FINDING HELP PHONE LIST
A compilation of agencies and programs that offer a comprehensive range of services. Updated in July 2024. View PDF
FINDING HELP CONSUMER GUIDE
Descriptions of the different types of mental illness, treatments, medications, providers, and programs. View PDF
SCREENING TEST
Take a screening test to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Learn More
FINDING HELP SERVICES
We are all touched by mental illness – a friend, a loved one, a colleague, a neighbor, or ourselves. One in five people face mental health disorders each year, but less than half receive treatment. We must start the conversation that encourages support and respect for those struggling with mental illness. Mental Health America [...]
LIVE YOUR LIFE WELL
Live Your Life Well is a presentation about stress and the workplace that includes a clinically tested program of 10 actions that can help all of us improve our mental health, no matter where we are on the mental health spectrum. The consequences of stress impact the way we perform at work and function [...]
BROWN BAG MENTAL HEALTH SEMINARS
Mental Health America of Hawaii offers periodic seminars on important mental health issues. Members of the public, providers, people with mental health problems, and family members are invited to attend. A donation of $10-$25 is requested and they are usually held at Central Union Church on Beretania Street in Honolulu. Past Brown Bag Seminars [...]
ADVOCACY
One of Mental Health America of Hawaii’s most important activities is to vigorously advocate on mental health issues at the Legislature and with state agencies, to act as a voice for those with serious mental illness. We have been doing this since 1942. Recently Mental Health America of Hawaii has advocated for: Hawaii’s Crisis [...]
MAUI BRANCH PROGRAMS
The Maui Branch offers the following services for adults: • Educational classes and support groups for families who have a loved one with mental illness (co-sponsored with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hawaii). • Support group for men incarcerated in Maui County Community Correctional facility • Mental Health First Aid trainings (how to [...]
PONO YOUTH PROGRAM
The Pono Youth Program aims to reduce risk and cultivate resiliency in the young people of Hawai`i, placing special emphasis on reaching those 10 – 24 years of age from high-risk communities, cultures, identities, and housing statuses. The overarching program includes a 6-point approach commonly referred to as ‘pillars.’ 1. Youth Suicide and Bullying [...]
YOUTH SUICIDE & BULLYING PREVENTION
The Youth Suicide and Bullying Prevention Program, created by Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi in 2008, has trained more than 30,000 youth and adults in the last 15 years. It has three components: Youth Suicide and Bullying Prevention: This evidence informed curriculum aims to increase knowledge and understanding of bullying and suicide, identify risk [...]