National Children's Mental Health Resources

Crisis Lines

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

• Call or text 988

Crisis Text Line

• Text "HOME" to 741-741

Online Crisis Network

• imalive.org

General Mental Health Concerns/Questions

NAMI National Help Line

• 800-950-6264 or text “HelpLine” to 62640 or email helpline@nami.org
• Staffed Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., EST
• www.nami.org/help

SAMHSA National Helpline

• 800-662-4357 or TTY: 1-800-487-4889

National Parent Helpline

• 855-427-2736

National Help Line for Substance Abuse 

• 800-662-4357

National Sexual Assault Hotline

• 800-656-4673

Child Abuse Hotline

National U.S. Child Abuse Hotline

• Call or text 800-422-4453 

https://www.childhelphotline.org/

Domestic Violence Hotline

National Domestic Violence Hotline

• Call 800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788
• thehotline.org

LGBTQIA+

LGBT National Help Center

• 888-843-4564
• Youth Talkline 800-246-7743
• https://lgbthotline.org/

Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ Youth

• 866-488-7388

Trans Life

• 877-565-8860
• www.translifeline.org

Help Finding Therapy:

Mental Health America

https://www.mhanational.org/finding-therapy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

https://findtreatment.gov

Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapists

Find a CBT Therapist

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Organizations:

American Psychological Association

https://apa.org

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Families and Youth (aacap.org)

InfoAboutKids

• www.infoaboutkids.org
  

Effective Child Therapy

• www.effectivechildtherapy.org

Resources for Specific Concerns:

Autism

American Autism Association

• 877-654-4483
• www.myautism.org/autism-help-hotline

Autism Speaks Information Line

• Autism Response Team
• 888-288-4762
• https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-response-team-art
• En Español: 888-772-9050 or ayuda@autismspeaks.org

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• https://autisticadvocacy.org/

Eating Disorders

National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline

• 866-662-1235

ANAD Hotline

• 888-375-7677
• https://anad.org/get-help/eating-disorders-helpline/

Trauma

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) 

• www.nctsn.org