Mental Health, Other Services

National Alliance on Mental Illness New Mexico (NAMI-NM) offers information about mental illnesses and the treatment of mental illness. They have a Helpline at 1-800-950-6264 M-F, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM (MDT). In a crisis, call the NM Crisis Line at 1-855-662-7474 or text "NAMI" to 741741 for 24/7, confidential, free crisis counseling. They also offer support groups such as NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group-- a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. NAMI-NM has multiple locations in New Mexico: Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Southern New Mexico.

Stand up to Stigma offers peer support groups and behavioral health resources in the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan and the State of New Mexico. Support groups are free and are designed by similar peers who offer support while dealing with challenges and triumphs of mood disorders and related behavioral health and medical health issues. Stand up to Stigma peer support groups offer peers a way to recovery for those with mental health issues.

Individuals, families, and social service organizations interested in community mental health services, substance abuse treatment programs, and assistance for persons with developmental disabilities can visit the Network of Care for Mental/Behavioral Health's online information portal. The web site is a resource for individuals, families, and agencies concerned with behavioral health. It provides information about behavioral health services, laws, and related news, as well as communication tools and other features.

Provides mental health information on the following topics: getting help, statistics, clinical trials, outreach, research, opportunities for funding, and labs at NIMH.

• Suicide Prevention Programs

Government run website, in connection with The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Provides information, publications, and referrals for those with substance use disorders, to treatment facilities, treatment options, information on paying for treatment, and understanding addiction and mental health.

• Substance Use Disorder Referrals

Provides a community of people with mental illness who are working together toward a common goal, to get their lives back. Helps open new Clubhouses, accredits Clubhouses, trains and mentors new and mature Clubhouses, educates the public, advocates for government funding, and conducts research.

The Compassionate Friends is a National Organization offering support to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings to help with the positive resolution of the grief experienced upon the death of a child and to support their efforts to achieve physical and emotion health.

Contact the national office for more information and literature.

The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives.

Online Resources Include:

• Local meeting locator

Provides "QPR" (Question, Persuade and Refer) suicide prevention training to raise awareness about suicide as a problem in our community, identifies the most common causes of suicidal thinking, feeling and actions, and teaches the trainee three simple skills to help prevent the unnecessary tragedy of suicide. The program is available in Spanish.

A gatekeeper is anyone who is in a position to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and because of their training, knows what to do.

Training includes a QPR booklet for each participant, an expanded list of warning signs, and an expanded list of local resources. ( Fees are negotiated through QPR Institute.)

We also provide training for mental health professionals in suicide assessment and management and triage training programs for crisis lines and other first responders.