By The BroglieBox Team
8 min read

During this tough time of a global pandemic, know that you are not alone in your mental health struggles. This document has evidence-based, free mental health resources for youth, selected by youth. Note: These resources are not a replacement to professional care. 

Phone Hotlines

• NYC Mental Health and Substance Use Support : 1 (888)-NYC-WELL 
• Kids Help Phone (Calling Service Link)
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness): 800-950-NAMI (6264)
  • Monday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm EST
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: (800) 662-4357
  • For education, support, and connections to treatment
  • 24 Hour helpline
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): (866) 615-6464
  • Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm EST
• Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Teen Line
  • Teen to Teen Crisis Line

Texting Services

• Crisis Text Line 
  • HOME to 741741
  • For: Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, etc
• TWLOHA (To Write Love On Her Arms)
  • For immediate help (Canada, Uk, US, LGBTQ and Suicide Prevention)
• Seize The Awkward
• Teen Line
  • Text (and Call) Hotline for teens talking to other teens
• Youth Line
  • Teen to Teen crisis text line
• RAINN 
  • National Sexual Assault Hotline
• Kids Help Phone (Texting Service Link)
• Need 2 text
• 7-Cups (Online Emotional Support) 
• Mood 247: A text messaging system that provides an easy way to recor d how you’re feeling and tracks your daily moods to share with friends, family, or a health professional.

LGBTQ+ Mental Health

• The Trevor Project: LGBTQ focused mental health hotlines, services and resources
  • Resources (Coming out handbook, Instagram Support center and Suicide Prevention)
  • Hotlines (Lifeline, Chat and Text)
• LBGTQ National Hotline:  1-888-843-4564
• LGBTQ National Youth Hotline: 1-800-246-7743
• Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
• Local Resources
  • DMV Area: LGBTQ Resources — Mental Health, Food, and Rent Aid 

Anxiety

• Specific to the Coronavirus:
  • NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Guide for COVID-19
    • Page 2: Anxiety around COVID-19
    • Page 5: How to get care without insurance 
  • Crisis Text Line: This link will provide information about COVID-19 to reduce anxiety, debunk myths, and other support 
• The Anxiety Network: Multiple subcategories of different types of anxiety with resources, articles (blog posts), tests and coping mechanisms
  • Generalized Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • Panic

BIPOC Mental Health

• Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.
• The Anxiety and Depression Association of America has resources dedicated to black youth on seeking help for mental health struggles. 
• Each Mind Matters created a Mental Health Support Guide for African American Communities. 
• NAMI has a resource page for Latinx mental health.
• The Anxiety and Depression Association of America has resources dedicated to Latinx youth on seeking help for mental health struggles. 
• Check out this guide of Mental Health Services for Latino Youth. 

Female Mental Health

• Girls Health.Gov: The “Your Feelings” section of this website offers guidance to teenage girls on recognizing a mental health problem, getting help, and talking to parents. 
  • Ways to feel happy
  • Ways to boost self-esteem and confidence
  • Healthy ways to handle stress
  • Dealing with anxiety 
• Center for Young Women’s Health: This website provides a series of guides on emotional health, including on test anxiety, depression, bullying, and eating disorders. 
  • Anxiety Health Guide
  • Depression Health Guide
  • Eating Disorders Health Guide

Peer Support

• Buddy Project: A a non-profit movement that aims to prevent suicide and self-harm by pairing people as buddies and raising awareness for mental health.
  • Sign up for a Buddy!
• Free/Fair-Cost Online Wellness Led by POC, Womxn, and Queer Folks

Instagram Pages

• Gabby Frost, founder of the Buddy Project, promotes mental wellness through her design page. 
• The Cheetah Movement, started by youth mental health advocate Kenidra Woods, is dedicated to removing the stigma around mental health one day at a time. 
• Project Empower is a youth-driven global movement dedicated to sharing mental health resources and impacting communities with mental wellness initiatives. 
• The Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing is leading a national vision for adolescent and young adult mental health support.
• Brain XP (Brain XPanded) is a teen mental health community started by Christine Marie Frey, the author of “Brain XP: Living with Mental Illness, A Young Teenager’s Perspective.”
• The Worn Ware has assembled lists of free/fair-cost online wellness programs led by POC, Womxn, and Queer Folks. 
  • List #1
  • List #2
• The Asian Mental Health Collective challenges the stigma of mental illness in Asian Diasporic communities. 

[This guide was assembled by BroglieBox staff in collaboration with the founders of ArchNova, a youth organization focusing on improving connections between people by inspiring, campaigning and advocating for change.]

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