Mental Health Resources

Mental Health Support

• Stories of Hope and Recovery: Lifeline
• Create a Safety Plan — Help Yourself: Lifeline
• Mental Health America Self-Help Tools
• Mental Health Minnesota Health & Wellness Resources
• Mental Health Helpline can provide you with information and referrals, help you determine next steps, and directly connect you to services in communities across Minnesota
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• NAMI Minnesota
• En Español (Apoyo) - NAMI Minnesota
• Substance Use & Addiction Resources
• Make It OK

Peer Support & Resiliency Resources

• Peer Support Connection MN Warmline
• Minnesota Warmline
• Wellness in the Woods Virtual Peer Support Network
• Bounce Back Project
• Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
  • What is Self-Compassion?
  • Guided Meditations and Exercises

Parents

• Suicide Prevention Information for Parents: Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
• Ericka’s Lighthouse Parent Handbook on Childhood and Teen Depression [pdf]
• Talking to Your Kids About Suicide [pdf]
• Mental Health America — Take a Mental Health Screen: Includes a screening parents can take for their child
• Support Groups For Parents Of Children - NAMI Minnesota
• How to Talk to a Child About a Suicide Attempt in Your Family [pdf]

Youth

• Youth: Lifeline
• TEEN LINE: Teens Helping Teens - Connect, talk, get help!
• It Gets Better – The It Gets Better Project exists to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe.
• The Trevor Project — Saving Young LGBTQ Lives
• My Life is Worth Living
• We All Have Mental Health
• Teen Health
• Ericka’s Lighthouse Teen Toolbox
• “A Friend Asks” App
• Ericka’s Lighthouse Teen Empowerment Clubs

Suicide Attempt Survivors

• Handbook for Recovery After an Attempt [pdf]
• After an Attempt – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Surviving an Attempt Resources
• Attempt Survivors – Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Rural/Farm

Call the Minnesota Farm & Rural Helpline: 1-833-600-2670. Free, confidential, 24/7. The call center is located in Minnesota. Calls are answered by trained staff and volunteers. If you or someone you know is struggling with stress, anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts — call. Sometimes it’s easier to talk to somebody you don’t know.
Text: FARMSTRESS to 898211
Email: farmstress@state.mn.us

• MN Rural Mental Health Specialists
• Coping with Farm and Rural Stress in Minnesota

First Responders/Veterans/Military

• Serve & Protect: When 911 needs 911. Facilitating support services for public safety.
• Veterans Crisis Hotline
• Veterans Linkage Line (LinkVet)
• Vets4Warriors
• Military OneSource: Support for Military Personnel & Families

Seniors

• Senior LinkAge Line