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  • Black Mental Wellness – The mission of Black Mental Wellness, Corp. is to provide access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, to highlight and increase the diversity of mental health professionals, and to decrease the mental health stigma in the Black community.
  • Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM) – BEAM is a 501 (c)(3) organization. Our mission is to remove the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing. We do this through education, training, advocacy and the creative arts. 
  • Black Mental Health Alliance – To develop, promote and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, trainings and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and other vulnerable communities.
  • Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) – To lead the effort to solve the most pressing health issues that affect Black women and girls in the U.S. Through investments in evidence-based strategies, we deliver bold new programs and advocate health-promoting policies.
  • Inclusive Therapists – Celebrating all identities and abilities in all bodies. Inclusive Therapists offers a safer, simpler way to find a culturally responsive, social justice-oriented therapist. We center the needs of marginalized populations, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent folx, and people with disabilities. We are a mental health justice movement pursuing equity and liberation through advocacy and activism.
  • Therapy for Black Girls – Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. So often the stigma surrounding mental health issues and therapy prevents Black women from taking the step of seeing a therapist. This space was developed to present mental health topics in a way that feels more accessible and relevant.
  • Therapy For Black Men – TherapyForBlackMen.org is a directory to help men of color in their search for a therapist. Using the directory, men can search by therapist location and specialization. Searching by location, the results will include the therapists near you and will display their credentials, location, and the issues they treat.
  • The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation – The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 by Taraji P. Henson and led by Executive Director, Tracie Jade Jenkins. The foundation is named in honor of Ms. Henson’s father, Boris Lawrence Henson, who suffered with mental health challenges as a result of his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. The foundation’s work focuses on eradicating the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community. Through their partnerships and programs, the BLHF ensures cultural competency in caring for African Americans who struggle with mental illness by providing scholarships to African-American students who seek a career in the mental health field; offer mental health services and programs to young people in urban schools; and combat recidivism within the prison system.
  • The Loveland Foundation – Loveland Foundation is committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Our resources and initiatives are collaborative and they prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing. We are becoming the ones we’ve been waiting for.
  • The Steve Fund – The Steve Fund is dedicated to the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color. Right at this moment, there are students of color who are failing academically, suffering emotionally and/OR in some cases are facing serious risk, because population-specific factors influencing mental health are too poorly understood and not acted upon. We are taking action.
  • “The Safe Place” App – “The Safe Place” Is a Minority Mental Health App geared towards the Black Community. African Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the rest of the general population. However, many black people still do not wish to seek professional help for their mental illnesses. The Purpose of the “Safe Place” is to bring more awareness, education, and hope to this serious issue. Not only can the black community benefit from this app, but also mental health professionals, friends, and family, of ALL colors can be better educated on this issue and do a service by directing their black friends, co workers, etc. to the app.

  • SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline – The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster. Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
  • Mental Health and COVID-19 Information and Resources – Compiled by Mental Health America
  • Pandemic Crisis Services Response Coalition – As COVID-19 spreads across our country, a group of activists, organizations, and crisis providers have come together to empower the public to mind themselves during this time of increased anxiety and stress. With the support of our partners, this website provides up-to-date resources available to people during this time.

  • Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention – Created by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention gives educators and school administrators a comprehensive way to implement suicide prevention policies in their local community.
  • After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools – Also created by AFSP, if your school has lost someone to suicide, After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools offers best practices and practical tools to help schools in the aftermath of a suicide.
  • Josh Anderson Foundation – Josh Anderson Foundation’s mission is to provide adolescents with mental health education, resources and support so they never turn to suicide.
  • our minds matter (OMM) – our minds matter, programming created by the Josh Anderson Foundation, is a student-led movement designed to change the school culture around mental health.

Mental Health America offers 10 mental health screens to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition

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Psych Hub is an online platform hosting free, engaging videos about mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention.

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Mood Network – When you join MoodNetwork as a research participant, you’ll be part of a nationwide study to fight mood disorders. You’ll work with doctors and researchers to help shape the direction of research. For perhaps the first time in the history of these illnesses, your experiences, your concerns, and your ideas will take center stage.

National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications – The National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications© is dedicated to evaluating the safety of psychiatric medications that may be taken by women during pregnancy to treat a wide range of mood, anxiety, or psychiatric disorders. The goal of this Registry is to gather information on the safety of these medications during pregnancy, as current data is limited.

National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Trials – Clinical research trials are at the heart of all medical advances.

Leapcure – Leapcure’s technology helps researchers adopt a better approach to working with study patients. CLICK HERE to learn about their Adolescent Schizophrenia Study and CLICK HERE to learn about their Major Depressive Disorder Study.

Turning Point (a partnership between the Fairfax/Falls Church Community Services Board and PRS, Inc.) – a coordinated specialty care program for individuals between the ages of 16-25 experiencing their first episode of psychosis.

DC-MD-VA (DMV) Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Guide – a comprehensive and current regional directory of specialized mental health providers, support groups, advocacy organizations, and other relevant clinical resources pertaining to perinatal mental health. This directory will assist providers, patients, and their families with obtaining specialized mental health evaluation and treatment during pregnancy and postpartum.

Suicide Prevention Alliance of Northern Virginia – a regional coalition of the Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax-Falls Church, Loudoun, and Prince William Community Services Boards (CSBs) and other groups in Northern Virginia, all working together to raise awareness and share resources to prevent suicide.

Guide to Psychiatric Crisis and Civil Commitment Process in Virginia (published by NAMI Northern VA) – this short guide describe the steps you can take to help a friend or family member who is experiencing a psychiatric crisis and in need of help, primarily focusing on the civil commitment process in Virginia.

PRS (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services) – PRS reaches out to the underserved in critical need of support to help them learn to reconnect with their communities, become self-sufficient, productive members of society and to overcome the seemingly impenetrable barriers created by their illnesses.