Resources, Help, and Information for Mental Health and Wellness

If you haven’t been feeling great and are looking for ways to stay well on a daily basis, try some of these tips:

• Take some deep breaths
• Take a walk outside
• Call someone supportive
• Find an online support group
• Get connected with yourself and others
• Look into one of 24 Social Rehabilitation Clubs/Centers/Learning Centers in the state
• Get better rest
• Find a self-help book on your concern:
  • Mental Health
  • Self-harm & Suicide
• Find a new, fun activity

Check in with our mental health self-assessment tool. Visit CTStronger’s I’ve Been Feeling page and answer some questions to help figure out what’s going on.

If you are having a difficult time frequently or on a daily basis, the following resources and supports are available:

• Find a mental health treatment facility near you
• Connecticut Network of Care offers behavioral health care services
• Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator from SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Call a CT Warm Line for emotional support
• Call the HOPE line 24/7/365: 1-800-HOPE-135 (1-800-467-3135) or 211
•  Check out resources from the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network

• DMHAS Mental Health Resources Flyer
• Managing Anxiety and OCD During a Pandemic – Yale School of Medicine, Psychiatry
• Affirmations for COVID-19 Anxiety

Call the HOPE line 24/7/365: 1-800-HOPE-135 (1-800-467-3135) or 211
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 211 or 1-800-273-8255 (soon to be 988)
If you are currently experiencing a life-threatening crisis, please dial 911

• CRISIS Services
• Call the HOPE line 24/7/365: 1-800-HOPE-135 (1-800-467-3135) or 211
• If you are currently experiencing a life-threatening crisis, please dial 911.

• For youth in crisis, contact Mobile Crisis Intervention Services.