Mental Health Links

The following links are listed here are meant to provide you with additional information and resources. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

Crisis Resources and Hotlines

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Courage to Call: 877-698-7838 (for veterans)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline: 888-843-4556
• National Suicide Prevention Line:  800-273-8255
• San Diego Crisis Line: 888-724-7240
• Suicide: Read This First
• Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
• Trevor Project: 866-488-7386 (for LGBTQIA+ youth, 13-24)

General Mental Health Resources

• Mental Illness Happy Hour (podcast)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI
• San Diego Info Line: 211

PTSD, Trauma & Dissociation

• National Center for PTSD
• Give an Hour— for veterans and their families
• National Center for PTSD Real Warriors (U.S. Department of Defense) – for veterans and their families
• Sidran Institute – traumatic stress education and advocacy info
• Trauma Pages– trauma resource page
• Explanations for family:
• https://themighty.com/2015/06/what-its-like-to-have-ptsd/

EMDR Resources

• APA fact sheet on EMDR
• EMDR International Association
• Research supporting EMDR Therapy
• NY Times interview with EMDR founder, Francine Shapiro  
• VA info on EMDR for PTSD

Transgender Resources

• Behavioral Health Resources/links for the LGBTQIA+ Community
• Gender Affirming Medical care resources:
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Gender Confirmation Center
  • Mount Saini
  • University of California, San Francisco
• GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
• Human Rights Campaign
• The LGBT Center – central San Diego resource
• Living Gender Diverse
• North County LGBT Resource Center
• Queer Doc
• Trans Equality
• Trans Family Alliance
• Transgender Law Center
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health

San Diego College/University Pride Centers

• LGBTQ+ at USD
• SDSU Pride Center
• UCSD LGBT Resource Center

Alcohol and Other Drug Info

• San Diego AA meetings
• LGBT AA meetings
• San Diego NA meetings
• San Diego Dual Diagnosis meetings  (for those with both mental health and substance use issues)
• San Diego Co-Dependency CODA meetings 
• Live and Let Live Alano Club – LGBT recovery meetings
• Meetings without a religious component
• SMART Recovery meetings
• Secular AA