Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources

National Toll-free Help Lines

The numbers listed below can be dialed toll-free from anywhere within the United States. These organizations provide mental health information and referrals, and in some cases, crisis counseling.

ADA Information Center/National Center for Disability Services
800-949-4232

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Technical Assistance Center
800-795-5486

AIDS Info
800-874-2572

Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center
800-438-4380

American Association for Health Education
800-213-7198

American Counseling Association
800-347-6647

American Health Assistance Foundation
800-437-2423

American Parkinson's Disease Association
800-223-2732

ARC of the United States
800-433-5255

Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
800-477-8892

CDC National STD/AIDS Hotline
(800) 227-8922 English (STD)
(800) 342-2437 English (AIDS)
(800) 344-7432 (Spanish)
(800) 243-7889 (TDD)

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
800-662-4357

CHILDHELP USA®
National Child Abuse Hotline
800-4-A-CHILD
800-2-A-CHILD (TDD)

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.)
800-233-4050

Clearinghouse for Occupational Safety and Health Information, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
800-356-4674

Covenant House Nineline
800-999-9999

Department of Health and Human Services, Inspector General's Hotline
800-447-8477

Eldercare Locator
800-677-1116

For Kids Sake, Inc.
800-898-4543

Girls and Boys Town National Hotline
800-448-3000
800-448-1833 (TDD)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Information Center
888-275-4772

Insure Kids Now! Health Resources and Services Administration
877-543-7669

Lighthouse International Center for Education, Information, and Resource Services
800-829-0500

Medicare Issues Hotline
800-633-4227
800-820-1202 (TDD)

National Adoption Center
800-862-3678

National Child Care Information Center, ACF
800-616-2242
800-516-2242 (TDD)

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
800-729-6686

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
800-394-3366

National Clearinghouse on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
800-628-1696

National Health Information Center
800-336-4797

National Hopeline Network
800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
888-346-3656

National Mental Health Association
800-969-NMHA (6642)

National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
800-327-4545

National Prevention Information Network
800-458-5231

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(800) 537-2238
(800) 553-2508 (TDD)

National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
800-444-7415

National Runaway Switchboard
(800) 621-4000
(800) 621-0394 (TDD)

National Suicide Hotline
800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)

National Technical Information Service
800-553-6847

Office of Minority Health Resource Center
800-444-6472

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
800-400-7242

Project Inform National HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline
800-822-7422

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National (RAIN) Network
800-656-4673

Social Security Administration
800-772-1213

Su Familia (a service of the Office of Minority Resource Center)
866-783-2645

Well Spouse Association
800-838-0879