to child abuse and neglect.

National Runaway Safeline

For: Teens & Kids | Interactive | Service

Provides runaway and homeless youth support and help locating social services through online resources, including a hotline, textline, and forum.

Obama Foundation

For: All ages | Website | Advocacy

Provides resources to help users stay informed, engaged, and actionable about police violence and antiracism in the US.

Open Counseling

All Ages | Directory | Affordable Health Care

Provides a searchable directory for anyone who is in need of local affordable counseling.

Our Minds Matter

For: Teens | Website

Our Minds Matter is a student-led movement designed to change school culture around mental health.

Patient Access Network Foundation

For: All Ages | Website | Affordable Healthcare

Offers a prescription assistance copay grant to people living with life-threatening, chronic, and rare diseases with the out-of-pocket costs for their prescribed medications.

Patient Advocate Foundation

For: Adults | Website | Support

Provides low-income and uninsured patients with case management services and financial aid to access healthcare treatment for chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating illnesses.

Planned Parenthood

For: Adults & Teens | Website | Service

Provides reproductive health care, sex education, and information to women, men, and young people.

Porn Addicts Anonymous

For: Adults | Forum | Support

Provides an anonymous, virtual 12-Step program for those seeking recovery from an addiction to pornography.

Postpartum Support International

For: Adults | Website | Informative

Provides information about postpartum life and complications, including loss of a child, and other related struggles.

Resolve

For: Adults | Information | Database | Support

Offers access to care, support & community, education, and awareness of all family building options. Provides access to support groups for those struggling with infertility as well as for friends and family members.

Sex etc.

For: Teens | Information

Sex, Etc. has comprehensive sex ed information including topics such as sex, relationships, pregnancy, STIs, birth control, sexual orientation, and a state by state guide on teens’ rights to information.

Sleep Hygiene Tips

For All Ages | PDF | Informative

Offers a one page PDF that gives tips for healthy sleeping habits.

Talking About Race

For: All ages | Website | Education

Provides tools and guidance to empower everyone to learn and talk about race. Helpful for: educators, parents/caregivers, allies, and any person committed to equity.

Ten Ways to Untwist Your Thinking

For: Adults & Teens| PDF | Informative

Educates readers on techniques for managing negative thoughts.

Therapy for Latinx

For: All Ages | Directory | Service

Provides a directory for Latinx folks to find culturally-attuned and inclusive therapists.

The Center for Popular Democracy

For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy

Works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions.

The National Center for PTSD

For: All ages | Website | Informative

Provides articles about PTSD: how and why it occur, its symptoms, and ways to cope with it. Also provides information for third-party individuals looking to support a loved one with PTSD.

This is Quitting

For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Informative

SF Teen offers support for quitting smoking by providing alternatives to cope with stress & handle triggers. Helps users track how long they’ve been smoke-free. This is Quitting is a free, anonymous text program that helps folks ages 13-24 quit vaping. Text “CTL” to 88709 to sign up for texts.

The TLC Foundation

For: All Ages | Support | Information

Provides a holistic approach to overcoming and healing from body-focused repetitive behaviors.

Tourette Association of America

For: All Ages | Informative | Website

Shares resources and connects people in the Tourette Syndrome community.

Understood

For: All Ages | Website | Informative

Understood is a non-profit dedicated to serving the millions of families of kids who learn and think differently by connecting the people who face these challenges, and those who champion them, to resources, expertise, and communities that bolster confidence.

Upsolve

For: Adults | Interactive & APP | Support

Offers an app that helps you get screened and file for bankruptcy. You can also consult with a lawyer for free.

Volunteer Match

For: All ages | Directory | Informative

Facilitates local and remote volunteer opportunities based on interests.

WANA

For: 17+ years old | App | Support

Offers an app to foster community, hope, and healing for people with chronic illness and invisible conditions.

Ways to Help with Racial Justice

For: All ages | Website | Advocacy

Lists actionable ways to help with racial justice.

Web Poison Control

For: All ages | Website | Hotline | APP

Offers an interactive website, hotline, and app triage tool that guides users faced with a poison emergency.

We R Native

For: 14 – 24 Yrs | Website | Informative

Provides comprehensive health resources and information for Native youth, by Native youth. Includes information about culture, environment, mental health, physical health, relationships, life tips, spirituality, wellness, and activism.

Workplace Respond

For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support

Provides legal information, safety planning, and direct contacts to immediate help for survivors of abuse or harassment in the workplace.

Wounded Warrior Project

For: Adults | Website | Service

Provides support and various programs for post 9/11 veterans, including mental and physical health, VA benefits, and personal independence.

You Feel Like Sh*t

For: All Ages | Interactive | Immediate Support

Offers an interactive self care game/guide with grounding exercises for people struggling with feeling sad or anxious.