Resources
for Self-Help
Suicide
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
A free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call will be routed to the nearest crisis center to you.
- Call for yourself or someone you care about
- Free and confidential
- A network of more than 140 crisis centers nationwide
- Available 24/7
- They are there to listen
- To help you talk
- And perhaps to direct you to treatment in your local area
- Don't expect too much and try to be open
- They may not always say the exact right thing
- Just let them try to help get you through the moment so that you can live another day - so that your cure will be able to save you
- Just throw out a line and let them reel you in
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West Hills Hospital treats and serves children, adolescents, and adults who are seeking treatment for mental health issues, including:
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SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
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The Adolescent Treatment Center is a 16-bed residential program providing staff secure, 24-hour supervised treatment for the most severely emotionally disturbed and behaviorally disordered adolescents, 13-17 years of age. Service provided within the program include:
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Willow Springs Center is a 116-bed residential treatment facility helping children and adolescents, ages 5 through 17, recover from emotional, psychiatric, behavioral and chemical dependency problems. "A Residential Treatment Center For Children And Adolescents" |
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Profile of an Abuser
Make a Safety Plan
Store a bag packed with spare keys, ID, important papers, important phone numbers, money and clothes outside the house or at a friend’s. Violence Against Women Online Resources (VAWOR is designed to operate as an information dissemination tool to provide resources to the general public, researchers, criminal justice practitioners, advocates, and social service professionals with the latest in research and promising practices regarding issues on violence against women. The materials on this site were developed by organizations with expertise in violence against women who provide technical assistance for grantees funded through the Office on Violence Against Women. |
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Many web sites have been created about the nature of addiction. This web site primarily concerns itself with the nature of recovery. If you are an addict, please give yourself a break and use it.
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“The Partnership Carson City coalition will work to prevent the devastating effects of gangs, methamphetamine and other illegal drug and alcohol use by initiating and supporting grass-roots, community-wide efforts.” In particular, the Partnership will promote efforts that enhance:
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Dating and being in love can be exciting – but at times it can be totally confusing. This site helps you work out where your relationship is at – whether it’s good, bad, or ugly. Single? Just dating? Or not really sure what you want? That’s ok, there’s something here for everyone…
This website site gives you information and advice from the personal experiences of other young people who have been there… people who have experienced ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’. |
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The Children's Cabinet exists to keep children safe and families together by offering services and resources that address unmet needs, through a unique and effective cooperative effort between the private sector and public agencies in Northern Nevada. |
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The Carson City Alano club exists to support Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon Family Groups in the Carson City area.
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In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them. Boys & Girls Clubs offer that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. |
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Changing perspectives. Changing lives.For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. |
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Welcome to the Northern Nevada Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous website. On this site you will find meeting schedules for the Northern Nevada Area, numbers for area hotlines, the current issue of our newsletter-The Bracer, and area event information. Our office is located at 436 South Rock Blvd Sparks, NV 89431. Office hours are Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. |
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The caring support of adult volunteers and mentors inspires young people in 4-H to work collaboratively, take the lead on their own projects and set and achieve goals with confidence. 4-H’ers chart their own course, explore important issues and define their place in the world. 4-H’ers stand up for themselves and their communities. The Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, shows youth engaged with 4-H are:
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Welcome to the Y. We're an inclusive organization of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.
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