If you or a friend need urgent assistance, call 911 immediately, or take your friend directly to the emergency room. If you feel it’s safe, stay with your friend, or find someone to stay with them until help arrives.
![Searching for culturally relevant mental health resources can look like engaging with the music, art, and food of your culture or turning to your elders for a perspective particular to where you come from. Swipe to learn more about healing practices that have always been crucial to the AAPI community.
In this guide, we're sharing tangible tips and tools for those in the Asian American & Pacific Islander community to practice culturally relevant healing, as well as those not in the community to learn more and provide support. This is part of our series of BIPOC mental health toolkits in our #ReclaimOurRoots initiative. Learn more at the link in our bio.
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The Mental Health Coalition’s Resource Library is made available by our alliance of the leading mental health organizations. We encourage you to browse this database to learn about mental health, help a loved one, learn coping skills and seek support.
We all have mental health, and it’s more important now than ever that we take care of ourselves.
For immediate support 24/7, reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting COALITION to 741741, or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. It’s free and highly confidential, unless it’s essential to contact emergency services to keep you or your friend safe. In an emergency call 911.