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Useful Links
Cyndie Ford Purdy, LMHC
Licensed mental health Counselor
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY - - PLEASE CALL THE 24/7 CRISIS LINE 352.726.7155. IF THE EMERGENCY IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION, CALL 9-1-1 OR GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF YOUR NEAREST HOSPITAL
These resources may be out of date. I am discontinuing the useful links site as of March 1, 2022. I apologize for any inconvenience.
ADDICTIONS
Addictions and Recovery http://www.addictionsandrecovery.org/
Alcohol Screening www.AlcoholScreening.org
Alcohol Use Survey and Results http://www.CheckYourDrinking.net
Drug Screening www.DrugScreening.org
Faces and Voices of Recovery http://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders www.fascenter.samhsa.gov
www.fasworld.com
Food Addictions http://www.foodaddicts.org/
Moms off Meth www.momsoffmeth.com
Narconon 1.800.556.8885
Quit Alcohol www.quitalcohol.com
Rethinking Drinking http://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/
Sex Addiction http://sexualaddicton.wordpress.com
Smart Recovery - Self Management Recovery Therapy www.smartrecovery.com
Treatment Facility Locator - SAMHSA
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/TreatmentLocator/faces/about.jspx
CAREGIVERS INFORMATION
Grannynannies.com www.grannynannies.com
Adult Day Care http://www.nadsa.org/
Nursing Facilities http://www.skillednursingfacilities.org
Assisted Living Facilities http://www.assistedlivingfacilities.org
Home Health Care http://homehealthcareagencies.com
Adult Day Care http://adultdaycare.org
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
CEA-H.O.W. - Citrus County 352.726.5882
Citrus Citizen's Information Line 352.527.2106
Citrus County Animal Services 352.726.7660 http://www.citruscritters.com/
e-mail: xan.rawls@bocc.citrus.fl.us
Citrus County Chamber of Commerce 352.726.2801
Citrus County Chronicle www.chronicleonline.com
Citrus County Information www.citrus411.com
Citrus County Sheriff 352.726.4488 www.sheriffcitrus.org
Crystal River Police 352.795.4241
Department of Elder Affairs 1.800.963.5337 http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/
Department of Health and Human Services www.floridahealth.gov
Florida Department of Children and Families www.florida.com/accessflorida
Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Counseling and Mental Health Counseling http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/
Florida Department of Law Enforcement 1.850.410.7000 www.fdle.state.fl.us
Florida Department of Veteran's Affairs www.floridavets.org
Florida Highway Patrol Dial FHP from any cell phone www.fhp.state.fl.us
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation www.floir.com
EATING DISORDERS
Academy of Eating Disorders http://www.aedweb.org
Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED) http://www.anred.com/
Harvard Eating Disorder Center (HEDC) http://www.hedc.org/
International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP)
www.iaedp.com
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD) http://www.anad.org
National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
The Renfrew Center Foundation http://www.renfrew.org/
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
352.726-7155 - 24/7 CRISIS HOTLINE
Citrus County Fire 352.527.5406
Citrus Emergency Management 352.746.6555
Citrus County Sheriff 352.726.4488 www.sheriffcitrus.org
Crisis Hotlines in Florida http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/florida-suicide-hotlines.html
Crystal River Police 352.795.4241
Florida Division of Emergency Management www.FloridaDisaster.org
Florida Emergency Information Line (during disasters only) 1.800.342.3557
Florida Highway Patrol - Dial FHP from any cell phone www.fhp.state.fl.us
Hotline - Citrus and Marion Counties 352.726.7155
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1.800.273.8255 www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
INFORMATION
Help Guide www.helpguide.org
Legal Action Center www.lac.org
Medicare - Medicaid http://www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp
Social Security http://www/ssa.gov
MEDICAL
Citrus Memorial Hospital 352.726.1551 www.citrusmh.com
Munroe Regional Medical Center 352.867.8181 1.800.575.3975 TDD: 352.867.8168
Seven Rivers Regional Hospital 352.795.8424 www.srrmc.com
MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) 1.800.826.3632 http://www.dbsalliance.org/
Depression Screening www.depressionscreening.org
Freedom From Fear http://www.freedomfromfear.org
Mental Health America www.mentalhealthamerica.net
Mental Health Screening www.mentalhealthscreening.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/
Florida Chapter www.namifl.org
National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation http://www.ocfoundation.org/
PTSD Resources
Gift From Within 1.207.236.8858 http.//www.giftfrom within.org/
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 1.847.480.9028
http://www.istss.org/
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 1.802.296.5132
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/
National Center for Victims of Crime 1.202.467.8700 http://www.ncvc.org/
Sidran Institute 1.888.825.8249 http://www.sidran.org/
Survivors Art Foundation http://www.survivorsartfoundation.org
Witness Justice 1.800.4WJ.HELP http.//www.witnessjustice.org/index.cfm
Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
MISCELLANEOUS SITES OF INTEREST
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) www.aspca.org
American Association of Retired Persons http://www.aarp.org
Arizona State University www.asu.edu
Geocaching http://www.geocaching.com
Graphic Elite Printing - Inverness, FL 352.860.0016 GraphicElite@earthlink.net
Hair Pulling - Skin Picking www.trich.org
Humane Society of the United States http://www.hsus.org/
Juneau, Alaska http://www.juneaualaska.com
Moral Psychology, Dr. Jonathan Haidt www.yourmorals.org and www.civilpolitics.org
PCDH-10 Epilepsy Information - www.PCDH19info.org
Recovery Resource Database www.Treatment4Addiction.com
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI-3) http:www.sassi.com/sassi/index.shtml
Western Carolina University http://www.wcu.edu
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Counseling Association www.counseling.org
American Mental Health Counselors Association www.amhca.org
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) http://www.asam.org/
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) www.cacrep.org
Florida Counseling Association http://www.flacounseling.org
Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) http://floridamhca.org
Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others (JACS) http://www.jacsweb.org/
Mothers Against Drunk Driving - MADD http://www.madd.org
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals http://www.naadac.org/
National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment http://www.naabt.org
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) www.napafasa.org
National Association on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability (NAADD) 650.578.8047
National Association for Children of Alcoholics http://www.nacoa.org/
National Association for Native American Children of Alcoholics www.whitebison.org/nanacoa
National Black Alcoholism & Addictions Council (NBAC) http://www.nbacinc.org/
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) http://www.nbcc.org/
National Center for PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder www.ncptsd.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information 1.800.729.6686 http://www.drugabuse.gov/
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence http://www.ncadd.org/
National Families in Action (NFIA) http://www.nationalfamilies.org/
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) http://www.pflag.org/
Partnership for a Drug-Free America http://www.drugfree.org/
Secular Organizations for Sobriety/Save Our Selves (SOS) Clearinghouse http://www.secularsobriety.org/
Self Abuse Finally Ends (SAFE) http://www.selfinjury.com/
Su Familia: The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline
1.866.783.2645 (1.866.SuFamilia)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) www.samhsa.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline (SAMHSA) 1.800.662.HELP
www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Tobacco Cessation 1.800.QUIT-NOW http://www.1800quitnow.cancer.gov/
U.S. Department of health and Human Services http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/
SUPPORT GROUPS
Adult Children of Alcoholics http://www.adultchildren.org/
Afflicted & Affected - New Online Addiction Recovery Broadcast http://www.soberbulldog.com/
Alateen www.alateen.org
Al-Anon www.al-anon.org
Citrus County Al-Anon 352.697.0497
Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Citrus County Nature Coast Intergroup http://www.ncintergroup.com/
Club Recovery of Citrus County http://www.clubrecoveryofcitruscounty.com
Cocaine Anonymous www.ca.org
Co-Dependents Anonymous www.codependents.org
Debtors Anonymous http://www.debtorsanonymous.org/
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Citrus County 352.503.3262
Dual Recovery Anonymous www.draonline.org
Encouragers Support Group Citrus County 352.628.3831 or 352.637.3196
Food Addicts Anonymous www.FoodAddictsAnonymous.org
Marijuana Anonymous http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/
Men in Recovery www.meninrecovery.com
Nar-Anon www.nar-anon.org
Citrus County, Hernando, FL 352.344.5963
Narcotics Anonymous www.na.org
Nicotine Anonymous - NicA www.Nicotine-Anonymous.org
Overcomers Group - Citrus County 352.628.2874
Overeaters Anonymous www.overeatersanonymous.org
Citrus County 352.746.7749 or 352.341.0777
Rational Recovery www.rational.org/recover.html
Sex Addicts Anonymous www.saa-recovery.org
Sexual Addictions www.sexaa.org www.sa.org
SMART Recovery www.smartrecovery.org
SoberBullDog - The Voice of the Recovery Community http://www.soberbulldog.com/
Women for Sobriety www.womenforsobriety.org
Women in Recovery http://www.womeninrecovery.com/