Mental Health

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Emergency Resources

National Suicide Prevention Hotline
800-273-8255
NSP Online Chat 24/7
Textline: Text “Home” to 741741

SF Suicide Prevention Hotline
415-781-0500 24/7

SF Mental Health Warm Line
855-845-7415 SF Warmline Peer-led support; 24/7

National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233
NDV Online Chat 24/7

Alcoholics Anonymous of SF
800-830-1686
AA of SF

Narcotics Anonymous of SF
415-621-8600
NA of SF

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Crisis Resources

Disaster Distress Helpline
800-985-5990;

Textline: Text “TalkWithUs” to 667446

Comprehensive Crisis Services Crisis Lines 
Adults (18+) 415-970-4000
Children (18-) 415-970-3800

Home visits available  

San Francisco General Psychiatric
628-206-8125
SF Gen Psychiatric Emergencies
Emergency Services Open 24/7

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Behavioral Health Access Center
415-255-3737
Information & Referral Services Open 24/7
 

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Hotlines For Specific Emergencies

For emergencies including, but not limited to: domestic violence, transgender violence, sexual assault, eating disorders, substance abuse, and addiction, see UCSF Psychiatry Crisis Help Center 

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Mental Health Web Resources

Kindness and Hope

• "Project Covid-19" – A project to build community and hope through stories by UCSF post-doc Nouf Al-Rashid

• "Compassion in Action: 15 Easy Ways to Spread Kindness" by Sara Schairer on chopra.com

• "11 Simple Ways to Care for Each Other during the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic" by Nick Young at greenpeace.com

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Social Connectedness

• "Seven Free Apps to Help You Stay Connected during Coronavirus" by Wendy Bowman at howstuffworks.com

• "Staying Socially Connected during Covid-19" by Lauren Pierce from San Diego State University Extension

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Pets and Pet Care

• "Dogs Can Ease Your Self-Quarantine Stress" by Futurity at GovExec.com

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Working from Home

• "9 Tips to be Productive When Working at Home during Covid-19" by Bryan Robinson from Forbes

 

Anxiety and Panic

• "Coping with Coronavirus: An Upside of Anxiety, the Curse of Panic" by Elissa Eppel, Professor of Psychiatry and Stress at UCSF in SF Chronicle

• "A Simple Exercise to Help Stay Calm in the Face of Coronavirus Uncertainty" by Martin Seligman, Professor of Psychiatry at UPenn

• "Video Strategies to Relieve Acute Stress" from UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry

• "Tapping with Self-Compassion" – YouTube Video from UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry 

• "Cognitive Restructuring to Reduce Anxiety" – YouTube Video from UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry

• "Somatic Experiencing Meditation" – YouTube Video from UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry 

• "Physical and Mental Grounding (Using Touch)" – YouTube Video from UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry
   

Grief and Moral Distress

• "That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief" by Scott Berinato in the Harvard Business Review

• "Working with Moral Distress and Moral Residue" – YouTube video from Upaya Zen Center

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