Getting Help: Support Groups and Counseling

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, call 800-SUICIDE.

Additional information about depression can be obtained from these organizations:

Center for Mental Health Services
PO Box 42490
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 1-800-789-2647
TDD: 301-443-9006
Email: ken@mentalhealth.org
Web site: http://www.mentalhealth.org/

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
730 North Franklin Street, suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610-3526
Phone: 1-800-826-3632; 312-642-0049
Email: myrtis@aol.com
Web site: http://www.ndmda.org/

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610
1-800-826-3632

National Foundation for Depressive Illness
PO Box 2257
New York, NY 10116
1-800-239-1265 or 212-268-4260

National Institute of Mental Health
301-443-4513 (local)
1-866-615-6464 (toll-free)
nimhinfo@nih.gov

National Mental Health Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-684-7722 (local)
1-800-969-NMHA (6642) (toll-free)

National Organization for Seasonal Affective Disorder (NOSAD)
PO Box 42490
Washington, D.C. 20015
Phone: 1-800-789-2647

Postpartum Support International
927 North Kellog Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
805-967-7376

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