Additional Resources
Guidance for additional resources with respect to tribal behavioral health.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 18, 2020
Visit the following organizations' webpages for more information on behavioral health, substance use disorders, opioid use disorders, crisis intervention, and other topics.
Behavioral Health
- The National Council for Behavioral Health
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): FindTreatment.gov
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Mental Health America
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- MentalHealth.gov
Substance Use Disorders
- SAMHSA: FindTreatment.gov
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse: Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Healthy People 2020: Substance Abuse
Opioid Use Disorders
- U.S. National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus Opioid Misuse and Addiction
- National Institute on Drug Abuse: Opioids overview
- The National Council for Behavioral Health: Opioid Use Disorders
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Opioid Use Disorder and Pregnancy
- American Psychiatric Association: Opioid Use Disorder
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: How to Find Opioid Treatment Programs
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: Opioids
- American Addiction Centers Resource: Opiates
Suicide Resources
- American Association of Suicidology
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, call 800-273-8255, or text TALK to 741741
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Disease Control
- HHS: National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
- The Jason Foundation
- The Jed Foundation
- The Link Counseling Center
- National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide
- Organization for Attempters and Survivors of Suicide In Interfaith Services
- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
- Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
- Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
Crisis Intervention
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, call 800-273-8255, or text TALK to 741741
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or call 1-800-273-8255
- We R Native (Native youth resource)
- Crisis Text Line or text HELLO to741741
- Veterans Crisis Line, call 1-800-273-8255 and then press 1, or text to 838255
- SAMHSA: Disaster Distress Helpline, call 1-800-985-5990, or text TalkWithUs to 66746
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