The Contents Of A Mental Health Directory

By Peter Schmidt


Many people are advocating the awareness of certain conditions that may affect the overall emotional and mental well being of a person such as anxiety or depression. Most people do not know, but conditions such as these are actually known as the silent killers that creep in to the brains of people and slowly drain them of life. Because of that, people may have access to a mental health directory in their state.

Now, most people would be asking what these directories are. Well, just like normal phone books or directories, it is a listing of names of individuals or organizations that one may need to contact. Other than that, information such as phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, or websites if possible. These are to give access to people who have conditions that require assistance.

Now, one may most likely be quite familiar with the suicide hotline because these have been showing up on social media. These are hotlines that are aimed toward helping people who are feeling suicidal or are having some suicidal thoughts. These hotlines are listed in directories and would lead to a team of counselors on the other line.

Aside from the suicide hotline, there are also some numbers that lead to centers that specialize in certain counseling services. For those listings, one can check online directories of their state to find local counseling centers near his or her area including contact details. The listings would provide the email address, phone numbers, and center addresses of these places.

However, if one would need professional services, psychologists and psychotherapists will also be part of the listings. Psychological clinics will be listed in these directories along with some individual psychologists or therapists. These are the individuals who can administer psychological tests and perform psychotherapy.

Aside from psychological testing centers and therapists, there would also be a list of psychiatrists that can help if one already needs some form of clinical therapy. However, it is still recommended that one would refer to a psychologist first and get the recommendation of the psychologist before going to a psychiatrist. It is always best to go through therapy before going to medicine.

Psychiatrists are actually already listed in directories so their contact details can easily be accessed. If one is interested in seeing a psychiatrist, one may ask a psychologist if the potential psychiatrist that he or she sees in the listings is good or not. In any case, it is best to work the psychologist first before going to that stage.

Many are still not very aware of the dangers that mental conditions pose to a lot of people because awareness is actually an advocacy that is still quite young in most societies. However, social media has already made people aware that there are many harmful effects that come with it, especially for those who are biologically lacking certain nutrients in their brain to function on everyday tasks. That is why there are many countries and even specific states that have their own respective directories catering to people who have these adverse conditions wherein they cannot seem to control their emotional state.




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