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Somewhere to start, right now.
Crisis lines that answer any hour, and writing on the things people most often arrive asking about.
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Resources
Crisis lines that answer any hour, and writing on the things people most often arrive asking about.
If You Need Help Today
If you are in danger right now, call 911. Otherwise these are free, confidential, and staffed around the clock.
988
Call or text 988 from anywhere in the US. For thoughts of suicide, self harm, or any mental health crisis.
741741
Text HOME to 741741 if talking out loud feels like too much right now.
1-800-662-4357
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use, in English and Spanish.
988 · 1
Call 988 and press 1, or text 838255. Staffed by people who have been there.
Writing
Educational only, and not a substitute for an evaluation. Still, most people arrive with one of these questions.
Why fear driven overperformance and constant scrutiny take a specific toll, and how culturally responsive psychiatric care can help.
Seven signals a clinician looks at when deciding whether exhaustion has become clinical depression.
What your body is doing in the middle of the night, and why the thought arrives after the feeling rather than before it.
Clinical Work
Lead nurse and educator for an institutional nursing protocol for autoimmune encephalitis, establishing standards for identification, safety monitoring, and adverse event response in a complex neuropsychiatric condition.
Designed and delivered a blended chemotherapy, biotherapy, and psychiatric nursing curriculum, credentialing senior pediatric psychiatric nurses and reducing intra hospital transfers. It became an annual education program.
National convening presentation on psychotropic prescribing practices, strengthening clinical quality across community behavioral health programs.
When You Are Ready
A free consult is fifteen minutes and costs nothing. It is the fastest way to find out whether this is something to treat.
Three ways to start. Pick whichever fits your situation.
Telehealth only, for patients physically located in Maryland, Washington DC, Arizona, or Idaho at the time of the visit. Not an emergency service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.