What if I or someone I know is in crisis?
If you are in crisis, or know someone who is, tell someone who can help immediately.
- Call your doctor.
- Call 911 or go to a hospital emergency room to get immediate help or ask a friend or family member to help you do these things.
- Call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255); TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889) to talk to a trained counselor.
- Mental Health Emergency Services (Northampton) 413-586-5555
Do not leave a suicidal person alone.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES/ COUNSELING (depression, stress, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, etc.)
Mental Health Emergency Services (Northampton) 413-586-5555
Hampshire County Emergency Services (Psychiatric) 800-322-0424
Suicide Prevention 800-252-8336 The Hope Center http://www.hopeline.com/gethelpnow.html
First Call for Help (Info and referral agency in Northampton) 800-339-7779
Massachusetts Child and Family Services (Mental Health Services) 800-232-0510
Cutchins Programs for Children and Families 587-3265 http://www.cutchins.org/
Everywoman's Center Crisis Hotline 413-545-0800
NAMI National Alliance on Mental Healthhttp://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Mental_Illness/About_Mental_Illness.htm
MEDIATION
Community Action Mediation and Training Collaborative (parent-teenmediation) 413-774-7469 http://www.communityaction.us/index.php?id=409
EATING DISORDERS
Walden Behavioral Care (Northampton) 413-582-0100 http://www.waldenbehavioralcare.com/
http://www.something-fishy.com/
EXPERIMENTAL SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOR (cutting, binge-drinking, excessive promescuity, branding, shoplifting, substance abuse, alcohol poisoning)
Mental Health Emergency Services (Northampton) 413-586-5555
Hampshire County Emergency Services (Psychiatric) 800-322-0424
Teen Suicide Prevention 800-252-8336
First Call for Help (Info and referral agency in Northampton) 800-339-7779
Poison Control 800-682-9211
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR MEN & WOMEN
Tapestry Health (Amherst) 548-9992
Planned Parenthood 413-732-1620 ext. 3
PREGNANCY OPTIONS/ SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PARENTS
Tapestry Health (Amherst) 548-9992 (including date rape, emergency contraception)
Berkshire Children and Families (adoption, foster care, programs for parents under 21 years in Hadley) 584-5690
Abortion Rights Fund 582-3532
Family Outreach of Amherst 549-5548
Planned Parenthood 413-732-1620 ext. 3
Parental Stress Hotline 800-632-8188
Amherst Family Center (behind Unitarian Church in Amherst, for families with young children) 256-1145
SEXUAL TRAUMA (rape, sexual assault, gang violence, domestic violence)
Family Outreach of Amherst 549-5548
Everywoman's Center Hotline (Rape Crisis/Sexual Assault) 888-337-0800
MA Department of Children and Families Hotline (Child Abuse) 800-792-5200
Massachusetts Domestic Violence Hotline 877-785-2020
AIDS/HIV/STDS
AIDS Action Hotline 800-235-2331
Tapestry Health 548-9992
