Mental Health Resources and Help Hotlines

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.  We, at Orion ISO felt it important to share a list of mental health resources and help hotlines.  All provide anonymous, confidential information to callers.

Please print this list, bookmark it, share it and keep it in an accessible place. You                                                                   never know when you or someone you know may need one of these resources!

• Boys Town National Hotline– Crisis hotline that helps parents and children cope with stress and anxiety
  Phone: 800-448-3000

• Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
  Phone: 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453)

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  Phone: 800-826-3632

• Disaster Distress Helpline – Provides year-round, immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster.                                           Phone: Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746

• Hopeline – Crisis hotline and online chat to help prevent suicide and teach awareness.
  Phone: 800-442-HOPE (4673)

• Mental Health America – For a referral to specific mental health service or support program in your community
  Phone: 800-969-NMHA (6642)

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Provides support, information, and referrals
  Phone: 800-950-NAMI (6264)

• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
  Phone: 847-831-3438

• National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  Phone: 802-296-6300

• National Center for Victims of Crime – Multi-language service available
  Phone: 800-FYI-CALL (394-2255)

• National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Hotline – Treatment referrals
  Phone: 800-662-HELP (4357)

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  Phone: 800-799-SAFE (7233)

• National Eating Disorders Association Information and Referral Helpline                                  Phone: 800-931-2237

• National Runaway Switchboard
  Phone: 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)

• National Sexual Assault Hotline
  Phone: 800-656-HOPE (4673)

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline
  Phone: 800-273-TALK (8255)

• Postpartum Support International
  Phone: 800-994-4PPD (4773)

• PPD Moms – Support for Mom’s suffering from post-partum depression, includes peer support and depression screening.
  Phone: 800-PPD-MOMS (800-773-6667)

• S.A.F.E. Alternatives – Support to those that are self-injuring themselves
  Phone: 800-DONTCUT (800-366-8288)

• ULifeline – Online resource for college mental health                                                                                           Phone: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• Veterans Crisis Line                                                                                                                                             Phone: 800-273-8255 Press 1