Helpful Web Links

General Web Resources
American Psychological Association 
American Psychiatric Association (see Patients & Families link)
Go Ask Alice (questions & answers on health issues)

NYC WELL: Helping New Yorkers in crisis with a 24/7 chat/text/instant messaging hotline service, and local mental health resources. 

Alcohol and Other Drugs
Alcoholics Anonymous (includes meetings list)
Cocaine Anonymous (includes meetings list)
College Drinking - Changing the Culture (info about drinking)
Narcotics Anonymous (includes meetings list)
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
University of Rochester: Alcohol and Other Drugs

Anxiety
Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Child Abuse
The National Child Abuse Hotline

Depression and Suicide
All About Depression
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Domestic Violence
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Resource on Domestic Violence

Love is Respect 

Eating Disorders, Body Image, and Healthy Eating
Academy for Eating Disorders
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Eating Disorder Book Resources
National Eating Disorders Association 

Health
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS/STIs
AIDS Info
NYC Sexual Health Clinics: NYC Sexual Health Clinics provide low- to no-cost services for STIs, including HIV. If you do not have health insurance or cannot pay the sliding scale fee, you can still get services.

National HIV/STI Testing Resources 

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Resources
APICHA: A community health center which advocates for and provide a welcoming environment for underserved and vulnerable people, especially Asians and Pacific Islanders, the LGBT Community, and individuals living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center: Health services dedicated to LGBT individuals, and people living with HIV/AIDS

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Grassroots organization that helps organize LGBT communities for political and social action
The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
PFLAG National and PFLAG NYC, organization for parents, families, friends, and straight allies united with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
The Trevor Project, providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24


Medication/Psychiatry
National Alliance on Mental Illness (about medications)
Psychiatric Drugs

Mental Health Resources for Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Asian Mental Health Collective

Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective

Ourselves Black

South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

Rape / Sexual Assault / Sexual Abuse
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Assault emergency hotlines
Male Survivors of Sexual Assault, Abuse and Incest
Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN)

Self-Injury/Self -Harm (Cutting, etc.) 

Understanding Self -Harm

The Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery

Sleep
National Sleep Foundation

Stress Management
All About Depression: On-line Relaxation Exercise
Georgia Southern University Relaxation and Stress Management, On-line Relaxation Exercises

 

 

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