What Is Included In 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.

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.

One of the most commonly called numbers that can be found in these directories would be none other than the suicide hotline itself. These hotlines give people access to counselors that specialize in suicidal individuals who, at the moment, feel like killing themselves. This number was given as a sort of emergency number to cater to these people who cannot control their emotions.

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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