Helpful Links
If you experience a mental health emergency, access emergency medical services by dialing 911 or go to a nearby hospital emergency room.
- Minnesota 24 hour Crisis Line &
Referral Service: 1-800 462-5525
- Links that may be helpful:
I have chosen links that are relatively free
from advertising and easy to navigate. If you find other links that are helpful,
please let me know so I can add them here to share with others.
General Mental
Health Sites that cover a wide variety of
topics
Understand Prevent & Resolve Life’s Challenges
provides
expert, non-commercial, non-profit information on more than 100 topics for
mental health and wellness. Easy
to navigate, one of my favorites
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www.helpguide.org
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Preventing & Healing Stress Related Problems
professional
non-commercial web site
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www.healingresources.info
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Mental Health America (MHA)
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www.mentalhealthamerica.net
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Nat’l Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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www.nami.org
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Nat’l Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearin
not
as easy to navigate as others
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www.mhselfhelp.org
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Crisis Link
non-profit site provides support and
information for life crises, trauma and suicide – has much general info
also & easy to navigate
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www.crisislink.org
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ADDICTIONS
ALZHEIMER’S: to understand the condition and find
caregiver help
MENTAL HEALTH
DIAGNOSES
Attention Deficit
Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
also helpful
for depression
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www.adaa.org
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Bipolar /
Depression
Eating Disorders
Nat’l Assoc. of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated
Disorders (ANAD)
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www.anad.org
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Obsessive
Compulsive Disorders
SUICIDE
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA)
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www.spanusa.org
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Crisis Link
non-profit site provides support and
information for life crises, trauma and suicide – easy to navigate
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www.crisislink.org
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TRAUMA (rape,
incest, domestic violence, PTSD, etc.)
Rape, Abuse, Incest Nat’l Network (RAINN)
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www.rainn.org
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Sidran Institue (Traumatic Stress Education &
Advocacy)
professionally
reviewed, non-commercial website with information about the effects of stress
to extreme stress or trauma. There are sections for parents for people who work with children,
professionals.
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www.sidran.org
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Nat’l Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
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www.nctsnet.org
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Nat’l Domestic Violence Hotline (24 hours)
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www.ndvh.org
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Domestic Violence
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www.domesticviolence.org
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Rivers of Hope domestic violence
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www.riversofhope.org
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LOSS
CHILDREN /
PARENTING / FAMILIES
RELATIONSHIPS
Couples
Divorce
Blended Families
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