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Somewhere at MIT, a computer screen flickered, and Eliza was online. A Rogerian psychotherapist of sorts, she was always ready to listen and quick with subsequent questions. Never revealing much about herself, she instead encouraged her clients to proverbially “tell her more.” Yet Eliza never really knew more, never knew what was happening in the lives of those she conversed with, and never was able to contextualize their issues outside of scheduled sessions.
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California Launches Peer-Run Mental Health 'Warm' Line
California is launching a statewide mental health phone line to help those who need help, but aren't in crisis. Most counties already run a suicide prevention hotline. But only a few have a “warm line,” which offers emotional support and resource referrals for people who are experiencing depression, anxiety and other symptoms but aren’t considering taking their own lives.
How To Support Mental Wellness And Suicide Prevention During October’s World Mental Health Day
Employers can play a critical role in preventing suicide in the workforce and protecting employees from stress, disengagement and burnout. Every 40 seconds, someone dies from suicide. According to a 2018 study, work stress such as long hours and job strain is a leading cause of suicide among Americans. Suicide has become a global health crisis and the 10th leading cause of death in the United States–a rate that has risen 30% since 1999.
Mental Health Problems Need To Be Destigmatized In The Workplace—Here’s How To Do It
“Stigma in the workplace is still, unfortunately, an issue,” says David Ballard, senior director of the American Psychological Association’s Office of Applied Psychology, and director of its Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program. Those who struggle with mental health concerns are likely to feel uncomfortable disclosing them, fearing that colleagues and supervisors may judge them negatively.
More mental health care won’t stop the gun epidemic, new study suggests
First, although increasing access to mental health care is necessary for a variety of compelling reasons, our findings suggest that strengthening mental health services won’t reduce firearm violence. Rather, action may be needed at the federal, state and local levels to strengthen laws and regulations shown to promote gun safety and prevent firearm deaths. Other countries, in particular Australia and New Zealand, responded forcefully to mass shooting events when they occurred and adopted regulatory measures to protect their citizens against gun violence.
New features for Facebook users encourage private mental health conversations between friends
The social media company hopes its new photo filters and stickers will help those struggling with mental health conditions find understanding peers.
The UK doesn’t spend enough on the mental health of young people – we found out why
Effective treatments exist, such as cognitive behavioural therapy and family therapy, and the sooner treatment is started, the more effective it is likely to be. Yet most young people don’t get help.
The world’s happiest people have a beautifully simple way to tackle loneliness
While Ventilen has been around for decades, its simple yet novel approach is getting more attention as governments everywhere wake up to the prevalence, and cost, of loneliness. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study showed that 22% of Americans, 23% of Brits and 9% of Japanese adults said they felt lonely all the time.
800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do?
In too many places mental health support services are non-existent and those with treatable conditions are criminalized. Bold action is long overdue.
Real Stories From the Other End of a 'Warm Line'
The Peer-Run Warm Line is a space that allows unscripted, unrecorded, honest and empathetic conversation, giving both the counselor and the caller a sense of purpose. Counselors can offer emotional support and provide information on how to access mental health professionals. All of this was designed to prevent a manageable issue from becoming a crisis. Or in other words, a “warm” mental health challenge from turning “hot.”
Some Companies Want You to Take a Mental-Health Day
Employers try to destigmatize mental illness, offer programs to help.
Can Your Smartphone Read Your Mind?
New apps promise to diagnose mental health problems. But there are reasons to be cautious.
Born This Way
Born This Way looks forward, toward a future that supports the wellness of young people through an evidence-based approach that is fiercely kind, compassionate, accepting, and inclusive.
Bring Change to Mind
To end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness.
Heads Together
Heads Together is a mental health initiative spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which combines a campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on mental health with fundraising for a series of innovative new mental health services.
Join the Conversation
If you think talking about mental illness is scary, imagine what happens when we don't talk. Join the conversation. Silence the stigma.
Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.
MQ
Our vision is simple: to create a world where mental illness is understood, effectively treated, and ultimately prevented.
Rethink Mental Illness
Our vision is for equality, rights, the fair treatment and maximum quality of life for all those affected by mental illness, their carers, family and friends. As one of the largest charitable providers of services for people living with mental illness, we are well placed to make a direct impact on the care people receive.
The Kettle Society
The mandate of this group was to provide "care" as a complement to existing treatment facilities by attempting to enrich lives, broaden personal and social horizons and encourage participation in community life.
The Sandbox Project
The Sandbox Project is about one thing: making Canada the healthiest place in the world for children to grow up by supporting their health, safety, and well-being.
Time to Change
Time to Change is a growing social movement working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. We've already reached millions of people and begun to improve attitudes and behaviour.
Young Minds
We’re leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges.
Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Link
APRIL is a charity seeking to create awareness that many every day medicines and anaesthetics can induce psychiatric adverse reactions (ADRs) or withdrawal effects including depression, anxiety, insomnia, agitation, self harm, suicidal thoughts and actions, or violence towards others.
Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
AATH is an international community of professionals who incorporate humor into their daily lives. AATH is the leader in providing evidence-based information about current research and practical applications of humor.
Balanced Mind Parent Network
The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN) is an online support community where you’ll find connection, resources, and hope for the road ahead.
Bio-Balance Health
Bio-Balance Health continues to promote, support and participate on a not-for-profit basis in the establishment of facilities in Australia for comprehensive biochemical assessment and complementary nutritional treatment and to support the training of medical practitioners.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
The mission of DBSA is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses.
EAGALA
The Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association is dedicated to improving the mental health of individuals, families, and groups around the world by setting the standard of excellence in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Equest
Equest provides therapeutic sports riding classes and Hippotherapy to over 150 clients every week. After being the first therapeutic riding program in Texas founded in 1981, we have become one of the largest non-profit therapeutic riding centers in the state.
Equilibrium
The Bipolar Foundation...We are an independent, international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving treatment and understanding of the causes and effects of bipolar disorder/manic depression.
Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation
The GNIF is a non-profit charity organization for the advancement of neurological and mental health patient welfare, education, and research. We aim to further brain related studies and end mental health stigmatization and discrimination.
Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
HPRT, originally founded at the Harvard School of Public Health, is a multi-disciplinary program that has been pioneering the health and mental health care of traumatized refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict and natural disasters for over two decades.
Mental Health America
We are the country's leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. With our more than 320 affiliates nationwide, we represent a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation
Mental Health Europe
There is no Health without Mental Health! Mental health is an essential part of any citizen's health and well being. As such, it is an essential component of communities. Good mental health is a basic human right. Factors that adversely affect mental health represent a major and growing threat to economic, social and public health in the world.
Mental Health Foundation
We are committed to reducing the suffering caused by mental ill health and to help everyone lead mentally healthier lives. We help people to survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems.
Mental Research Institute
The focus of MRI is to explore and to encourage the use of an interactional approach to further understand and more effectively resolve human problems from the family to all other levels of social organization.
MindWise Innovations
MindWise Innovations equips schools, workplaces, colleges, and communities with tools to help them address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk – enabling their members to live healthier lives.
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC) is a national, not for profit, consumer driven, voluntary health charity committed to ensuring that the voice of consumers, family members and caregivers is heard on issues relating to mental health and mental illness and in particular with regard to depression, bipolar illness and other associated mood disorders.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation''s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country
National Council for Behavioral Health
The National Council for Behavioral Health and its members are committed to creating and sustaining healthy and secure communities, achieved through a system that holds the needs of consumers paramount, regardless of their ability to pay.
Penny Parks Foundation
The Penny Parks Foundation - providing fast and painless resolution of Child Abuse trauma to the many victims worldwide through Parks Inner Child Therapy.
SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends, and carers.
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation is dedicated to fostering awareness, understanding and research for Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder. The Foundation is on a QUEST FOR THE TEST tm to find an empirical test for Bipolar Disorder so that early detection becomes a reality.
The Tomkins Institute
The Silvan S. Tomkins Institute is dedicated to the study of human emotion. The Institute teaches the psychology of affect and the scripts through which we manage it, as well as the systems of personal growth and repair made possible by the work of Tomkins and Nathanson.
World Federation for Mental Health
WFMH is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The AACAP, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established in 1953. It is a membership based organization, composed of over 7,500 child and adolescent psychiatrists and other interested physicians. Its members actively research, evaluate, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders.
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
AAETS is a multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma. The Academy aims to identify expertise among professionals, across disciplines, and provide meaningful standards for those who work regularly with survivors.
American Academy of Psychotherapists
The purpose of the American Academy of Psychotherapists is to enhance the person of the psychotherapist, to challenge the experienced practitioner to professional excellence and to explore the relationship of person and process to psychotherapy.
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
AAMFT is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. We represent the professional interests of more than 24,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
American Counseling Association
The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession.
American Mental Health Counselors Association
AMHCA gives you the knowledge, support and recognition you need for professional success.
American Psychiatric Association Foundation
We are committed to operating programs and funding initiatives that promote awareness of mental illnesses, the effectiveness of treatment and the importance of early intervention.
American Psychological Association
Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.
American School Counselor Association
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career and social/emotional development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.
Association for Birth Psychology
Founded in 1978 to establish birth psychology as a viable specialty and to allow many diverse professionals to advance theoretical development, empirical research and clinical application, by obtaining a broad spectrum of inquiry into this dynamic area of study.
Association for Family Therapy & Systemic Practice
AFT promotes understanding of the relationship between individual well-being and family functioning and family dynamics. We aim to promote and support strength and resilience in families and their communities of support.
Association for Natural Psychology
Pharmaceutical treatments for mental health are being overprescribed and some forms of mental illness are being overdiagnosed. Natural psychology refers to a non-pharmaceutical method of working through mental health problems. It can be effective, safe, and it works.
Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists
AMCAP is unique from all other professional organizations, in that its members are brought together not by sharing the same professional orientation, but rather by a united commitment to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Association of VA Psychologist Leaders
Our purpose is to address the professional needs and concerns of VA psychologists. Our primary goal is to help provide the highest quality of patient care to our nations veterans.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
BACP is leading the effort to make counselling and psychotherapy widely recognised as a profession whose purpose and activity is understood by the general public.
British Hypnotherapy Association
The organisation of practitioners who have had at least four years of relevant training and who comply with the best professional standards of competence and ethics in hypnotherapy.
Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
The Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry is a national organization of psychiatrists dedicated to promoting mental health in the Canadian elderly population through the clinical, educational and research activities of its members.
Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) is a non-profit organization comprised of health care providers as well as organizations which represent individuals with lived experience of mental illness.
Canadian Mental Health Association
As a nation-wide, voluntary organization, the Canadian Mental Health Association promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness.
Canadian Union of Professional Psychotherapists
The Mission of the Canadian Union of Professional Psychotherapists is to help Canadians live a drug-free healthier lives.
Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health
The Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health conducts mental health services research and provides quality management services to improve community-based care for individuals with mental health and addictions disorders.
European Association of Transactional Analysis
Transactional analysis is a social psychology developed by Eric Berne, MD (d.1970). Over the past four decades Eric Berne's theory has evolved to include applications to psychotherapy, counselling, education, and organizational development.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches.
International Primal Association
Our purpose is to explore, study, research, and promote appropriate forms of psychotherapy and growth, including those that emphasize uncovering and resolving traumatic experiences, and to develop a community that is congruent with the principles developed from this work.
International Psychoanalytical Association
Our mission is to assure the continued vigour and development of psychoanalysis for the benefit of psychoanalytic patients. We work in partnership with our 70 constituent organizations in 33 countries to support our 11,500 Members.
International Psychogeriatric Association
We are a unique and diverse professional healthcare community promoting better geriatric mental health across disciplines, across borders, and across geriatric issues.
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
The Society has as its missions the promotion of awareness of this condition in society at large, promotion of awareness and education about this condition among mental health professionals, fostering research on all aspects of bipolar disorder, and promotion of international collaboration in this area.
International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy
This site has been developed as a resource for members, clinicians, researchers and students who have an interest in the theory and practice of Interpersonal Psychotherapy.
International Society for Mental Health Online
Formed in 1997 to promote the understanding, use and development of online communication, information and technology for the international mental health community
International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine
The purpose of the Society is to further the advancement of orthomolecular medicine throughout the world, to raise awareness of this rapidly growing and cost effective practice of health care, and to unite the groups already operating in this field.
International Transactional Analysis Association
The ITAA is a nonprofit educational organization with members in over 65 countries. Our purpose is to advance the theory, methods and principles of transactional analysis.
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
The NACBT is the leading organization dedicated exclusively to supporting, promoting, teaching, and developing cognitive-behavioral therapy and those who practice it.
National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists
The National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists is the only registered charity in the UK that represents the interests of the general public and all three professions of clinical psychotherapy.
National Association of Drug and Alcohol Interventionists
The National Association of Drug and Alcohol Interventionist: is committed to the principle of inclusion by honoring the life long experience, academic training, and innate abilities of every applicant.
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
NASMHPD serves as the national representative and advocate for state mental health agencies and their directors and supports effective stewardship of state mental health systems.
National Board for Certified Cousellors
NBCC advances counseling as the premier certification body of the profession.
National Counselling Society
We at the National Counselling Society (NCS) were first set up in 1999 by a group of counsellors, psychotherapists, hypnotherapists and psychologists. Since then, we have been acknowledged as having an important role to play in counselling in the UK. We have a cooperation agreement with the Royal Society for Public Health.
National Employment Counseling Association
NECA aims to provide the best possible resources for people seeking employment and the counselors who work with them.
National Register of Health Service Psychologists
The National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology credentials licensed psychologists, promotes credentialed psychologists to consumers, provides distinction and value to its Registrants, guides psychology students toward credentialing, and enhances psychologists' contributions to integrated health care.
National Society of Genetic Counselors
The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) promotes the professional interests of genetic counselors and provides a network for professional communication. Local and national continuing education opportunities and the discussion of all issues relevant to human genetics and the genetic counseling profession are an integral part of membership in NSGC.
Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study
The Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study is a Seattle-based, non-profit interdisciplinary organization that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and nurses.
Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International
The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) changes and enriches lives by promoting excellence in equine-assisted activities and therapies.
Society for Psychotherapy Research
The Society is an international, multidisciplinary scientific association devoted to research on psychotherapy.
Society of Biological Psychiatry
Founded in l945 to encourage the study of the biological causes of and treatments for psychiatric disorders. Its continuing purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms, and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, or behavior.
The Community for Psychologists in Independent Practce
Welcome to APA Division 42, the community for psychologists in independent practice. We offer tools and learning opportunities to increase your professional skill building and practice development across the span of your career, whether you're a student, early career psychologist, mid career professional or a seasoned practitioner transitioning to part time practice.
The Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
We offer post-graduate training, extensive workshops and weekend intensives for mental health professionals, as well as therapy referrals to Gestalt therapists.
UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners
Humanistic Psychology emphasises the uniqueness of every human being, and the growth and development of the individual as the result of experience allied with understanding.
USA Transactional Analysis Association
Transactional Analysis is the theory and practice that introduced concepts such as "I'm OK-You're OK," "inner child," "life scripts," "strokes," and "games" into therapy and personal growth in the US in the nineteen-sixties.
Violent Death Bereavement Society
The Violent Death Bereavement Society serves as a centralized forum of information and training for service providers of loved ones and family members after violent death.
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
The World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders is the only global grassroots organization dedicated to lightening the burden of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses for sufferers and their families.
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