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Resources for Family and Mental Health Prevention, Intervention and/or Treatment

List was last updated April 2007

Whitman Health Room:
School Community Health Nurse Julie Olsen 301-320-6582
Certified Nursing Assistant Ms. Donna Shriver  
School Counseling Staff at Whitman: 301-320-6590
Ms. Fran Landau (Resource) Mr. Rob Putt  
Ms. Jennifer Higgins Ms. Molly McAllister  
Mr. William Kapner Ms. Kari Wislar  
     
Hotlines    
Child Protective Services (open 24 hours/day) 240-777-4417
Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline 800-422-0009
Montgomery County Crisis Center 240-777-4000
Montgomery County Hotline 301-738-2255
(alternate number) 301-738-9697
TTY for hearing impaired 240-777-4815
   

MCPS Safe Schools Hotline (open 24 hours/day)
Information about safety, security or substances

301-517-5995
   
National Suicide Hopeline 800-784-2433
(800-suicide)
   
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (open 24 hours/day) 800-273-8255
(800-273-talk)
   
Operation Runaway (open 24 hours/day)
Free help for adolescents/their families during/after a runaway crisis
301-251-4545
   

Victims Assistance/Sexual Assault Hotline (open 24 hours/day)
TTY for hearing impaired

240-777-4357
240-777-1347
     
Local Community Resources:  
   
Al-Anon (for relatives/friends of alcohol/drug users) 202-882-1334
   
Alcoholics Anonymous (open 24 hours/day) 202-966-9115
   
Helpline for Asian Families (8:00am-4pm)  
Chinese 301-230-5428
Korean 301-230-5430
Vietnamese 301-230-5432
   
Hispanic Hotline (8:00am-4:15pm) 301-230-3073
   
Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (8:00am-4pm) 847-831-3438
   
MCPS Safe and Drug Free Schools (8:00am-4:30pm)
Information resource and referral center
301-279-3041
   
NAACP of Montgomery County 301-657-2062
   
Narcotics Anonymous
Information on meetings in Montgomery County
202-399-5316
   
P-Flag Family Helpline 301-439-3524
   
Sexually Transmitted Diseases & HIV Testing 240-777-1760
   
Suburban Hospital Treatment Center (9am-9pm)
Adolescent and adult outpatient substance abuse treatment
301-896-2036
   
Suburban Hospital “On-Call” (9:30am-5pm)
Services, referrals & support groups offered by Suburban Hospital
301-896-3939
   
Washington Center for Eating Disorders & Adolescent Obesity 301-530-0676
   
National Resources:  
     
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) MD NAMI 800-467-0075
   
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Information
Public health information in English or Spanish and TTY service
800-CDCINFO

 

Last modified January 16, 2008