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
- LBGTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
- LGBTQ National Youth Hotline: 1-800-246-7743
- Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
- Local Resources
- 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
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Guide for COVID-19
- The Anxiety Network: Multiple subcategories of different types of anxiety with resources, articles (blog posts), tests and coping mechanisms
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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