Mental Health Resources
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INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONS:
Addiction & recovery
- Alcoholics Anonymous — meeting finder, literature and self-assessment for people concerned about their drinking.
- Narcotics Anonymous — worldwide meeting directory and recovery literature.
- Al-Anon Family Groups — support for families and friends of problem drinkers.
- Nar-Anon Family Groups — the equivalent for families affected by someone else’s drug use.
- SAMHSA — federal treatment referral, data and publications. Find state-licensed treatment at FindTreatment.gov.
Anxiety & obsessive compulsive disorders
- International OCD Foundation — condition information, a therapist directory and treatment guidance for OCD and related disorders.
- Brain & Behavior Research Foundation — Anxiety — research summaries and expert Q&A on anxiety disorders.
- Anxiety & Depression Association of America — self-help tools, peer support and a therapist directory.
ADHD
- CHADD — Children and Adults with ADHD — the national ADHD membership organization, with a resource centre and helpline.
Bipolar disorder
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance — peer-led support groups, wellness tools and education for mood disorders.
- NAMI — About Bipolar Disorder — symptoms, treatment and support options.
Depression & suicide prevention
- NIMH — Depression — the federal overview of symptoms, types and evidence-based treatment.
- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) — prevention education, warning signs and support for those bereaved by suicide.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, any time, anywhere in the US.
Eating disorders
- National Alliance for Eating Disorders — helpline staffed by licensed therapists, plus a free treatment referral database.
- ANAD — free peer support groups, recovery mentors and a helpline.
- NEDA — screening tool, treatment finder and toolkits for families and educators. NEDA no longer operates a telephone helpline; for live support use the Alliance or ANAD above.
Children, teens & families
- Child Mind Institute — clinician-reviewed guides on child and teen mental health and learning disorders. Free to read, with no advertising.
- The Dougy Center — free grief resources for children, teens and families: tip sheets, videos and the Grief Out Loud podcast, from the nonprofit whose peer-support model is used by more than 500 programs worldwide.
Pregnancy & postpartum
- Postpartum Support International — free online support groups covering pregnancy and infant loss, birth trauma and NICU experience, a directory of perinatal-trained clinicians, and a free psychiatric consult line for providers.
Sleep
- NHLBI — Insomnia Treatment — what cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) involves, including sleep restriction, stimulus control and the rest of its five components. CBT-I is the recommended first treatment for long-term insomnia.
PTSD & trauma
- National Center for PTSD — the most comprehensive public PTSD resource in the US, for veterans and civilians alike.
- EMDR International Association — what EMDR is, and a directory of trained and certified therapists.
- NAMI — About PTSD — symptoms, treatment and support options.
LGBTQ+ mental health
- The Trevor Project — crisis support and research for LGBTQ+ young people, plus TrevorSpace, a moderated international community.
- GLMA — Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality — provider directory and clinical guidance on LGBTQ+ health.
- NAMI — LGBTQ+ Mental Health — support, community and condition information.
Chronic illness & fatigue
- CDC — About ME/CFS — myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis and management.
General mental health
- NAMI — National Alliance on Mental Illness — the largest US grassroots mental health organization: education, local affiliates, support groups and a HelpLine.
- Mental Health America — free, confidential screening tools and condition information.
- National Institute of Mental Health — federal research and plain-language health topics.
Professional associations
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Counseling Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- Association for Psychological Science
- National Association of Social Workers
- Clinical Social Work Association
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Canadian Mental Health Association (Canada)
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Updated August 2026