Mental Health is Health. View these educational resources below!

🔗Motivating Minds Curated Mental Health Packet

Hotlines:

1. Dating Abuse and Domestic Violence

loveisrespect: 1-866-331-9474

loveisrespect focuses on young adult relationships and hopes to end dating abuse. loveisrespect offers 24/7 help.

DAYA Houston: 713-981-7645 (Confidential)

DAYA Houston offers help to South Asian survivors or victims of Abuse.

2. Depression and Suicide

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 (24/7)

The Trevor Project: 866-488-7386 (24/7)

The Trevor Project offers support to the LGBTQ young adult community. Both of the hotlines offer 24/7 help.

There are also suicide hotlines specific to your area.

3. Eating Disorder Hotline

National Eating Disorder Association: 1-800-931-2237

NEDA offers help to a variety of eating disorders and hopes to "envision a world without eating disorders." NEDA is available Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (EST).

4. General Crisis

Crisis Text Line: Text SUPPORT to 741-741

The Crisis Text Line extends to everyone. Their goal "...is helping people move from a hot moment to a cool calm, guiding you to create a plan to stay safe and healthy. YOU = our priority." 24/7 help is available.

5. Mental Illness Hotline

National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264

NAMI provides treatment options and programs. They wish to "raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need." The NAMI hotline is available every Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Educational Resources:

Mental Health Action + Personalized Coping & Help Resources

https://www.mentalhealthishealth.us/

Eating Disorder Awareness

https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/eating-disorders-awareness-week-2021/

Self Harm Awareness

https://www.inspiremalibu.com/blog/mental-health/march-self-injury-awareness-month/

Mental Health Reform Movement

https://www.mhagc.org/history.php

Dorothea Dix: Influential Woman Figure in Mental Health Reform

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317321

Contemporary Influential Figures in Mental Health Awareness

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-illness-celebrities#3.-Catherine-Zeta-Jones

mental health

[men·tuhl helth] noun
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.