HELPFUL
RESOURCES
Addiction Recovery
LifeRing Secular Recovery
Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction
Anxiety & Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Fight for Your Rights: Getting Your Insurance Company to Pay for BFRB Treatment by Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Crisis Hotlines
Child and Adolescent Support Advocacy & Resource Center (CASARC): 628-206-8386
Crisis Text Line: Text "LISTEN" to 741-741
SAMHSA's Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
Interactive Map of Bay Area Emergency Departments via Dr. Merritt
Marin County Suicide Prevention and Crisis Hotline 24/7: 415-499-1100
My3 App by California Mental Health Services Authority
National Center for Victims of Crime Hotline: 855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846)
National Sexual Assault Online Hotline via the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800.273.TALK(8255) - soon to be "988"
Now Matters Now: DBT Skills & Helplines
Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222
San Francisco Mental Health Peer-Run Warm Line: 1-855-845-7415
San Francisco Women Against Rape 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: 1-415-647-RAPE
Suicide Safe by SAMHSA and The Suicide Prevention App for Primary Care & Behavioral Health Providers
Teen Line (Confidential Peer Support): Call 310-855-4673 or text "Teen" to 839863
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
The Trevor Project Lifeline, Chat, & Text: 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
Warmlines: Peer-run listening line staffed by people in recovery themselves.
Create a Wellness Recovery Action Plan! via Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D.
Eating Disorders
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
AED's Position Paper on The Role of Famliy in Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Recovery Support, Inc.
Eating Disorder Treatment and Insurance Issues by Lisa Kantor, Esq.
Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.)
F.E.A.S.T. Videos
Gurze-Salucore Eating Disorders Resource Catalog
Modeling Effective Parenting for Eating Disorders: Video by C and M ED Productions
National Eating Disorders Association's Community Forums
Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders
UCSD's Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research: 858-534-8019
UCSF's Eating Disorders Program: 415-514-1074
General
Change Direction's Know the Five Signs: Personality Change, Agitation, Withdrawl, Poor Self-Care, & Hopelessness
Child Abuse Hotlines and Information: 800.4.A.CHILD (800.422.4453)
Crash Override Network: A crisis helpline, advocacy group, and resource center for online abuse victims
Koko: A social network to help calm stress
MHASF Peer-Run Warm Line: 855-845-7415
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800.799.SAFE(7233)
Parity Implementation Coalition
Project Hope Exchange: 855.975.HOPE / 855-975-4673
Drug Take-Back: What Do I Do with My Leftover Meds?
San Francisco TALK Line for Parents and Caregivers: 415.441.KIDS / 415-441-5437
TeenzTalk: Peer-to-Peer Connections - "Together we inspire growth"
That's Not Cool: "Decreasing teen dating violence due to technology, and is increasing awareness for healthy teen relationships online."
Grief & Loss
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Coping with Suicide Loss
Camp Erin: Bereavement Camps for Children & Teens (6-17 years old)
HAND: Helping After Neonatal Death
Hospice by the Bay Grief Support (open to children age three and older, teens, and adults)
Josie's Place: For Bereaved Youth & Families
Kara: Grief Support for Children, Teen, Families, and Adults
The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children & Families
LGBTQQI
Do I Look Fat? A Documentary on Gay Men, Body Image, & Eating Disorders by Travis Mathews
Gender Creative Life Resources
GLBT National Help Center: 888.843.4564
The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at UCSF
The Trevor Project 24-Hour Confidential Suicide Hotline for Youth: 866.4-U-TREVOR
FEDUP: Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations - A Trans and Intersex Collective (Formerly TFFED/Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders
Understanding Gender via GenderSpectrum
Mindfulness & Meditation
Dharma Seed: Free Western Buddhist Vipassana Teachings
Greater Good Science Center: Mindfulness
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley with James Baraz
Insight Meditation with Will Kabat-Zinn at Ashtanga Yoga Berkeley
Mindful Self-Compassion Guided Meditations by Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
Mindful Self-Compassion Meditations with Chris Germer, Ph.D.
Parenting
Self-Assessment
Sexual Health, Rights and Pleasure
Amaze: Age appropriate and animated sexual health videos for 10-14 year olds
Answer: Sex Ed, Honestly via Rutgers University
Bedsider: Online birth control support network for women 18-29 years old
Declaration of Sexual Rights via World Association for Sexual Health
O.School: Non-judgemental resource for sexulaity and dating
Scarleteen: Sex Ed for the Real World for Teens and Emerging Adults
Sexplanations: Video "sexedutainment for the universe" hosted by Dr. Lindsey Doe
Sexual Pleasure Training Toolkit via Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing
Smoking Cessation
California Smokers' Helpline: 1-800-987-2908
Cigarette Smoking Initiation Risk Assessment Tool for Teens
SmokefreeTXT: 24/7 text support for adults and young adults to quit smoking
Social Media Health
Center for Human Technology co-founded by Tristan Harris
Common Sense Media's Family Media Agreement and Device Contract
Wait Until 8th: Delaying smartphone use by kids until 8th grade
