Mental Health

  • Children & Adolescents Mental Health Services provides a full range of assessment and treatment alternatives.
  • Children’s Mental Health Network is a national network
  • Crisis Text Line. 741741  A confidential text message service for people in crisis.  In the US  Text 741741
  • Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services provides free mental health, substance use disorder and suicide prevention services. Didi Hirsch helps more than 150,000 children and adults from 10 locations and 100 schools throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties each year. Clients can call 888-807-7250, Monday-Friday from 8:30am – 5pm.
  • Eating Disorder Program at CHOC They offer a comprehensive eating disorder program that includes adolescent medicine doctors, mental health professionals and specialized nutritionists to care for patients.
  • Heads Up Checkup A Mental Health and Behavioral Risk Digital Screening Tool. Free screening to help parents of children1-17 better understand what may be going on with their child’s mental health. Immediate, self- scoring results show levels and areas of concern that can be shared with a mental health professional to streamline assessment.
  • **National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)provides information, presentations and trainings regarding a number of mental health conditions including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and ADHD, as well as many support groups.  NAMI Orange County can be reached at 714-544-8488.  The Orange County Warmline is (714) 991-6412.
  • National Suicide Prevention Hotline Phone number  800-273-8255.  English/Spanish 24/7
  • SAM (Self Anxiety Management) app can help you manage anxiety by being aware of your triggers and understanding your thoughts and behavior better.
  • Safe Families for Children provides a safe place for children while parents resolve crisis situations and bring stability back to their home.