RESOURCES
MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
https://afsp.org/find-support/
"A voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death."
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illnesses)
"NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the Nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness."
CRISIS AND SUPPORT LINES
GCAL (Georgia Crisis and Access Line)
1-800-715-4225
"GCAL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year to help you or someone you care for in a crisis. GCAL professionals will:
- Provide telephonic crisis intervention services
- Dispatch mobile crisis teams
- Assist individuals in finding an open crisis or detox bed across the State
- Link individuals with urgent appointment services"
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
"The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 150 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices."
National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline / Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
1-800.656.HOPE (4673)
"RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice."
Department of Defense Safe Helpline:
1-877-995-5247
LGBTQIA+ RESOURCES
The Trevor Project
1-866-488-7386
or text START to 678678
"The Trevor Project offers accredited life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth that create safe, accepting and inclusive environments over the phone, online and through text." Services include: Crisis Interventions (by phone, text or chat);
Suicide Prevention Trainings and Resources; and Community Resources.
QMed
"QMed aims to fill some of the major gaps in care for transgender and nonbinary patients of all ages. Dr. Izzy Lowell, a Family Medicine Physician based in Atlanta, started QMed to improve access to hormone therapy for trans* patients across the Southeast."