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Organizations

Name
Description
GLAAD
GLAAD empowers LGBTQIA+ people to share their experiences.
Get Equal
Get Equal pushes to increase equality for LGBTQIA+ people.
GSA Network
A hub for GSA clubs.
National LGBTQ Task Force
The National LGBTQ Task Force promotes activism and equality for LGBTQIA+ people.
Matthew Shepard Foundation
The Matthew Shepard Foundations honors Matthew Shepard by sharing his stories to inspire social change.
Family Equality
An organization that fights for equality for LGBTQIA+ families.
Astrea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
Astrea Lesbian Foundation For Justice is a philanthrophic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQIA+ rights around the globe.
It Gets Better Project
The It Gets Better Project is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.
Consortium
Consortium works to strengthen LGBTQIA+ groups and individuals.
Bisexual Resource Center
Bisexual Resource Center strives to help the Bi+ community.
CenterLink
CenterLink develops LGBTQIA+ centers in the United States.
It Gets Better Project
The It Gets Better Project helps LGBTQIA+ people to share their stories.
Stonewall
Stonewall works with institutions to create inclusivity and acceptance.
PFLAG
PFLAG provides support for LGBTQIA+ people and their families.
Here N Queer
Here N Queer strives to make the world more accepting through the power of outreach and education.
Verywell Mind
Verywell Mind, an award-winning resource for reliable, compassionate, and up-to-date information on the mental health topics that matter most to you.
Suicide Hotline Center
Suicide Prevention, Suicide Awareness, and Support
American Psychiatric Association
Professional organization for psychiatrists
MentalHealth.gov
Contains helpful informations for anyone stuggling with mental health
National Alliance on Mental Illness
A grassroots organization that is located in more than 950 counties across 48 states
World Health Organization
The WHO works worldwide and online to equip more than seven billion people with better health, including mental health and wellbeing
One Mind
One Mind is a lived-experience-led nonprofit focused on helping people with brain illness and injury to recover so that they can succeed in their lives. To achieve our vision of Accelerating Brain Health for All, we catalyze comprehensive action, working from science, to patient, to society:
Mental Health Foundation
Prevention is at the heart of what Mental Health Foundation does. Their knowledge, informed by rigorous research and practical based study, has been pioneering change for more than 70 years and they aren't afraid to challenge the status quo or tackle difficult or under researched issues.
Bring Change to Mind
Their mission is to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness.
HelpGuide
HelpGuide’s mission is to provide empowering, evidence-based information you can use to help yourself and your loved ones. Over 50 million people from all around the world turn to HelpGuide each year for trustworthy content they can use to improve their mental health and make healthy changes.
Mental Health America
MHA is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living wth mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all
American Psychological Association (APA)
APA offeres resource about psychological information, facing both psychologists and the general public. You can also get psychological support in the help center.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) https://www.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA helps people overcome substance abuse and heal from mental illness so they can thrive in their lives.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIMH conducts their own studies while also funding research, it provides general information about mental health.
Child Mind Institute
Chill Mind Institute provides children mental health support. It provides education about psychology and mental health, works to improve standard care, and empower parents and families.
National Institute of Mental Health: Older Adults
This is the division of National Institute of Mental Health and helps the older adults. It features information on mental health disorders in adults over the age of 60.
American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
By researching and applying study findings, AAS provides helpful information with a goal to prevent suicide.
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
The AFSP works to prevent suicide and seeks to lower the suicide rate.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Anyone in crisis can contact National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to get help and support by chatting with a live person. The organization also offers resources for specific groups such as youth, attempt suicidors, etc.
Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline is led by people who are transgendered to support the trans population. Any o in crisis can contact them to get help and support.
Ok 2 Talk
You can post or read other people's story on OK2Talk's website, and can call them and talk to someone whenever in need.
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Founded in 1979, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders through education, practice, and research.
International OCD Foundation
The mission of the International OCD Foundation is to help those affected by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders to live full and productive lives.
National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (NFFCMH)
The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a national family-run organization linking more than 120 chapters and state organizations focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and substance use challenges and their families.
Treatment Advocacy Center
The Treatment Advocacy Center is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating legal and other barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness.
Parity Enforcement Coalition
The Parity Enforcement Coalition was formed to help ensure that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) — a federal law that protects a group health plan's mental health and/or substance use coverage benefits — is properly enforced.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance(DBSA)
An organization supporting people with mood disorders. DBSA provides life-improving education, support, help, and hope for people living with depression and bipolar disorders.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders(ANAD)
ANAD is an organization decicated to providing free and accessible services, information, and resources for anyone whose lives are touched by eating disorders.
National Eating Disorders Association(NEDA)
NEDA provides support for people with eating disorders and their family members, and they work to make care more accessible.
National Institute of Alcoholism and Alchol Abuse(NIAAA)
NIAAA is the head federal agency for alchol research, both conducting and funding research on alcohol use to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alchol problems and improve people's quality of life.
National Institute on Druge Abuse(NIDA)
NIDA make available factual and reliable imformation about commonly abused drugs, and they offer information on related topics like vaping, drugs, and the brain, mental health, and much more.
Youth Mental Health Canada (YMHC)
Youth Mental Health Canada is a grassroots, youth-driven and led non-profit organization focused on education and advocacy for youth mental health change.
Strong Minds
StrongMinds is a social enterprise founded in 2013 that provides life-changing mental health services to impoverished African women.
The Jed Foundation
JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness is an organization that strives to provide services for people affected by mental illness and their carers.
This is My Brave
This is My Brave is an organization empowers people to share their own stories about living with mental illness through creative work, like poetry and music.
PTSD Alliance
PTSD Alliance is an association of advocacy and professional organizations for individuals suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Schizophrenia & Related Disorders Alliance of America
The Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America promotes improvement in lives affected by schizophrenia-related brain illnesses (mental illnesses involving psychosis).
Autism Society of America
The Autism Society of America has been improving the lives of all affected by autism and envisions a world where individuals and families living with autism are able to maximize their quality of life, are treated with the highest level of dignity, and live in a society in which their talents and skills are appreciated and valued.
Canadian Mental Health Association
Through a presence in more than 330 communities across every province and one territory, CMHA provides advocacy, programs and resources that help to prevent mental health problems and illnesses, support recovery and resilience, and enable all Canadians to flourish and thrive.
Disability Rights International
Disability Rights International is dedicated to promoting the human rights and full participation in society of people with disabilities worldwide.
World Federation for Mental Health
WFMH is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health.
Mental Health Commission of Canada
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) leads the development and dissemination of innovative programs and tools to support the mental health and wellness of Canadians.
Partners for Mental Health
PFMH is a group of non-profit partners and agencies specialized in dealing with Mental Health
The Kennedy Forum
The Kennedy Forum aims to achieve health equity by advancing evidence-based practices, policies, and programming for the treatment of mental health and addiction.
National Network for Mental Health
The National Network for Mental Health (NNMH) is a non-profit charitable organization that acts to advocate, to educate, and to offer expertise and resources to increase the health and well being of the community of Canadians with the lived experience of mental health issues.
Fear 2 Freedom
A global nonprofit that seeks to “help restore hope and dignity to survivors of sexual assault while empowering students and communities to combat sexual violence.”
New Hope Housing
Provides homeless individuals and families with housing and resources to improve their lives, with an overall approach of dignity and respect for all.
Crossroads of Lowa
Offers holistic mental wellness classes to incarcerated women in Polk County Jail in Des Moines in an effort to reduce recidivism, provide closure, and empower individuals to process their experiences through journaling and other techniques.
Mindfulness First
An Arizona-based nonprofit that provides “scientifically-informed mindful awareness and social-emotional learning programs” to children and adults nationwide.
Foundation for the Awakening Mind
A nonprofit that approaches mental health from a forgiveness and faith-based approach.
Hope for Depression Research Foundation
A nonprofit organization committed to scientific research on “the origins, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of depression, bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, and suicide.”
Bazelon Center for Mental Health law
Since 1972, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has advocated for the civil rights, full inclusion and equality of adults and children with mental disabilities.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
An international nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders through education, practice, and research.
The Joint Commission
A global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care
The National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Working to support mental health by awarding grants for scientific research, helping to discover better treatment and encourage better education about mental illness.
Academy for Eating Disorders
Helps physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nutritionists, academic researchers, students and experts through lived experience connect and collaborate with each other and keep abreast of recent developments in eating disorders research.
The Association for Child Adolescent Mental Health
Aims to raise standards in the understanding and management of child mental health issues.
Association for Psychological Science
The leading international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders.
Society of clinical child & adolescent psychology
The purpose of SCCAP is to encourage the development and advancement of clinical child and adolescent psychology through integration of its scientific and professional aspects.
Society for occupational health psychology
The Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the generation, dissemination, and application of scientific knowledge in order to improve worker health and well-being.
Society for personality assessment
The Society for Personality Assessment is dedicated to the development of methods of personality assessment, the advancement of research on their effectiveness, the exchange of ideas about the theory and practice of assessment, and the promotion of the applied practice of personality assessment.
International Union of Psychological Science
The mission of the IUPsyS is "the development, representation and advancement of psychology as a basic and applied science nationally, regionally, and internationally
International psychoanalytic association
aims to foster and enhance members’ sense of participation in and belonging to an international psychoanalytic organization and community
Experimental Psychology Society
facilitates research in experimental psychology, and promotes scientific communication among experimental psychologists and those working in cognate fields.
American Hospital Association
Advancing health in America
Parity Implementation Coalition
Ending discrimination against those who seek services for mental health and substance use disorders
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Beyond Blue
We are Australia’s most well-known and visited mental health organisation, focused on supporting people affected by anxiety, depression and suicide
Anxiety Canada
Anxiety Canada™ is a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety. We also serve Canadians by developing services and programs they can trust, including our online directory (Finding Help), and our online courses (My Anxiety Plans).
Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK is a national registered charity formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher, for those affected by anxiety, stress and anxiety based depression.
Mental Health Resources (MHR)
A nonprofit that provides community-based mental health services to adults, especially those suffering medical, social or substance-related comorbidities.
Freedom from Fear
This is the website of the nonprofit advocacy organization Freedom from Fear. It contains a wealth of research-based information and treatment referrals for anxiety and depression.
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
CASP’s ultimate purpose is to reduce the suicide rate and minimize the harmful consequences of suicidal behaviour. We continue to be a touchstone for everyday Canadians and members of the media who want resources, guidance and education.
Each Mind Matters
As part of California’s ongoing mental health movement, the Take Action for Mental Health campaign is designed to help you check in, learn more, and get support for your own mental health or the mental health of someone you care about.
Project Semicolon
Project Semicolon, is the nation’s most effective grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for people all over the world experiencing mental health.
Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people.
Singapore Association for Mental Health
SAMH aims improve the lives of persons with mental illness and provide support for their families.
Over the Rainbow (Singapore)
The mission of WholeTree Foundation is to identify, initiate, partner worthwhile social innovation projects to effect positive transformations in areas of youth and human wellness, including health and education, on a global scale.
7 Cups of Tea
7 Cups connects you to caring listeners for free emotional support.
One Smile Effect
One Smiles Effect aim to support youth wellbeing during COVID-19 by spreading one smile at a time!
Active Minds
Active Minds is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for young adults.
To Write Love on Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide
Jack.org Foundation
Jack.org is Canada's only charity training and empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health in every province and territory.
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