Resources

These are recommended resources with valuable information.

Childhood & Adolescent Grief

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Child Mind Institute
• Families for Depression Awareness
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• WorryWiseKids.org

Childhood Anxiety and Depression

• Childhood Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/children/childhood-anxiety-disorders
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• http://www.aacap.org/aacap/Families_and_Youth/Resource_Centers/Depression_Resource_Center/Home.aspx
• Child Mind Institute
• https://childmind.org/topics-a-z/
• Families for Depression Awareness
• http://www.familyaware.org/
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• http://www.nctsn.org/
• WorryWiseKids.org
• http://worrywisekids.org/

Crisis Intervention Hotlines

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  1-800-273-TALK (8255)
• The National Runaway Switchboard
  1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline:
  800-799-7233
• National Sexual Assault Online Hotline
• Crisis Link
  24/7 regional hotline: 703-527-4077
• Domestic Violence Program:
  24-hour hotline: 703-838-4911

Drug/Alcohol Addiction and Recovery

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Al-Anon
• Al-Ateen
• Adult Children of Alcoholics
• Women for Sobriety
• SMART Recovery

Eating Disordered Behavior Recovery

• National Eating Disorders Association
• Something Fishy
• Eating Disorder Network of Maryland

See our special page on Eating Disorders and Recovery

GLBTQ Support

• Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• The Trevor Project
• The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline
  1-888-843-4564
• The GLBT National Youth Talkline
  1-800-246-PRIDE (7743)
• Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL)

Parenting

Center for Parenting Education

Self-Harming Behavior Recovery

• S.A.F.E. Alternatives

Separation, Divorce, Re-Marriage Support

• The Divorce Center
• Divorce Mediation
• Step Families
• The Collaborative Divorce

Sexual Abuse Survivors

• Survivors of Incest Anonymous

Sexual Addiction and Recovery

• Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
• Sex Addicts Anonymous
• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)
• Sexaholics Anonymous
• Am I a sex addict?
• The Recovery Zone
  (SAST, SARA, and PSS assessment tools located here)

Suicide Survivors

• Survivors of Suicide
• Suicide Survivor Support directory.
• Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors

Support for Loss of a Baby

• Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
• March of Dimes Perinatal Loss
• Babyloss
• Healing Hearts; Baby Loss Comfort
• The Compassionate Friends: Supporting Family after a Child Dies
• First Candle
• Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents
• M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death)

Traumatic Stress, PTSD and Dissociation Recovery

• The Sidran Foundation
• The Trauma Center

Women’s Resources: High-Risk Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage

• Postpartum Support Virginia
• Massachusetts General Center for Women’s Mental Health
• Postpartum Support International
• Motherisk
• Lactmed (NLM Database on Drugs and Lactation)
• Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP)
• Sidelines: National High Risk Pregnancy Support Network
• The American Fertility Association
• Resolve: The National Infertility Association
• American Pregnancy Association
• Postpartum Support International
• The Tears Foundation