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Kindness, empathy, and understanding must replace stigma in our hearts and minds … It means teaching our children, so that if they are confronted with a mental illness in themselves, their families, or friends and neighbors, they aren’t afraid or ashamed to seek help.
Recommended Reading: "Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers" – Rosalyn Carter, Published by Random House.
Call or text: (714) 991-6412 • Toll Free: (877)-910-9276
NAMI OC WarmLine is a free and confidential telephone service providing emotional support and resources to Orange County residents, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Wellness Center Central provides a safe and nurturing environment for each individual to achieve his/her or one's vision of recovery from mental illness while promoting acceptance, dignity, and social inclusion. Please review the information here. To attend in-person groups, you must make an appointment. The campus is also closed for socialization, so make sure to make an appointment if planning to come to the campus. Please call 714-361-4860 for more information or to make an appointment. Remote services will continue as normal. To find out more, visit: www.wellnesscenteroc.com
The mission of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is to provide hope, help, and support to improve the lives of people living with depression or bipolar disorder. DBSA pursues and accomplishes this mission through peer-based, recovery-oriented, empowering services and resources. They offer weekly and monthly support groups throughout Orange County, educational meetings, a resource and lending library and a quarterly newsletter. Visit here for more info: http://www.dbsaoc.org
Many non-profit agencies do not have offices in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, or Huntington Beach because the rent/leases are cost prohibitive.To facilitate collaboration and build capacity in our community partner agencies, Hoag will provide non-profit partners with physical space and resources in the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living. A variety of health and wellness groups, classes and direct services will be provided by our partner agencies. For more info, please visit HERE
Mental Health Association of Orange County is dedicated to improving the quality of life of Orange County residents impacted by mental Illness through direct service, advocacy, education and information dissemination. For more info, please visit: www.mhaoc.org
Be Well OC brings together a robust, community-based, cross-sector strategy—public, private, academic, faith and others—to create a community-wide, coordinated ecosystem to support optimal mental health. Learn more at: www.bewelloc.org
It’s just a click away. Connect-OC brings mental health resources currently available throughout Orange County for teens and young adults together in one place. Learn more here: www.connect-oc.org
Children’s mental health is as important as their physical health. It’s not always obvious when a child is struggling emotionally, but recognizing the symptoms and seeking early and effective mental health services are important for long-term health. Our psychiatry and psychology specialists work closely together to attend to our patients’ emotional, behavioral and developmental needs through inpatient and intensive outpatient therapy programs. Find out more here: www.choc.org/programs-services/mental-health
Health care doesn’t have to be complicated. We’re here to help you make the health care choices that are right for you — from choosing your health plan to knowing how to get the most out of it. Get answers to your questions, become a smarter health care consumer, and learn more about Kaiser Permanente’s services at kaiserpermanente.org
bplucky is a health and wellness tool (app) that empowers teens in a safe environment to foster a positive community and lift each other up. Visit: bplucky.com
We encourage reflection, exploration, and celebration, as we virtually come together again this year. Last year, our first ever virtual event reached new members within our community and created opportunities for engaging discussions within the virtual platform. We hope that the virtual space will again create a platform for a continued exchange of ideas and resources, with our group of keynote speakers and doctors.
Visit: namica.org/events
There's no better time than now to register for Virtual NAMICon 2025.
Attend NAMI’s two-day event dedicated to informing the mental health community with resources, research and support.
You can listen to the talks and workshops online here: convention.nami.org
We hope you had the opportunity to join one - if not all - of the four workshops offered. If you weren’t able to attend virtually, we are now offering the four workshop videos here. Listen in to tap into creativity, self-care, personal growth and translate it into personal success!