Mental Health Support during the Coronavirus Crisis

Below are resources to help parents and caregivers to talk with their children about the Coronavirus Crisis.   Also listed are Crisis Hotline Numbers and Local/Community Resources should your family members need Mental Health Support.

Resources to help you talk to your children about the Coronavirus Pandemic

• ​Helping Children Cope
• How to Manage Anxiety and Stress
• Emotional Safety Plan
• Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
• Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el coronavirus
• NEWSELA SEL Collection

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Crisis Hotlines

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline  1-800-273-8255
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health National Helpline 
• (1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• OK2Talk Teen Helpline 1-800-273-TALK
• Crisis Text Line   Text “HOME” to 741741 for 24/7, anonymous, free crisis counseling
• Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-342-3720  
• CPS Mandated Reporters 1-800-635-1522 
• Mental Health Hotline 631-952-3333 
• RESPONSE Crisis Referral Hotline- Crisis, Suicide  24 hr 631-751-7500
• National Runaway Hotline 1-800-999-9999 
• Victims Information Bureau- 24 Hour Hotline: 631-360-3606
• Deaf Crisis Line: 1-321-800-3323 or Text "HAND" to 839863
• Domestic Violence Referrals: 
• The RETREAT​ 24 Hour Hotline: 631-329-2200  

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​Family Service League (FSL)- Mobile Crisis & DASH
DASH is a 24/7 voluntary program for individuals in crisis due to substance use, mental illness or other life stressors.  24-Hour Hotline:  631-952-3333
FSL- Trauma & Suicide
Provide critical care, immediate guidance and support to individuals, groups, and families struggling with suicide, grief, crisis or disaster.  24-Hour Hotline:  1-888-375-2228
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Sagamore Mobile Crisis Unit - onsite (either at home or school with parental presence) psychiatric evaluation for resistant, acute psychiatric adolescents under age 18.   631-370-1701 11 am and 7 pm. 

Long Island Crisis Center  24/7 Crisis Hotline: 516-679-1111
 
Outpatient Counseling:
North Fork Counseling Family Service League - Mattituck 631-298-8642  
Riverhead Mental Health Clinic – 631-852-1440 
 
Mather Hospital Psychiatric Unit – Inpatient unit for adolescents who require 24 hr. hospitalization and Partial Hospitalization for adolescents who do not require 24 hr. hospitalization. ER psychiatric evaluations. Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatric – 631-476-2775 
 
Stony Brook Psychiatric Emergency Room  ER Psychiatric Care for adolescents and adults 631-632-8333 

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