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HOTLINES AND CHAT SERVICES
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
The Trevor Project
SAMHSA’s National Helpline
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders
Teen Line
Teen Line is a confidential hotline for teenagers which operates every evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm PST. If you have a problem or just want to talk with another teen who understands, then this is the right place for you!
Military Veterans Hotline
Sometimes, life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, like there’s no way things can get better. When things feel unbearable, or if you’re having thoughts of ending your life, support is available. VA offers a number of programs and resources for Veterans and their loved ones, friends, and health care providers.
Military Veterans Hotline
Suicide Prevention: It's Time We Did Something
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Online Chat Services
Please Note: Many of the above resources also have chat services.
The following, however, are solely chat services intended to serve those who would rather text or chat online
Crisis Text Line
Every person who texts in is connected with a Crisis Counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving.
IMAlive
Our focus is suicide intervention, prevention, awareness and education. We provide help and hope through online crisis chat, college campus and high school events and other educational programs.
Suicide Prevention: #BeThe1To BE THERE
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Finding Help
Psychology Today
Find therapists, psychiatrists, treatment centers, and support groups in your area. You can set filters (e.g. insurance type, what you’re seeking treatment for, what type of therapy you are seeking, whether you would like to see a man or woman, experience you’d like your therapist to have–working with LGBTQIA+ people, working with people of color, etc.) to find the best fit for you.
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Find a support group using AFSP’s lists, both within the US and international.
AFSP has a range of resources including support groups/resources for individuals having suicidal thoughts, groups/resources for someone concerned about a loved one, groups/resources for people who have attempted, and groups/resources for individuals who have a loved one who’s attempted.
HelpPRO
HelpPRO allows you to search for a therapist that will meet you where your at. Through their searching service, you can find therapists who will hold sessions online (text, live chat, email, video conference) and those who hold in person sessions. They also allow you to specialize your concern(s), age, insurance, and what level of credentialing you would like your counselor to have
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SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
Welcome to the Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator, a confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.
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Additional Resources and Support
Lifeline: Suicide Prevention
Lifeline offers a host of different resources aimed at preventing suicide.
On their site, you can also find a Suicide Prevention Glossary, which will direct you to a various topics and terms that help us Shrews understand the language that is often used when talking about suicide prevention that may be unfamiliar.
Lifeline Offers:
There’s also information about how every Shrew can get involved and participate!
Lifeline also has some really important information explaining the risk factors associated with suicide, as well as warning signs.
Click here
Lifeline also wants to make sure those who need help, can find it. You can explore here for tips and resources.
Help Yourself
Pacifica
Daily tools for stress, anxiety, and depression alongside a supportive community. Based on cognitive behavioral therapy & mindfulness meditation.
Pacifica is an app. Which may or may not be your Shrew thing, but here’s the option for you to decide.
Check out this post for some de-stressing tips.
Pacifica
While there is a premium version of the app, using the free version you will have access to relaxation strategies, mood/health tracking, psychologist-designed guided self-help plans, goals/ thoughts, and more.
One of Pacifica’s most enticing features is that it allows you to connect with others through its Peer Support Community. Here, you’ll be able to share stories, give and take advice, and hopefully realize you’re not alone.
Crisis Text Line Referrals
Our goal is to help texters move from hot moments to a cool calm. Sometimes, that means we give our texters a resource – like a breathing GIF to help them find calm or a link to help learn more about their symptoms.
It’s super important to us to refer our texters to amazing referrals. So, we’ve put a lot of time and energy and love into thinking about how to do this.
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line offers an extensive referral list to resources.
Referrals fall under the categories of abuse, anxiety/stress, bullying, eating/body image, gender/sexual identity, grief, isolation/loneliness, substance use, suicide, general/miscellaneous.
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Purpose of the Resource Guide:
To create a comprehensive Missouri and Metro East St. Louis human trafficking resource guide to be used by social service providers, justice system officials, healthcare providers, and other practitioners for referral information about social and legal services to assist human trafficking survivors
The Guide Includes Twelve Services Areas:
12 services areas, drawn from existing research identifying top needs of human trafficking survivors, and additional areas as suggested by CATE members, including:
- Shelters (adult)
- Shelters/residential homes (youth)
- Legal services
- Language access/translation services
- Drop-in center
- 24-hour hotlines, including crisis lines
- Counseling and therapy
- Substance use/addiction services
- Employment services
- Food pantries
- Education/ Training options
- Prevention information