Help & Resources

Suicide

• ​National Suicide Prevention Lifeline​
• San Diego Access & Crisis Line: 
  • Phone: (888) 724-7240
  • Hours of Operation: 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week
    
  • The San Diego Access and Crisis Line serves as a suicide prevention/intervention hotline. It provides mental health crisis intervention, information and referral to mental health services in San Diego County, including referrals to mental health care professionals who accept Medi-Cal and those who do not have health insurance.
    
  • ​It also provides information and referral to County Drug and Alcohol treatment and recovery services for adults, adolescents, and pregnant and parenting women who are receiving Medi-Cal or who do not have health insurance. Calls are FREE and answered by trained professionals. Service is available in multiple languages.

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Addiction

• ​Alcoholics Anonymous-AA official website
• Smart Recovery-www.smartrecovery.org/
• San Diego Addiction Treatment
• Prescription Drug Abuse-National Institute of Health Prescription Drug Abuse Website
• Online Addiction-Center for Internet Addiction
• Orange County Addiction Center: Addiction Center
• Addiction Group - addictiongroup.org/resources/
  

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Anger Management

• Controlling Anger-American Psychological Association Anger Management

Grief and Bereavement

• Coping with grief and loss
• Dealing with a parents death
• Dealing with the loss of a spouse

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Domestic Violence

• ​San Diego Domestic Violence Hotline and Website
• Domestic Violence Shelter-YMCA DV Shelter
• 2-1-1 San Diego:  Phone: 2-1-1
  
  • This hotline connects people with community, health and disaster services through a free, 24/7 stigma-free phone service and searchable online database. 2-1-1 serves the entire population of San Diego County as the only free, confidential, dialing code service in San Diego.

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Depression

• What is Depression-National Institute of Mental Health Definition of Depression
• Elderly and Depression-Depression in older adults and the elderly

Anxiety

• What is Anxiety: National Institute of Mental Health Definition of Anxiety

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Bipolar

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• What is Bipolar Disorder-National Institute of Mental Health Definition of Bipolar
  
• ​International Bipolar Foundation

• ​What is PTSD-National Institute of Mental Health Definition of PTSD
• PTSD:National Center For PTSD

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Chronic Pain

• What is Chronic Pain-National Institute of Health Definition of Chronic Pain

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Existential Psychology

Positive Psychology

• Existential Psychology

• Martin Seligman and Positive Psychology

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