The Contents Of A Mental Health Directory

By Peter Schmidt


These days, awareness of mental health conditions has been going up due to rising number of suicide, depression, and anxiety cases being publicized. Because of this, there have been organizations that have been reaching out to people who have these conditions. Organizations have made this possible by including their names in a mental health directory.

As the mental health advocacy is still pretty young, there are still many people who are not aware of these directories. Just to give an idea, it is pretty much like a very big phone book that is most likely found online already. It would contain the information of organizations and individuals that work in the psychological field including their contact information such as phone number, email address, and more.

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 just the suicide hotlines, organizations would also contain the contact information of various counseling services in the state. It would give the phone numbers, the addresses, other necessary contact information so that one can set an appointment. That way, one can visit a counselor if he or she is having feelings of depression or anxiety.

However, if one would need professional services, psychologists and psychotherapists will also be part of the listings. Psychological clinics will be listed in these directories along with some individual psychologists or therapists. These are the individuals who can administer psychological tests and perform psychotherapy.

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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