Find Children's Mental Health Resources in Your State
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National Resources
Behavioral health services located as close to a patient’s community as possible are ideal so that the treatment plan can include important resources from a child’s natural support system and other community services.
Mental Health Hotlines:
Crisis Lines
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- Call or text 988
Crisis Text Line
- Text "HOME" to 741-741
Online Crisis Network
General Mental Health Concerns/Questions
NAMI National Help Line
- 800-950-6264 or text “HelpLine” to 62640 or email helpline@nami.org
- Staffed Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., EST
- www.nami.org/help
SAMHSA National Helpline
- 800-662-4357 or TTY: 1-800-487-4889
National Parent Helpline
- 855-427-2736
National Help Line for Substance Abuse
- 800-662-4357
National Sexual Assault Hotline
- 800-656-4673
Child Abuse Hotline
National U.S. Child Abuse Hotline
- Call or text 800-422-4453
https://www.childhelphotline.org/
Domestic Violence Hotline
National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Call 800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788
- thehotline.org
LGBTQIA+
LGBT National Help Center
- 888-843-4564
- Youth Talkline 800-246-7743
- https://lgbthotline.org/
Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ Youth
- 866-488-7388
Trans Life
- 877-565-8860
- www.translifeline.org
Help Finding Therapy:
Mental Health America
https://www.mhanational.org/finding-therapy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapists
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Organizations:
American Psychological Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Families and Youth (aacap.org)
InfoAboutKids
Effective Child Therapy
Resources for Specific Concerns:
Autism
American Autism Association
- 877-654-4483
- www.myautism.org/autism-help-hotline
Autism Speaks Information Line
- Autism Response Team
- 888-288-4762
- https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-response-team-art
- En Español: 888-772-9050 or ayuda@autismspeaks.org
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Eating Disorders
National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline
- 866-662-1235
ANAD Hotline
- 888-375-7677
- https://anad.org/get-help/eating-disorders-helpline/
Trauma
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Healthcare Partners
Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida
(904) 202-4339
www.wolfsonchildrens.com