Below are various community mental health resources for clients, friends, family and others.

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Here is a list of local (Portland Area) mental health resources (you do NOT need to be suicidal or in severe crisis to reach out to any of these resources. They are there to help.).
  • Mental Health Crisis Line 503-988-4888 Multnomah County Link 421 SW Oak St # 520, Portland, OR 97204 503-988-5866 (TTY), or 800 -716-9769 (voice)

  • Call 988 for mental health referrals

  • Project Respond 503-988-4888 www.cascadiabhc.org/project-respond/    Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Project Respond is a mobile mental-health crisis response team that provides an array of crisis, specialized, and culturally spec ific services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Accessed through the Multnomah County crisis line call center, the program serves individuals and families regardless of insurance, age, or income. Cascadia’s Project Respond often provides brief follow up and referral after a crisis to ensure resolution.Project Respond also assists individuals in hospital emergency rooms to help divert the need for hospitalization by connecting people to community-based services.If you or anyone else is experiencing a mental health emergency and live in Multnomah County, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Project Respond Team can help provide crisis assessment to individuals and families.
  • TEXT HELP LINE 741741   https://www.crisistextline.org/textline/
  • Call to Safety. www.calltosafety.org. 24/7 at 503-235-5333 or 1-888-235-5333 link (serving all survivors of sexual assault/abuse regardless of gender/identity/expression and sexual orientation). Formerly Portland Womens Crisis line PWCL
  • Community Counseling warmline if you need someone to talk to now. 1-800-698-2392 communitycounselingsolutions.org/warmline/
  • Oregon Youth Resources: https://oregonyouthresourcemap.com/
  • Sexual Assault Resource Center- Greater Portland Area link (SARK)
  • Oregon’s Substance Abuse and Alcohol Crisis Line 800-923-HELP
  • Alcohol and Drug Helpline –Phone Number:503-244-1312
  • Local Organizations and Groups link

National Crisis Hotlines
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK
  • Teen Peer to Peer Support 877-YOUTH-911
  • Trevor Project: LGBTQ+ help line https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/: 866-488-7386 link text 678-678
  • Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network and Hotline RAINN
  • TEXT HELP LINE 741-741   https://www.crisistextline.org/textline/

BIPOC, AAPI, Latinx, and Culturally Specific mental Health Resources:Link that includes a list of resources:
Specific LGBTQAI2+ Resources
  • Q Center- Portland LGBTQAI community center
  • Trevor Project: Preventing Youth Suicide The Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386 link
  • SMYRC –Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center –offers counseling for queer or questioning youth age 14-24 in Portland, OR. link
  • Live and Let Live Club –offers substance free parties and daily 12-step meetings for substance addiction and sex addicts anonymous.
  • Quest Center for Integrative Health –offers acupuncture, mental health, addictions, exercise,and mentoring programs.
  • Triangle Project at Cascadia –Counseling for LGBTQAI folks in recovery.
  • Q Center- Portland LGBTQAI community center
  • Outside In

Portland Area Hospitals, Medical Schools, or Treatment Centers
  • Providence Behavioral Health 503-574-9242 –has a well-run partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment program
  • Lifeworks Northwest – (888)-645-1666 or (503) 645-3581- Intensive / standard outpatient program, stabilization groups, women’s intensive program.
  • Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare –provides mental health, crisis, and substance abuse treatment services to the community
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Legacy Health System
  • OHSU ( Oregon Health &Science University ) Behavioral Health Clinic
  • Oregon Department of Human Services –Phone:(503) 945-5651. Includes services such as: Child Protective Services, Addiction Services, Developmental Disabilities Services, Senior Services, Mental Health Services, and Oregon State Hospital
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse
  • Bradley Angle House – (503) 281-2442 –Bradley-Angle House Crisis Line. Provides 24 hour peer counseling,resource referral and domestic violence information. B-A House provides a programming to battered women and their children from all racial,social,economic and educational backgrounds.
  • Call to Safety. www.calltosafety.org. 24/7 at 503-235-5333 or 1-888-235-5333 link (serving all survivors of sexual assault/abuse regardless of gender/identity/expression and sexual orientation).
  • OAASIS: Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors In Service http://oaasisoregon.org/resources/abuse-resources/
  • Child Abuse Response and Evaluation – (503) 331-2400
  • Domestic Violence Hotline –Oregon Department of Human Services 1-800-799-SAFE
  • La Linea de Ayuda para la Mujer – (Spanish-speaking Women’s Crisis Line) –(503) 232-4448
  • SAWERA: South Asian Women’s Empowerment and Resource Alliance. (503) 778-7386.
  • Allies in Change: conducts group and individual therapy focusing on helping people stop the cycle of violence in their family.

Free, Low fee, and Sliding Scale Counseling and Psychotherapy
  • Portland Psychotherapy Center – Therapist directory and Offers evidence-based therapy, including discounted and sliding scale psychotherapy and counseling based on financial need. www.portlandtherapycenter.com
  • Wise Counsel and Comfort
  • College/University Counseling Centers
Massage/Bodywork/Alternative medicine
Dana Highfill, LMT
503-442-7177
Soaring Dragon Massage
2143 NE Broadway St.
Portland, OR 97232
www.SoaringDragonMassage.com

Addiction Resources
  • Local and National Support Groups and Twelve-Step Meetings
  • Oregon’s Substance Abuse and Alcohol Crisis Line 800-923-HELP
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) –a website where you can look for meetings for adult children of alcoholics
  • Al-Anon of Portland –social support for those with friends or family with alcohol problems
  • Portland area Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
  • Portland Area Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

Multnomah County Human Services
  • Mental Health and Addiction Services Division, Aging and Disability Services, Adult Protective Services, Emergency Prescription Assistance, Developmental Disabilities Services Division, Domestic Violence Division, Specialized resources for LGBT violence victims, and children who have witnessed Domestic Violence
  • Cascade AIDS Project —information,referral,testing and help:(503) 223-5907
  • Outside In: An outreach program to homeless youth that has many great programs.Phone: (503) 223-4121
  • Planned Parenthood Oregon:Provides family planning, counseling, and clinical services.
  • (National) Backline Unbiased Pregnancy Abortion Adoption Parenting Resources www.yourbackline.org
  • Statewide Public Benefits Telephone Hotline and Legal Aid Services of Oregon and Law Center –800-520-5292 –Provides legal information &assistance with issues such as food stamps, medical assistance,temp assistance to needy families, jobs programs,etc.

For Veterans
Veterans Medical Center –Portland Division –Address:3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd,PO Box 1034,Portland,OR 97207, (503) 220-8262 (Admin.), (800) 949-1004 (Toll-free). Mental health and general medical services for veterans. Free transportation available for disabled veterans with no other transportation resources.

Information on Psychology and Mental Health
  • Psych Central –a central source for information on psychology and mental health on the Internet,since 1992
  • National Institute of Mental Health –Information on mental health with a biological slant from our nation’s premier funding agency for mental health research
  • Stigma resources at SAMHSA –Publications on combating stigma from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • SAMHSA Mental Health Info –publications from SAMHSA on mental health issues

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