NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Your local NAMI Affiliates and volunteer leaders work in communities across the country to raise awareness and provide essential and free education, advocacy, and support group programs.
NAMI Long Beach Area is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals affected by mental illness, and their families, by providing mental health education, support and advocacy. You Are Not Alone. NAMI Long Beach Area envisions a world where all persons affected by mental illness experience resiliency, recovery and wellness. We envision eradicating stigma and stereotype concerning mental illness, and accelerating research, treatment and support services that address each individual’s need for happy, healthy, and productive lives.
NAMI Long Beach
5230 Clark Avenue, Suite 2
Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone: (562) 435-2264
Email: nami@namilongbeach.org
www.namilongbeach.org
Serving: Long Beach Area, Southwest Los Angeles County
MHA is a powerful voice for healthy communities throughout the nation and offers information, referrals, and resources for individuals living with any type of mental illness. One of MHA’s services includes online screening, which is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible.
Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHALA) works to ensure that people living with mental health needs achieve meaningful, healthy lives in their communities.
MHA of Los Angeles
200 Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802-4052
Phone (562) 285-1330
http://mhala.org/
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) changes lives, saves lives and impacts lives, through education, peer support groups and advocacy for those diagnosed with a mental health illnesses and empowers their family and friends to embrace their independence, advocate for improved services, and to love them for who they are.
DBSA has support groups in most states, as well as peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services and resources available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them—online 24/7, in local support groups, in audio and video casts, or in printed materials distributed by DBSA, its chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.
DBSA East Long Beach
VA Long Beach, 5901 E. 7th St.,
Long Beach, CA 90822
Tel: (562) 295-7316
Email: DBSAEastLB@gmail.com
DBSA National Office
55 E Jackson Blvd, Suite 490
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (800) 826-3632
Email: programs@dbsalliance.org
www.dbsalliance.org