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Aging:
- Alzheimer’s Family Organization
- Area Agency on Aging
- Caring & Sharing Center for Independent Living, Inc.
- DART (Demand Response Transportation) PSTA
- Faith Action of Upper Pinellas
- Gulfcoast Legal Services – Help for Seniors
- Neighborly Care Network
- Transportation Disadvantaged Program (PSTA)
Alcohol & Substance Abuse:
- ACTS (Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc.)
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Alternative Treatment International, Inc.
- Bay Area Treatment Center
- Coastal Enrichment
- College Students and Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
- Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction Professionals
- Dr. Paul’s at the Bay
- Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office
- DrugAlert.org
- DrugWatch
- Facts on Tap for College Students
- Faith House (Christian Recovery Centers, Inc.)
- Fairwinds Treatment Center (Clearwater)
- Florida Center for Recovery
- Florida Certification Board
- Footprints Beachside Recovery
- Goodwill Industries, Suncoast
- JWB Link: Addiction Services
- Joe’s Place On the Gulf (Sober Living)
- Koala House – Sober Living
- LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County
- M.E.T.R.O. 2 (Minority Empowerment Through Risk-Reduction & Outreach)
- Metro Wellness & Community Centers
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism FAQs
- National Institutes of Health on Substance Abuse Problems
- Operation PAR Inc.
- SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Spencer Recovery Center
- Solid Rock Christian Recovery Center, St. Petersburg
- Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Consultants
- S.T.A.N.D. (Students Taking Action Not Drugs)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Substance Abuse on Emedicine Health
- Tampa Crossroads
- The Centre for Women (Tampa)
- The Jennifer Act
- Tranquil Shores
- Turning Point (Pinellas)
- Turning Point (Tampa)
- NAMI Pinellas County Florida, Inc.
- NCADD Tampa Bay
- LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas
- Windmoor Healthcare
- A Women’s Guide to Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
- WestCare, Inc.
- World Health Organization: Management of Substance Abuse
Anger Management:
- Controlling Anger Before it Controls You
- Anger Management Tips: 10 Ways to Tame Your Temper
- Anger Management: Expert Answers to Common Questions
- Florida Anger Management Course
Anxiety:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Test
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Screening Test
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Screening for Level of Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Anxiety Test
- Specific Phobia
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):
Child Welfare:
- Angels Against Abuse
- Eckerd Community Alternatives (Lead Agency for Child Welfare)
- Family Resources Transitional Living Program
- Florida Department of Children & Families
- Guardian ad Litem Progam
- GulfCoast Community Care’s Adoption Page
- JWB Link: Children’s Emotional and/or Behavioral Health
- JWB Link: Missing Children & Runaway Services
- Hillsborough Kids, Inc.
- Nehemiah’s Village
- Ready for Life Pinellas
- Safe Children Coalition
- Suncoast Voices for Children
Children & Youth:
- About Pinellas Kids
- Autism Speaks
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Pinellas County
- Brookwood Florida-Central, Inc
- Butterfly Effects (Counseling & Tutoring)
- Central Florida Parent Center – Pinellas County
- Children’s Home Society of Fla.
- Children’s Movement of Florida
- City of Clearwater Park & Recreation Dept.
- City of Largo Parks & Recreation
- City of St. Petersburg Youth Development Activities
- Coordinated Child Care of Pinellas, Inc.
- Early Learning Coalition
- Eckerd Youth Alternatives
- Everyone’s Youth United, Inc.
- Family Resources
- Florida Association for Infant Mental Health
- Florida Family Development
- Head Start
- Healthy Families Pinellas
- Help A Child, Inc.
- JWB Link: Childcare Resources
- JWB Link: Youth Development Activities
- Neighborhood Family Center-North Greenwood (email)
- Pace Center for Girls, Pinellas
- R’ Club Child Care
- SafePlace2B (Family Resources Short Term Crisis Center)
- TASCO Teen Programs
- The Children’s Home, Inc.
- YMCA of the Suncoast
- YWCA of Tampa Bay
Counseling:
- Boundless Hope – Christian Clinical Counseling in Florida
- Jeff Kozyra, PMH
- Costello Center for Counseling and Academic Excellence
- David Clarke, Ph.D.
- Kathy L. Cunningham MCC, LPC
- Find a Therapist, Psychologist, Counselor Today
- Therapists and Psychology Today
- Suncoast Mental Health Counselors AssociationNew Paragraph
Depression:
- Depression is Real. Hope is Real, Too
- Depression – Men
- Depression – Women
- Mayo Clinic Depression Center
- National Institute of Mental Health on Depression
Disability Services:
- The Able Trust – Disability Links & Resources (Gulfcoast Area of Florida)
- Autism Speaks
- Creative Clay, Inc.
- DART (Demand Response Transportation) PSTA
- Deaf and Hearing Connection for Tampa Bay
- Deaf Culture Online
- Deaf Service Bureau of West Central Florida
- Disability Links & Resources (The Able Trust)
- Friends and Families Support Center, Inc.
- Lighthouse of Pinellas at John B. & Muriel Watson Center
- JWB Link: Disability Services
- PARC, Inc.
- Pinellas Association for Retarded Children
- Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
- Transportation Disadvantaged Program (PSTA)
- Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens
Domestic Violence:
- CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse)
- Domestic Violence Fact Sheets (State & National)
- Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Florida’s Legal Rights for Victims
- Injunctions for Protection/Restraining Orders (Pinellas County)
- JWB Link: Help for Abuse or Family Violence
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Pinellas County Sheriff Victim’s Services
- Relationship Violence
- State Attorney’s Office – Pinellas & Pasco Counties
- The Spring of Tampa
- The Haven (RCS)
Eating Disorders:
- BodyPositive® Boosting Body Image at Any Weight
- National Institute of Mental Health on Eating Disorders
- National Mental Health Information Center on Eating Disorders
- What is an Eating Disorder?
Employment/Job Training:
Family Difficulties:
- Understanding Dysfunctional Relationship Patterns in Your Family
- When Your Parent Has a Mental Illness
- Your Parents’ Divorce
Grief and Loss:
- Bereavement and Grief
- Coping with Grief and Loss
- How to Deal with Grief
- Surviving Psychological Trauma
- The Process of Grief
Health/Nutrition/Medical:
- Achieve Tampa Bay
- ADAP (The AIDS Drug Assistance Program)
- ASAP (Aids Service Association of Pinellas)
- All Children’s Hospital
- Angel Food Ministries
- Beaming Hope Church Free Food and Clothing (for Pinellas County Residents)
- Guide to Medical Resources on the Web
- JWB Link: Healthcare Services
- Medicaid Eligibility Information
- M.E.T.R.O. 2 (Minority Empowerment Through Risk-Reduction & Outreach)
- Pinellas County Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Pinellas County Health Department
- RCS Food Bank
- Share Florida Food Network
- St. Petersburg Free Clinic
Homeless Services:
- ASAP Homeless Services
- Beacon House
- Boley Centers Homeless Services
- CHIP (Clearwater Homeless Intervention Project)
- Emergency Financial Assistance for Housing Program (EFAHP)
- Family Homelessness Prevention Program (Pinellas County Health & Human Services)
- Florida Homeless Shelter Directory
- Homeless Assistance Resources in Florida
- Homeless Emergency Project, Inc.
- Impact Family Ministries (Pasco County)
- Joining Hands Community Mission
- JWB Link: Financial Assistance/Housing Services
- Pinellas Hope
- Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless
- Resurrection House
- The Salvation Army: Clearwater
- St. Vincent de Paul Society
- Touched by an Angel Ministries
- Suncoast Haven of Rest Mission
Legal Aid:
- Bay Area Legal Services
- Community Law Program
- FDLE Seal & Expunge Process
- Florida Legal Assistance to the Poor Programs
- Gulfcoast Legal Services
Military/Veterans:
- ACTS-VA Residential Rehabilitation Facility
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare
- Healthcare for Homeless Veterans – Programs by State
- Military Connection
- Veteran’s Crisis Line
- Veterans Services at St. Petersburg College
Miscellaneous:
- 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares
- Affordable Housing in Florida
- ASAP Homeless Services, Inc.
- Benedict Haven
- Consumer Dangers
- Creative Clay
- Guardian ad Litem Program
- Expertise: Resources
- Impact Family Ministries (Pasco County)
- Juvenile Welfare Board
- JWB Link: Financial Assistance/Housing Services
- Link-Up Florida and Lifeline Assistance Programs
- Neighborhood Family Centers Coalition, Inc.
- Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
- Pinellas County Urban League
- Pinellas Ex-Offender Re-Entry Coalition
- Safelink Wireless
- Salvation Army
- SAP – Student Assistance Program (Through BayCare)
- The United Way of Tampa
- United States Dept. of Health & Human Services
Mental Health Care:
- African American Mental Health
- American Psychological Association Help Center
- Assertive Communication
- Assertiveness
- Authentic Happiness/Positive Psychology
- BayCare Behavioral Health Services
- Boley Centers for Behavioral Health Care
- Brochures from the American Psychiatric Association
- Browse the Online College Mental Health Fair
- Directions for Mental Health
- Experiencing and Expressing Emotions
- Florida Mental Health Institute
- Go Ask Alice! The health resource produced by Columbia University
- Gulf Coast Community Care
- Healthier You: Mental Health Articles
- Hispanic and Latino Mental Health
- Hospice of Florida Suncoast
- JWB Link: Children’s Emotional and/or Behavioral Health
- Keeping Your Emotional Health
- Mayo Clinic Mental Health Center
- Medline Plus Mental Health Topics
- Mental Health 101
- Mental Health America
- NAMI Pinellas County Florida, Inc.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services (PEMHS)
- Psych Central
- SAP – Student Assistance Program (through BayCare)
- Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
- Selfhelp Magazine
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Suncoast Center for Community Health
- The Unabridged Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
- The Whitford-Thomas Group (WTG)
- ULifeline: Your online resource for college mental health
- Vincent House
- Virtual Pamphlet Collection
- West Care Florida
- Windmoor Healthcare
- youandmewe.org
Pregnancy Care:
- Alpha “A Beginning”, Inc
- Bay Area Pregnancy Centers
- Kimberly Home Pregnancy Resource Center
- New Life Solutions
- The Next STEPP Center
- Pregnancy Care
- Pregnancy Zone
Professional Organizations:
- ATTD (Addiction Technology Transfer Center)
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
- Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association
- Florida Department of Health
- Mental Health America
- NCADD Tampa Bay
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Counsel on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Organization for Human Services
- SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- S.T.A.N.D. (Students Taking Action Not Drugs)
- Southern Organization for Human Services
- The American Counseling Association
- The Network Institute of Christian Counseling, Inc.
Relationships:
- Addictive Relationships
- Building a Healthy Relationship From the Start
- Committed Relationships and School
- Emotional Abuse
- Healthy Relationships
- Loneliness
- Relationship Violence
Self-Esteem:
- Activities That Will Help You Feel Good About Yourself
- Changing Negative Thoughts About Yourself To Positive Ones
- Self-Confidence
- Things You Can Do Right Away—Every Day—To Raise Your Self-Esteem
Sexual Violence:
- Date Rape
- RAINN – Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
- SACC – Sexual Assault Care Centre
- Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
Sleep:
- 10 Tips for Better Sleep
- How to Sleep Well Every Night
- Interactive Tutorial on Sleep Disorders
- National Sleep Foundation
- Understanding Sleep
Stress:
Student Success:
- College Success Plan and Tips
- JWB Link: Learning and School Success
- The 21 Things Every First-Year College Student Should Do
- Time Management
- Your First Year of College: 25 Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive
Suicide Prevention:
Women:
- Menopause Information (Healthline)
- Pinellas Village
- Resource Center for Women
- A Women’s Guide to Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
- Women’s Health Topics from Womens Health
- Women’s Health from MEDLINEPlus
- Women’s Health from CDC
- Women’s Health Center from WebMD
- Women’s Health from Medicine Net
- Women’s Health from HealthyWomen
- Women’s Health Zone
- youandmewe.org
Online Self-Assessments
Online psychological screenings are for entertainment and possibly educational use only. They do not replace a formal evaluation by a licensed mental health professional. After any online self-assessment, if you decide to see a mental health professional, you may print your assessment and bring a copy to your appointment.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse:
- Drug Abuse Screening Test
- How to Recognize Problem Drinking
- Review the Role Alcohol Plays in Your Life
Anxiety:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Test
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Screening Test
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Screening for Level of Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Anxiety Test
- Specific Phobia
Depression:
Miscellaneous:
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Domestic Violence Screening Test
- Eating Disorder
- Internet Addiction Test
- Other Online Self-Assessments
Crisis Resources
Hotline Links and Telephone Numbers, if you or someone you know is in crisis.
- American Red Cross (Florida’s West Coast Region)
- Crisis Resources in Spanish
- National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Information Center 1-800-784-6776
- National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4 A CHILD (422-4453)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
- National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Hotline 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Project Inform HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline 1-800- 822-7422
- School Safety and Crisis Resources
- United States National Suicide & Crisis Hotlines