Call 866-488-7386 or Text START to 678-678  

 LGBTQ crisis support 24/7, 365 days a year

The Trevor Project

 Transforming lives & erasing the stigma around mental health, substance use & suicide🎗️ | mental health is health 

  Didi Hirsch 

 Call 1-800-950-6264, or chat, or text "Friend" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org 

 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention   AFSP  Whether you have struggled with suicide yourself or have lost a loved  one, know you are not alone. Hear about personal experiences from  people in your local community whose lives have been impacted by  suicide.

 "According to the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than white adults to report persistent symptoms of emotional distress, such as sadness and feeling like everything is an effort." - NAMI's Identity & Cultural Dimensions: Black/African American.

The NAMI site has information about:

Seeking Culturally Competent Care

Specific Barriers to Mental Health Care

Black Mental Health Resources and more.

 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

 Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator 

 is a confidential and anonymous source of information for persons  seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. territories for  substance use/addiction and/or 

mental health problems. 

The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline If you believe that a child is in immediate danger, please contact  (800) 422-4453 for help 

 https://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/ 

Find treatment programs in your state that treat addiction and  dependence on opioids, such as heroin or prescription pain relievers. 

Deadline Hollywood's recent article about Hollywood's mental health crisis, and how TV and Film workers can seek help from their unions. 

 The inaugural Gen Z Wellness Summit, held on Sunday, February 25, 2024, was a huge success! With the theme of “We are All in This Together”, over 600 people filled the Centennial Ballroom of the Luskin Conference Center at UCLA to hear inspiring and engaging conversations about issues important to Gen Z’s: social media, addiction, LGBTQ, climate change, eating disorders, anxiety and depression, and relationships. The event was curated and presented by the Teen Advisory Council of the Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. 

 Free Mom Hugs was founded by Sara Cunningham, a Christian mother in conservative Oklahoma, who spent years rejecting her son Parker's sexuality, after he came out to her. Conflicted by her love for her son and her spirituality, Sara exhaustively searched faith and sexuality for answers. What she learned would transform her journey from the church to the pride parade.  

Free Mom Hugs is now a nationwide movement of love, visibility and acceptance for the LGBTQIA+ community. With  chapters in all 50 states and other initiatives forming globally, the group’s growing force of more than 14,000 volunteers is a national groundswell dedicated to empowering the world to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community through visibility, conversation and education.  

Created by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based, early-intervention course that teaches participants about mental health and substance use challenges. .