Below is a list of mental health, father’s rights and domestic violence resources for men in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. This is a growing list that is just getting started. If you find it is missing organization or discover a new one, let me know.
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United States
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline -Text or call 988, if your are a vet hit 1 or visit https://988lifeline.org/
- In the USA, contact National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on 800-950-6264 or Text NAMI to 741741.
- Face-It Foundation – https://www.faceitfoundation.org
- Mental Health America – https://mhanational.org/
- Crisis hotlines and resources – https://www.apa.org/topics/crisis-hotlines
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – https://nami.org/help
- Man Up Mentality – https://manupmentality.com/
- StrongHearts Native Helpline – https://strongheartshelpline.org/get-help
- Volunteers of America – Get Help – Volunteers of America
- Movember – https://us.movember.com/about/mental-health
- The Fathers Right Movement – https://www.tfrm.org
- Equal Not Less Project – https://www.enlproject.org
- Fathers Help Project – https://www.fathershelpnetwork.org
- America For Equal Shared Parenting: https://afesp.com
- All Pro Dad – https://allprodadchapters.com/
- Black Fathers Foundation – https://www.blackfathersfoundation.org/about
- Center for Family Policy and Practice – https://cffpp.org/
- Fathering Together – https://fatheringtogether.org/
- The Fatherhood Project – https://www.thefatherhoodproject.org/support/
- Fathers Incorporated – https://fathersincorporated.com/about-us/
- Fathers’ Uplift – https://www.fathersuplift.org/
- National Fatherhood Initiative – https://www.fatherhood.org/father-absence-statistic
- Domestic Shelters – A Guide for Male Survivors of Domestic Violence
- Canada
- For Domestic Violence Assistance call 1-800-799-7233 – The National Domestic Violence Hotline
Canada
- Suicide.ca – https://suicide.ca/en
- The 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline will offer 24/7/365, trauma-informed and culturally appropriate suicide prevention crisis support in English and French by phone and text for everyone living in Canada.
- Wellness Together Canada – https://www.wellnesstogether.ca/en-CA?lang=en-ca
- Talk Suicide Canada – https://talksuicide.ca/
- Mental health support: Get help – https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html
- The Good Men Project – https://goodmenproject.com/
- Man Therapy – https://mantherapy.org/
- The Lifeline Canada Foundation – https://thelifelinecanada.ca/
- Heads Up Guys – https://headsupguys.org/
- For Domestic Violence Assistance call 1-800-799-7233 – The National Domestic Violence Hotline
Australia
- Lifeline Australia, Call 13 11 14 24/7 Crisis Support or visit: lifeline.org.au.
- Suicide Call Back Service – https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
- Beyond Blue – https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
- MensLine Australia: call 1330 789 978 or go to – www.mensline.org.au.
- Australian Men’s Shed Association – https://mensshed.org
- 13 Yarn – https://www.13yarn.org.au/ – If you, or someone you know, are feeling worried or no good, we encourage you to connect with 13YARN on 13 92 76 (24 hours/7 days) and talk with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter.
- You Got This Mate – https://yougotthismate.com.au/
- Open Arms (Veterans and Families Counselling) – https://www.openarms.gov.au/
- The Male Hug – https://themalehug.com.au/
- Dads in Distress – https://parentsbeyondbreakup.com/dids/
- Man Up Tas – https://www.manuptas.com/
- Man Up WA – https://www.manupwa.org.au/
- Australia’s Men’s Health Forum – https://www.amhf.org.au/mens_mental_health
- Healthy Male – https://www.healthymale.org.au/
- The National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line -Call 1800 737 732 or online (internet) counselling is available at www.1800respect.org.au.
- Commonwealth Bank domestic and family violence assistance –commbank.com.au/support/dv-assistance.html.
- Escaping Violence Payment (EVP) Program – www.unitingvictas.org.au/services/family-services/family-violence-services/escaping-violence-payment
- Men’s Rights Agency (QLD) – Call 07 3805 5611 or 0409 269 621 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Or go to their website at www.mensrights.com.au.
- NRMA domestic and family violence assistance – nrma.com.au/fdv-assistance.
United Kingdom
- In the UK, Call 116 123 to talk to Samaritans, or email: jo@samaritans.org for a reply within 24 hours.
- In the UK, Text “SHOUT” to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line, or text “YM” if you’re under 19.
- Andy’s Man Club: ANDYSMANCLUB – It’s Okay To Talk
- NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/
- Mind – https://www.mind.org.uk/
- Centre for Mental Health – https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/helplines-and-crisis-contacts
- MANUP? – https://www.manup.how/
- Fathers 4 Justice – http://fathers-4-justice.org
- ManKind Initiative – For domestic violence support call 01823 334244 – http://www.mankind.org.uk/
- Galop – For domestic violence support call 0800 999 5428 or visit https://galop.org.uk/get-help/helplines/