National, State & Community Resources
Mental Health Help/Resources
This page is designed to help people easily find access to information, support and care for mental health issues or general life stress and struggles.
Clicking on the links below should immediately open the organizations’ website.
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- National Resources
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Online Behavioral Health Resources
If you or someone you know has a behavioral health / mental health issue , is struggling emotionally, or has concerns about their mental health, there are ways to get help. Use these resources to find help for you, a friend, or a family member.
Helpful Ideas
- It is helpful sometimes to talk to someone who is not our friend, partner, or family member and share our feelings of sadness. Depression and anxiety are medical conditions, Treatment is typically talk therapy. Medication is an option both short-term and long-term depending on family history.
- COVID-19 has added stress to us in many ways; some have not had steady income; some are working less hours or have more pressure with stay-at-home orders. Learning to manage stress will help rebuild confidence and self-esteem.
- Sometimes, when under stress, relationship communication may become ineffective, snippy, or silent. Many insurance plans cover ‘family therapy,’ to help repair cracks or strengthen the couple.
- Symptoms of depression include: being tired/fatigued; irritability (especially for children/teens), overeating or under eating, sleeping too much or insomnia, feelings of sadness, loss of pleasure or interest in things that used to give you pleasure, hopelessness, feeling overwhelmed or powerless, low self-esteem.
- Anxiety symptoms include excessive worry, racing thoughts, shaking, pounding heart, feelings of doom/dread, diarrhea, constipation, acid reflux, anger,
- Sometimes we worry that someone we love is thinking about hurting or killing themselves. Ask them directly, “Are you thinking of hurting or killing yourself? Do you want to die?” Call 988 or 911 or take them to the nearest emergency room.
New Hampshire
MAINE
1-888-568-1112 (Voice) or 711 (Maine Relay)
The Maine Crisis Line (MCL) is the state’s crisis telephone response service for individuals or families experiencing a behavioral health crisis or having thoughts of suicide and/or self-harm. Trained crisis call specialists answer the line and provide free and confidential telephone support and stabilization 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
1-800-871-7741 (Voice) or 711 (Maine Relay)
Call the 24-hour statewide sexual assault crisis and support line (or text Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm) for confidential services free of charge.
For more information visit: www.mecasa.org.
For a list of resources in Tribal communities visit: www.mcedv.org/get-help/
NAMI Maine Helpline
1-800-464-5767 (Press 1)
The NAMI Helpline is a safe and confidential mental health service for peers, law enforcement, professionals, friends and family members.
Helpline available Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm.
For more information visit: www.namimaine.org.
1-866-834-HELP (4357)
The statewide Domestic Violence Helpline connects callers with advocates at Domestic Violence Resource Centers and provides information, crisis counseling, emotional support and advocacy.
For more information visit: www.mcedv.org.
For a list of resources in Tribal communities visit: www.mcedv.org/get-help/
1-866-771-WARM (9276) or 711 (Maine Relay)
The Intentional Peer Support Warm Line is available toll-free from anywhere in Maine, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is a mental health peer-to-peer phone support program offering mutual conversations with a trained specialist who has life experience with mental health and/or substance use issues and recovery. The focus is to encourage and foster recovery, moving toward wellness and reconnecting with community
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
1-800-841-8371
TTY: 1-800-439-2370 (ask for the hotline)
The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center has a 24/7 hotline for survivors of sexual violence ages 12 or older. The hotline is also available to survivors’ friends and families, as well as other professionals.
Click here to go their website.
National Support Resources
Not every parent bonds with their baby at birth. Some births are traumatic for both the parents and baby. Sometimes new parents have scary intrusive thoughts about their baby. Call the experts, people who understand and will provide support.
Postpartum Support International understands and has a support network in every state in the US. Call 800.944.4773 (4PPD) for assistance in English and Spanish.
PSI does not provide emergency services. People in crisis should call their physicians, their local emergency number or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.
Esta línea de PSI no es para crisis y no responde a emergencias. Las personas en crisis deben de llamar a su doctor, a su número de emergencia local o a la línea de Prevención nacional de suicidio en el número 988.
ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS To join, click on the schedule below:
Text the word “hello” to 741741 to reach a crisis counselor. Click the images below to connect to CrisisTextLine.org
“Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support via mediums people already use and trust.”
Click here to go to the National Runaway Safeline Website
Click here to call now.