CRISIS
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King County 24 Hour Crisis Line
24 Hour Phone: (206) 461-3222
Toll Free 866-427-4747/866-4CRISIS
TTD Line: 206-461-3219
Web Site: www.crisisclinic.org

King County Warm Line
For individuals with psychiatric symptoms. Trained peers promote hope, wellness, encouragement, and alternate solutions.
Operates: 5-10PM on Friday and Saturdays
Phone: (206) 933-7001
Toll Free* 1-877-500-9276
* Please ONLY use the toll free number if the 206 # is long distance.
Web Site: www.kingcountywarmline.org

ADVOCACY

Washington State Legislature
www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
Read about current bills and find out how to contact your state representatives

NAMI Home Page
www.nami.org
Includes the Advocate Magazine and (E-zine), Stigma Busters, Legislative Action Center and more. Advocasy on the national level.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Washington Information Network 2-1-1
www.resourcehouse.com/en/WA/cgi-bin/location.asp
Single best starting place to find resources for consumers, caregivers and service providers in King County. You can search for resources by zip, city, state, topic, keyword and provider name. Contains a comprehensive database of local community You can also call Phone: 2-1-1 or (206) 461-3200 for assistance.

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)
www.dshs.wa.gov
Information about cash, food, medical, child assistance and many other services.

DSHS Mental Health Division (MHD)
www1.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth
Information about Washington State Public Mental Health System that provides treatment for adults and children with mental illness.

Hopelink
www.hope-link.org
Provides social services in north and east King County. Programs include food, rent eviction prevention and other types of financial assistance, transportation, adult education, and many more

Family Resource Center - Redmond
www.familyresourcecenter.org
More than 18 independent health and human service agencies offer a hundred programs from the Family Resource Center campus, including medical and dental care, emergency food and shelter, job skills training, youth activities, low-income housing assistance, mental health counseling, education and support services, therapeutic programs for at-risk youth, information and support for the disabled, volunteer placement and much more. Centrally located for Eastsiders, the Center's "one-stop" campus was designed to relieve the difficulties of getting to community services.

COUNSELING AND HOSPITAL SERVICES

Sound Mental Health
www.smh.org
Sound Mental Health helps people with a wide variety of life challenges including mental health and chemical dependency issues. They have offices in Metro Seattle, the eastside and south King County.

Valley Cities Counseling
www.valleycities.org
Valley Cities is a community behavioral health center operating comprehensive outpatient clinics in Auburn, Federal Way, Kent and Renton.

Community Psychiatric Clinic (CPC)
www.cpcwa.org
CPC offers community-based care for those with psychiatric disabilities, counseling for children, adults, couples and families; vocational programs, chemical dependency recovery programs and housing services. Most of their offices are in Seattle.

Samaritan Center of Puget Sound
www.samaritanps.org
Samaritan provides high quality, faith-integrative, affordable counseling for individuals, couples and families in 21 locations throughout the Puget Sound area.

Therapeutic Health Services Eastside Branch
www.therapeutichealth.org
A non-profit organization with a branch in Bellevue, WA that operates therapeutic services to assist families affected by mental illness and/or substance abuse.

YMCA Community Mental Health Services
16710 NE 79th St., Suite 210, Redmond, WA 98052
Provides state licensed counseling/therapy for adults, both men and women. WA DSHS medical coupons are accepted. Call: (425) 922-6192

Fairfax Hospital
www.psysolutions.com/facilities/fairfax
Fairfax Hospital in Kirkland, WA provides treatment services for adults, adolescents and children and offers a full continuum of care that includes in and out patient care. The staff provides individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy and educational services.

Overlake Hospital Medical Center
www.overlakehospital.org/programs.aspx?id=420
Medical staff at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, WA is licensed and board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrists who are available to both staff and clients seven days a week with 24 hour on-call availability.

Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS)
www.acrs.org
Provides a broad array of behaviorial health programs in multiple languages to Asian-Pacific Americans in King County.

Western State Hospital
www.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth/wsh.shtml
State hospital located in Tacoma, WA that provides evaluation and inpatient treatment for individuals with serious or long-term mental illness that have been referred to the hospital through the Regional Support Network (RSN) system.

LOCAL NAMI RESOURCES

State Affiliate:
NAMI Washington
4305 Lacey Blvd SE, #5
Lacey, WA 98503
Primary Phone: (360) 584-9622
E-Mail Address: office@namiwa.comcastbiz.net
Web Site: www.namiwa.org

NAMI Eastside
Family Resource Center
16315 NE 87th St., Ste #B-4
Redmond, WA 98052
Primary Phone: (425) 885-6264
E-Mail: info@nami-eastside.org
Web Site: www.nami-eastside.org

NAMI Greater Seattle
802 NW 70th St.
Seattle, WA 98117
Primary Phones (206) 783-9264 & (800) 782-9264
E-Mail: office@nami-greaterseattle.org
Web Site: http://www.nami-greaterseattle.org

NAMI South King County
515 W. Harrison, Ste 215
Kent, WA 98032-4403
Primary Phone: (253) 854-6264
E-Mail: NAMIskc@qwestoffice.net
Web Site: www.nami.org/sites/NAMISouthKingCounty

NAMI Snohomish County
Everett, WA 98206
Phone: (425) 339-3620
Phone 2: (425) 231-5186
Email: jfcbloss@earthlink.net

Find Your Local NAMI
Find an affiliate by state or area code on the NAMI.org site

RESEARCH

NARSAD – National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
www.narsad.org
The largest donor-supported organization in the world devoted exclusively to supporting scientific research on brain and behavior disorders.

National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov/
NIMH is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), THE Federal Government’s principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA funds and administers a rich portfolio of grant programs and contracts that support state and community prevention and early intervention programs regarding substance abuse treatment and mental health and recovery support services.

Tardive Dyskinesia Center
www.tardivedyskinesia.com
The Tardive Dyskinesia Center aims to educate the public about tardive dyskinesia, a serious movement disorder with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. It can develop in patients who have been treated with certain prescription antipsychotics. As many as 1 out of every 5 patients taking neuroleptic or antipsychotic medications for longer than three months will develop the condition, which can be permanent and has no known cure. Free support books and information packets are available to website visitors.

Suicide Prevention - Preserving Lives

Youth Suicide Prevention Program
www.yspp.org
Education and activities for parents, schools and youth. Detailed information about warning signs, and what do do. Education on intentional self harm. Has regular programs for people to participate.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
wwww.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Has a special hotline for veterans or for someone needing to call about a veteran, Spanish-language resources, and more prevention resources for loved ones.