NAMI resources for Teens & Young Adults

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Support Youth and Young Adults Mental Health

Learn about the NAMI Helpline for Teens and Young Adults: The NAMI Teen & Young Adult (T&YA) HelpLine is a free, nationwide teen and young adult peer-support service providing information, resource referrals, and support to teens and young adults who have a mental health condition or are going through a difficult time in their life. https://www.nami.org/nami-helpline/teen-young-adult-helpline/

NAMI Teen & Young Adult HelpLine information with contact details and availability.

NEW! NAMI Teen & Young Adult Resource Directory

(PDF) DOWNLOAD THE TEEN & YOUNG ADULT RESOUCE DIRECTORY: https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/NAMI-Teen-and-Young-Adult-HelpLine-Resource-Directory.pdf

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Talk to us. Teens and young adults should reach out to the NAMI Teen & Young Adult (T&YA) HelpLine:

If you’re feeling sad, anxious, lonely or angry
if you’re having trouble sleeping
If you're going through a difficult time in your life
if you or someone you know just feels “off”
If you or someone you know has questions about mental health

NAMI Helpline: Text "Friend" to 62640 -or- Call 1-800-950-6264 Monday–Friday, 9p-9a CT

About the helpline

It’s been a rough few years – the pandemic and other world events have affected many teens and young adults’ mental health. More than 4 in 10 youth felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, and 1 out of 3 students experienced poor mental health.

Text "Friend" to 62640
Chat at nami.org/help
Call 1-800-950-6264

NAMI national Helpline Hours are Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET (9 am - 9 pm CT)

To help with this mental health crisis among teens and young adults, NAMI has officially launched the new NAMI Teen & Young Adult (T&YA) HelpLine, a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to teens and young adults. It provides a safe space for young people to connect with peers who understand their struggles and offers them resources and information that help.

The NAMI T&YA HelpLine Specialists are young adults with firsthand knowledge of mental health challenges who are experienced, well-trained and available by phone, text or chat to provide resources and guidance so no one needs to go through their mental health struggles alone.

The NAMI T&YA HelpLine is not a hot line, crisis line or suicide prevention line. If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis, please chat, call or text 988. The NAMI T&YA HelpLine does not provide mental health counseling, advice, personal advocacy or referrals to individual mental health providers or lawyers. The NAMI T&YA HelpLine does not provide individual casework, legal representation or any type of individual advocacy.

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