Community Resources

Connecticut Crisis Services

If your patient is experiencing a life-threatening situation, dial 911 immediately.    

If your patient is experiencing difficult or suicidal thoughts dial 988, Connecticut’s Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 988 offers 24/7/365 access to trained staff who can help in mental health and substance use crises, provide referrals to resources, and perform warm transfers to mobile crisis services or emergency services including urgent crisis centers in your community.

If your patient is pregnant or is a new parent and is feeling overwhelmed, sad, or anxious and needs someone to talk to, the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline can help – 24/7 – call or text 1-833-852-6262

Community Resources

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2-1-1 Connecticut Infoline – is offered through the United Way and provides 24hour assistance with food, housing, child care, crisis information and more.

Additional valuable links:

• Connecticut Department of Children and Families:http://www.ct.gov/dcf/site/default.asp
• Child Health and Development Institute: http://www.chdi.org/
• CT – American Academy of Pediatrics: http://ct-aap.org/
• National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs (NNCPAP): http://www.nncpap.org/