04 Sep 2021 Disability and Anxiety/Depression

 

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 SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders 

 https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

World Health Organization Depression

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression

Self-care interventions for health

https://www.who.int/health-topics/self-care#tab=tab_1

Mental well-being: resources for the public

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/mental-well-being-resources-for-the-public

Doing What Matters in Times of Stress

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003927

#HealthyAtHome - Mental health

https://www.who.int/campaigns/connecting-the-world-to-combat-coronavirus/healthyathome/healthyathome---mental-health

Relationship between Physical Disability and Depression by Gender: A Panel Regression Model

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5130183/

Screening for Depression

https://adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/screenings/screening-depression

https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/depression

You can use this to screen yourself for depression.

Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults, by Disability Status, Disability Type, and Selected Characteristics — United States, 2018

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6936a2.htm

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