Mental Health
UMTR2ME is a 501c3 non-profit organization located in San Diego, California with a global reach and impact. By making personal connections, their aim is to focus on offering hope, support, and encouragement to individuals who struggle with depression, mental health challenges, and thoughts of suicide, in addition to supporting family and friends.
TWLOHA is a non-profit that aims to provide hope for individuals battling addiction, depression, self injury, and suicidal thoughts. This organization is dedicated to connecting people to support groups, treatment centers, websites, and books in order to provide intervention, treatment, and recovery.
An online support based site run by teens for teens. The site does have a hotline, and also provides help through chat, message boards, and email.
A comprehensive site that is divided in to three sections. The “teens” section provides teens with resources, advice, and approachable information. The “kids” section is written in an easy format, and has in depth explanations about health related issues that children might not understand. The “parents” section provides adults with advice on how to confront difficult situations with their children, and has multiple links that cover every aspect of raising healthy children.
Teen Mental Health is an organization that hopes to utilize the latest scientific evidence to create training programs, publications and resources to improve understanding of adolescent mental health and mental disorders. Dr. Stan Kutcher and his team collaborate with health care providers, policymakers, schools, the business community, and the general public to deliver internationally recognized research on the mental health of youth.
An informational site for teens that provides advice about common problems that teens face. Teens can register for the site and have access to forums and other helpful resources.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) is an organization dedicated to preventing suicide through public education, reducing stigmas associated with mental illness, and serving as a resource for those affected by suicide. SAVE is committed to increasing awareness about brain illnesses, symptoms, possible causes and the signs for professional treatment.
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation is committed to raising awareness, understanding and research for early-onset Bipolar disorder. The foundation is currently working with the medical community to create new and improved treatments and therapies to overcome Bipolar Disorder.
A site that provides information about the mental health of children and adolescents. The site includes an A to Z Disorder Guide, an article on how to raise healthy children, and when to seek treatment and how to find treatment.
This lifeline is open 24/7 to help anyone who is struggling or just in need of someone to talk to.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) hopes to develop understanding and treatment of mental illness through research to foster a means for prevention, recovery, and cure. The institute works to ensure this mission by encouraging innovative thinking that catalyze scientific breakthroughs through the study of the brain, behaviors, and experience.
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders through specialized programs and services. The organization confronts these serious illnesses by means of early intervention, improved access to treatment, and increased awareness.