拓展神的国度

華人心理健康資源 Chinese Mental Health Resources

Mental Health, as defined by the WHO, is a “state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.” 根據世界衛生組織的定義，精神健康是“一種健康狀態，在這種狀態中，每個人能夠認識到自己的潛力，能夠應付正常的生活壓力，能夠有成效地從事工作，並能夠對其社區作貢獻。”

FOR EMERGENCIES 在緊急情況下

• 1-800-273-TALK The National Suicide Prevention Hotline （全國預防自殺熱線）
• 1-811-990-8585 Asian LifeNet Hotline Cantonese, Mandarin （亞洲生命網熱線，粵語，普通話）

Videos, online screening forms, and reading 視頻、心理健康篩檢、和閱讀資訊

• Asian American Health Initiative（AAHI，亞裔美國人健康促進協會）
  • SITE (網站): http://aahiinfo.org/aahi-resources/
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Photonovels on mental health in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hindi (用中文、韓文、越南文、和印地文編寫的有關心理健康的漫畫書)

• Culture to Culture Foundation（文化對文化基金會）
  • SITE (網站): http://culturetoculture.org/
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): San Francisco-based Chinese mental health organization, with links to member-created videos in Mandarin (舊金山的中國精神衛生組織：會員創建的普通話視頻)

• Mental Health America（美國精神衛生）
  • SITE (網站): http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/im-looking-mental-health-help-someone-else
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Online screenings, guides to finding the right therapist or psychiatrist, and more helpful weblinks (心理健康篩檢、尋找合適的治療師或精神醫生、以及更多有用的網絡鏈接，英文)

• Asians Do Therapy（亞裔治療諮詢)）
  • SITE (網站): https://asiansdotherapy.com/resources
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Personal stories and information on finding mental health therapy, in English (關於心理健康治療的個人見證分享。英文)

• Durham County Network of Care （達勒姆護理網）
  • SITE (網站): http://durham.nc.networkofcare.org/mh/
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): More info & resources on mental health, which can be easily translated, and a mental health assessment (更多心理健康信息和資源，還有心理健康評估 – 都可以輕鬆翻譯)

Community events and support groups（社區活動和支援團隊）

• National Alliance on Mental Health （NAMI, 全國心理疾病聯盟）
  • SITE (網站): https://www.namidurhamnc.org/, (919) 231-5016
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Helpline, support groups, public education meetings, and family support groups（幫助熱線、向公共開放的討論、以及患者和家庭支持小組 。英文）

• Carolina Outreach Behavioral Health Urgent Care
  • ADDRESS (地址): 2670 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard. Durham, NC 27707
  • PHONE (電話號碼): (919) 251-9009
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Access to psychiatrists, nurses, and social workers. A safe, respectful environment for people in distress. Referrals to other community resources; services in English. （在這裏可以得到專業醫學人士的幫助，比如精神科醫生、護士和社工。他們提供一個安全的環境並會介紹其他的社會資源。英文）

• Freedom House Recovery Center
  • SITE (網站): https://freedomhouserecovery.org/
  • OFFERS (提供的服務): Crisis, outpatient, residential, and up to 8 free counseling services. (in English) （危機、門診和住宿的服務，並有多達八項免費諮詢服務 。英文）

Mental health providers/psychologists （心理學家）

• Yan Li, Psy.D at ACT Center for Mindfulness, Value and Relationship, 919-614-8128 （Counseling in Mandarin 講國語）

• Melissa Yao, PhD, LP & Peter Adams, PhD, LP at Greenleaf Psychological & Support Services, 919-294-8981 （Counseling focus: multiculturalism, English only 多元文化主義。英文）

• Juliet Cheng Brown, PhD, Durham private practice, 919-886-4552 （Welcomes questions, but not accepting new appointments at this time, speaks Mandarin 歡迎提問，但目前不接受新病人。講國語)