IN CRISES OR EMERGENCIES

If you ever have an emergency, please call 911 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800.273.8255. You can also call The Mental Health Association of New York City’s 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week mental health crisis hotline: 800.LIFENET (800.543.3638).

Local emergency rooms:

• Bellevue Hospital has both adult and child psychiatric emergency rooms located at E28th Street and First Avenue

• NYU Langone Medical Center Emergency Room is located at E.32nd Street and First Avenue

• Mount Sinai Beth Israel is located between 15th and 16th Street and 1st and 2nd Avenue

• New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center is located at E69th Street between York and 1st Avenue

• Lenox Hill is located at E77th Street and Lexington Avenue.

• Roosevelt Hospital is located at 10th Ave between W58th and W59th Streets.

• The Columbia Emergency Room is located at W168th Street and Broadway

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

Associations:

• APA - American Psychiatric Association

• AACAP - American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

• NIMH - National Institute for Mental Health

• NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness

• NYC Department of Health - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Resource Page
  

Anxiety Disorders:

• NIMH - Anxiety Review

• International OCD Foundation

• TLC Foundation - Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
  

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:

• CHADD - Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• ADHD - Parents' Medication Guide

• ADHD - Resource Center (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

• ADHD - Information (National Institutes of Health)

Autism:

• Autism Speaks

• YAI Autism Center
  

Bipolar Disorder:

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  

Child Development:

• CDC - Milestones and Developmental Screenings
  

Depression:

• AACAP - Depression Resource Center

• Medline Plus.Gov - Teen Depression

• NYC Department of Health Resource Page
  

Education, Disability, and Learning Disabilities:

• LDA - Learning Disabilities Association of America

• Advocates for Children of New York

• YAI
  

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning:

• The Trevor Project

• HMI - Hetrick Martin Institute

• CDC LGBT Health

• PFLAG - Parents, Families, and Friends of LGBTQ individuals

• TYFA - Trans Youth Family Alliance

• TYEF - Trans Youth Equality Foundation Resource Page for Parents
  

Medications:

• Parents Medication Guide from the APA and AACAP
  

SLEEP:

• Sleep Hygiene - Health Sleep

• NYC.gov - Get A Good Night Sleep

Substance Abuse and Addiction:

• SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration

• NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  

Suicide Education and Prevention:

• SPTS - Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

• NIMH - Suicide Prevention

• KID'S HEALTH - About Teen Suicide

Trauma:

• NCTSN - National Child Trauma Stress Network Resources for Parents and Caregivers

Please note:  I am not endorsing any information, advice, or service obtained through these links.  In addition, resources on the internet and the content on this website is not intended to substitute for professional services with a qualified mental health professional. Visiting this website or contacting me by phone, e-mail, or SMS does not constitute or establish a therapeutic or professional relationship.