Mental Health

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline
  • Visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
  • Call 800‑273‑8255

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) OC Warmline
  • Visit https://www.namioc.org/oc-warmline
  • Call 714-991-6412

• Disaster Distress Helpline
  • Visit https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline
  • Call 800‑985‑5990 (TTY 800‑846‑8517)
  • Text TalkWithUs to 66746 for 24/7 support

• Crisis Text Line
  • Visit https://www.crisistextline.org/
  • Text HOME to 741741 for 24/7 crisis support

• CalHOPE Peer-Run Warm Line
  • Visit https://www.calhope.org/
  • Call 833‑317‑HOPE (4673) 24/7 for non-emergency support specific to COVID-19 stressors

• California Warm Peer Line
  • Visit https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/
  • Call 855‑845‑7415 for 24/7 for non-emergency support to talk to a peer counselor with lived experience

• Friendship Line California
  • Visit https://www.ioaging.org/friendship-line-california
    • Call 1-888-670-1360 for a free crisis intervention hotline and a warmline for non-emergency emotional support

https://emmresourcecenter.org/collection/covid-19-response

Listen Now

So many of us have older adult loved ones in assisted living centers or nursing homes and during this pandemic seeing them can be challenging.

Dr. Craig Thomas serves as the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) director of population health within the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.  He is speaking with Sole Source about a growing problem of social isolation and loneliness within in the older adult population and how it poses serious risks to the public's health.

A recent study from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine shows that before COVID-19 social isolation was associated with 50% increased risk of dementia. And, it's likely even worse now. However, there are ways to combat loneliness and the symptoms that can result in the older population even with social distancing measures recommended by the CDC.

The Hope for Mental Health Community at Saddleback Church is a monthly upstream effort to address the need for social connection, meaningful interactions, and psychoeducation for people living with mental illness and their families.

https://hope4mentalhealth.com/

https://www.cdc.gov/howrightnow/

A personalized tool that provides resources per situation/condition.

This 35-second video shares information about the NAMI WarmLine for help with mental health concerns, substance misuse, loneliness, or other emotional issues.

https://www.211oc.org/mental-health.html

Wellness Centers in OC are free. They are designed to serve adults 18+ who are residents of Orange County and have past or present lived experience with a mental health challenge.  

Wellness Center - South OC: http://www.wellnesscentersouth.org/

Wellness Center - Central OC: https://www.wellnesscenteroc.com/home.html

Wellness Center - West OC: https://wellnesscenterwest.org/

https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/locator?sAddr=92653&submit=Go

https://www.coasc.org/programs/reconnect/