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Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a free, 24-Hour hotline, at
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If your issue is an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
If you are in a life-threatening situation, please do not use this site.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a free, 24-Hour hotline, at
1-800-273-8255.
Your call will be routed to the Crisis Center near you.
If your issue is an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
INTERNATIONAL
SANE MENTAL HEALTH CARE UK provides a unique, innovative approach to mood disorders and makes a strong impact to the anti-stigma campaign - it is geared especially for depression. See online, direct services, including crisis calling, in UK and Australia, however significant aspects of their program are available online/globally. In particular - see their conceptualization of Depression as a Great Black Dog which can be trained and managed (join the Great Black Dog Tribe), and utilize the educative tools, such as cartoons, which are invaluable toward a non-stigmatizing and progressive, cognitive behavioral approach to living with mood disorder and accepting support.
Some of their very effective projects are:
The Black Dog Campaign
Thought for the Day
Virtual Dog
Message of Hope
Black Dog Story: One in four people experiences a mental health problem; many more are touched by its consequences.
Mental illness and mental health is complex; people can face difficulties such as stigma, exclusion and isolation, as well as trying to cope with a very debilitating experience. Recovery or management is not always a straightforward process.
SANE exists to provide emotional support and information to anyone affected by mental illness. There are 3 main ways to receive emotional support.
SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (6pm-11pm 365 days a year) (UK)
SANE Support Forum: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/supportforum/
SANE Text Care: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/textcare/
NATIONAL:
FACING DISABILITY, DISEASE & MENTAL ILLNESS together -
TheMighty.com A Mental Health website dedicated to New Parenting, Autism, Down Syndrome, Mental Illness, Chronic Illness; Rare Disease.
CTL: 24/7 CRISIS TEXT LINE (CTL) TEXT 741741 (USA)
*used heavily by adolescents, this number can be texted without looking at your phone: 741741 & text START
(requires only a simple muscle-memory pattern down left side of key pad.)
Anyone who texts in receives an automatic response welcoming to the service.
Another responder provides a link to the organization's privacy policy and explains that he/she can text "stop" to end the conversation at any time.
Within five minutes, any one of a number of very highly trained counselors will text back. Extensive, impressive Counselor training (including weekly practice sessions).
*Since 2013, CTL is the first and only national, 24.7 crisis-intervention hot-line to conduct its conversations (the majority of which are with teenagers) exclusively by text message. They have received five million texts.
*Read more at "R U There?", Alice Gregory, New Yorker, February 9, 2015, p. 30 - 35.
LOCAL/NATIONAL CRISIS & EMERGENCY:
Child, Teen, and Adult
If you, or someone in your care, needs emergency psychiatric services, call 911 & follow directions --
or go the nearest Hospital Emergency Room.
SUICIDE PREVENTION
If you or someone you know needs help, visit the Suicide Prevention Resources page of TheMighty.com.
If you need support right now, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUICIDE & CRISIS LINE: 1.408.855.278.4204
SUICIDE/CRISIS LINE - MOBILE UNIT, Child/Teen Assessment 408.877.412.4774
PARENTAL STRESS HOTLINE: (CONTACT) 1.800.830.3777
EMQ FAMILIES FIRST San Jose (ONLY for children with a Social Worker)
SAN JOSE
RUNAWAY & HOMELESS YOUTH, SHELTER:
SAN JOSE RUNAWAY/HOMELESS SHELTER & SERVICES, 11-17 y/olds:
RUNAWAY CHILD/TEEN CENTER: BILL WILSON CENTER
CRISIS LINE 408.850.6125
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24-Hr. Phone Lines:
AACI, Asian Americans for Community Involvement, 24-Hr Line: 1.408.975.2739 (Spanish; Multiple Asian Languages; English)
NATIONAL
RAPE RAINN - RAPE, ABUSE & INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK: 1.800.656.4673 ONLINE.RAINN.ORG
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT:
CHILD PROSTITUTION 24/7 USA NATIONAL HOTLINE
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT 24/7 1.800.531.3300 English/Spanish
The Children of the Night home is open to child prostitutes throughout the United States, and the Children of the Night hotline is ready and able to rescue these children 24 hours a day. They provide free taxi/airline transportation nationwide for America’s child prostitutes who wish to escape prostitution and live in their home. Hotline staff works closely with law enforcement to rescue children from pimps.
Their home features an on-site school and college placement program. After youngsters complete the rigorous and comprehensive program of academic and life-skills education, caseworkers are available to provide ongoing case management to hundreds of graduates.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: SUPPORT NETWORK FOR BATTERED WOMEN (Mt. View) 1.650.940.7855 (English)
1.800.57-BASTA (SPANISH)
1.408.279.2962 (English) CRISIS NUMBER
FOR MAIN OFFICE, WALK IN TO 234 E. Gish Rd. Ask for a legal advocate, get a restraining order, etc.
If you are HOMELESS, call 408.510.7600 HOMELESS HELP LINE provides a one- time voucher.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS has a low income program. 1.877.363.7238
SOUTH SANTA CLARA COUNTY
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS SOUTH COUNTY
NEW FOUNDATIONS ngo -- (excellent attorneys).
STEP FORWARD, ask for Karen Schultz.
SAN FRANCISCO
THE RILEY CENTER
www.rileycenter.org
Provides safe and confidential services for any woman in an abusive relationship (and her children).
24-Hour Crisis Line (415) 255-0165
RAPE: San Francisco Women Against Rape www.sfwar.org
(ONLINE) PRIVACY VIOLATIONS
WITHOUT MY CONSENT
http://www.withoutmyconsent.org
Website intended top empower individuals harmed by online privacy violations to stand up for their rights.
PANIC
American Psychological Association:
“Answers to Questions about Panic Disorder” (article).
ANGER ISSUES
American Psychological Association:
“Controlling Anger Before It Controls You” (article).
ANXIETY
American Psychological Association:
“Signs of an Anxiety Disorder” (article).
National Institute of Mental Health:
page on Anxiety Disorders
(download pdf booklets on different types of Anxiety Disorders)
You, who are on the road Must have a code
That you can live by.
And so -- Become Yourself
Because the past Is just a good-bye
Teach your children well
Your father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your Dreams
The one they pick The one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.
And you of tender years Can't know the fears
That your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well.
The children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick The one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why -
If they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh And know they love you.
Teach Your Children, Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Released, 19
That you can live by.
And so -- Become Yourself
Because the past Is just a good-bye
Teach your children well
Your father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your Dreams
The one they pick The one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.
And you of tender years Can't know the fears
That your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well.
The children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick The one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why -
If they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh And know they love you.
Teach Your Children, Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Released, 19