Resources for Students
Black Girls Smile hosts a directory of help/crisis hotlines, resources for finding a mental health professional, and more: https://www.blackgirlssmile.org/resources
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective provides access to the Black Virtual Therapist Network: https://wellness.beam.community/
The Asian American Suicide Prevention & Education website offers suicide prevention resources, information, and crisis hotline information specific to Asian Americans: https://aaspe.net/index.html
Asian Mental Health Collective, AMHC helps make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide, https://www.asianmhc.org/.
Stronghearts Native HelpLine offers support for Native American/Indigenous peoples, 844-762-8483 or https://strongheartshelpline.org/.
LACDMH Help Line 800-854-7771. Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/research-and-practice/centers-programs/caianh.
https://www.hispanicfederation.org/ is a Latino nonprofit membership organization, offers information for mental health resources in the Latino community https://www.hispanicfederation.org/our-work/health/mental-health-resources/.
SALDEF Mental Health Resources for Sikh Americans, https://saldef.org/mentalhealth/
Information about various communities of color and their relationships with mental health, historical context, facts, and more https://www.mhanational.org/bipoc-communities-of-color.
The TREVOR Project, suicide prevention for LGBTQIAP+ individuals. Trevor Lifeline, 24/7/365 866-488-7386. TrevorText, M-F 3-10 Text "Trevor" to 202-304-1200. TrevorChar 3p-10p TrevorChat.org, and/or visit https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ for more information.
Clark University's Counseling Center has also developed a wonderful "Mental Health Toolbox" with a library of resources to help empower people. Please click the link and check it out for more tools to support your (or your loved one's) mental health!
MassSupport is the free and confidential crisis counseling program available to all MA residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with providing individual support through our helpline at 888-215-4920, MassSupport holds free virtual coping groups and presentations on stress and coping for organizations, schools and communities around how to support ourselves and each other during the pandemic. To find out more about what they can provide go to: https://masssupport.org/
The ADHD hub is a great resource hosted by and for the global ADHD community. It’s an affirming spot where people with ADHD can get support, company, and validation. For $8 a month they offer the ability to "discover the power of an ADHD community that truly understands you. Learn from experts and thrive with accountability."
https://jedfoundation.org/mental-health-resource-center/ is a mental health resource center. You can select what you are experiencing, feeling, or vague identifying information (e.g.. "I am".. Black/African-American", "A Student Athlete", "Transitioning to College", etc..), and it can offer you various type of supports, coping strategies, potential next steps, and other resources.