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Suicide Prevention Organizations
- National Suicide Prevention LifelineThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
- American Foundation for Suicide PreventionUnderstanding and preventing suicide through research, education, and advocacy.
- Suicide Prevention Resource CenterProvides technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide.
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Weekly online podcast interviews with comedians, artists, friends, and the occasional doctor. All exploring mental illness, trauma, addiction and negative thinking.
Weekly online podcast interviews with comedians, artists, friends, and the occasional doctor. All exploring mental illness, trauma, addiction and negative thinking. - See more at: http://mentalpod.com/#sthash.Xx6a88Kj.dpuf
Weekly online podcast interviews with comedians, artists, friends, and the occasional doctor. All exploring mental illness, trauma, addiction and negative thinking. - See more at: http://mentalpod.com/#sthash.Xx6a88Kj.dpuf
Nation Public Radio's recent news stories on the subject of mental health.
Mental Health Organizations
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
- Depression and Bipolar Support AllianceDBSA provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.
- National Empowerment CenterThe National Empowerment Center offers message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people with lived experience with mental health issues, trauma, and and/or extreme states.
- Mental Health AmericaMental Health America envisions a just, humane and healthy society in which all people are accorded respect, dignity and the opportunity to achieve their full potential through meaningful social inclusion that is free from discrimination.
- National Alliance on Mental IllnessNAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. - See more at: https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI#sthash.g1IYF7US.dpuf
- Local OrganizationsList of local organizations with mental health experience from MentalHealth.gov.
- National Institute of Mental HealthThe mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.