Mental Health Links

The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information. Please also check the additional links provided for physical health for a more comprehensive understanding of your over-all well-being. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

Associations & Institutes

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Counseling Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network
• Center for Mental Health Services
• Mental Health America
• MentalHealth.gov/
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Sleep Foundation
• National Women’s Health Resource Center
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Suicide Awareness and Hotlines

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco has a free peer-run Warmline that is available 24/7 to any age or demographic, for all of California. To access it, you can call or text 1-855-600-WARM (9276)  or go to this website for online chat: https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/ 

The people who operate this line have extensive training and are all paid peers who have lived-experience with mental health issues, caregiving, and other life problems. Confidentiality is highly protected. To find other warm lines in other states, go to http://www.warmline.org

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
• Suicide: Read This First

Treatment Centers

• Moment of Clarity Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

Depression

• Bipolar Disorder News – Pendulum.org
• Depression and How Therapy Can Help
• Depression Screening
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

Anxiety Disorders

• Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Beyond OCD
• International OCD Foundation
• Trichotillomania Learning Center

Autism

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network
• ASAN Resource Library

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• National Center for PTSD
• Give an Hour— for veterans and their families
• National Center for PTSD Real Warriors (U.S. Department of Defense)— for veterans and their families
• The Gift From Within
• Sidran Institute

Addiction and Recovery

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Center for On-Line Addiction
• Web of Addictions
• Drug Rehab: How We Treat Substance Use Disorder — Granite Recovery Centers/James Gamache 
• Opioid Addiction & Abuse — Green Mountain Treatment Center
• Underage Drinking and its Dangers — Brown & Crouppen Law Firm

Eating Disorders

• American Dietetic Association

Personality Disorders

• Personality Disorders

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH
• ADHD Essentials Podcast
• HowToADHD on YouTube

Child Abuse and Domestic Violence

• Childhelp USA®
• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website

Developmental Disorders

• NeuroWeb

Parenting & Caregiving

• Caregiver Support Guide — Caring.com
• YouthWell

Porn & Sex Addiction

• Impulse Treatment Center
• Porn Addicts Anonymous
• Sex Addicts Anonymous
• Sex Addiction Group Therapy at Foundry  
• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
• Sex and Porn Addicts Anonymous

Diagnosis

• DSM-V: Diagnoses and Criteria

Medication

• DrugWatch.com provides up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, including details about associated side effects.

Wellness

• 8 Dimensions of Wellness Quiz and Worksheet – J Flowers Health