Check out this website for a broad overview of mental health, resources for LGBTQ+ folks, and crisis support.
If someone is in a mental health crisis…
Talk to a trusted adult
Call a crisis hotline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
The Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386
The Trevor Project is a leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24
Online emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention services. The chat specialists are here to listen and support you through whatever difficult times you may be facing.
Offers residential substance abuse treatment, outpatient treatment, alternative education programs, and a transitional ‘safe home’ for children removed from their homes due to domestic violence.
The Connection, Inc. 48 Howe St, New Haven. 203-752-9343,www.theconnectioninc.org. Offers various residential and day programs,counseling/behavioral health services, and other services.
Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
184 Liberty Street, New Haven, 203-688-9007. Offers inpatient, partial hospitalization, detoxification, and outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment programs for children, adolescents, and adults.
If you’re looking to learn more about mental health more broadly, they have a lot of great information! They also have a lot of resources for LGBT+ folks and crisis support
“No matter what you are going through, you are not alone”
A great website for teens struggling with mental health. They have informative and supportive videos and lots of resources. You can post your own videos and connect with their supportive community.
A supportive online network for young adults struggling with mental health issues. Contains resources related to living with mental illness and can connect youth with mental illness to each other and to other members of the mental health community.