Accessing A Mental Health Directory

By Peter Schmidt


Many people are advocating the awareness of certain conditions that may affect the overall emotional and mental well being of a person such as anxiety or depression. Most people do not know, but conditions such as these are actually known as the silent killers that creep in to the brains of people and slowly drain them of life. Because of that, people may have access to a mental health directory in their state.

Now, most people would be asking what these directories are. Well, just like normal phone books or directories, it is a listing of names of individuals or organizations that one may need to contact. Other than that, information such as phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, or websites if possible. These are to give access to people who have conditions that require assistance.

If one is familiar with the suicide hotline, then he or she will probably be quite familiar with these directories since suicide hotlines are found there. The suicide hotline usually has counselors on the other line to listen to people who feel like killing themselves or have urges to commit suicide. These hotlines are listed as some of the high priority numbers in these listings in the event that there are people who are suicidal.

Aside from the suicide hotline, there are also some numbers that lead to centers that specialize in certain counseling services. For those listings, one can check online directories of their state to find local counseling centers near his or her area including contact details. The listings would provide the email address, phone numbers, and center addresses of these places.

Other than counseling, there are also some centers that would provide actual psychological services such as psychological testing or psychotherapy. There are individual psychologists or certified centers that would be listed in the directories for people to inquire. This is suited for those who feel like they totally cannot control their mental health and need therapy.

Aside from psychological testing centers and therapists, there would also be a list of psychiatrists that can help if one already needs some form of clinical therapy. However, it is still recommended that one would refer to a psychologist first and get the recommendation of the psychologist before going to a psychiatrist. It is always best to go through therapy before going to medicine.

However, psychiatric centers are already provided in the listings. One may ask his or her psychologist if the psychiatric clinic or psychiatrist in the listings are recommended or not. In any case, it would actually be good to work together with the psychologist to get a good psychiatrist rather than just calling up the psychiatric services.

Many are still not very aware of the dangers that mental conditions pose to a lot of people because awareness is actually an advocacy that is still quite young in most societies. However, social media has already made people aware that there are many harmful effects that come with it, especially for those who are biologically lacking certain nutrients in their brain to function on everyday tasks. That is why there are many countries and even specific states that have their own respective directories catering to people who have these adverse conditions wherein they cannot seem to control their emotional state.




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