Call: 833-456-4566 Text: 45645 (4pm – Midnight ET) Web: www.crisisservicescanada.ca Connecting local distress centre professionals together as a virtual national suicide helpline. Crisis Services Canada (CSC) evolved out of the Canadian Distress Line Network (CDLN) – a national network of existing distress, crisis and suicide prevention line services that has been engaging members since 2002. In recent years, the network has formalized and CSC was formed. Its structure and

A Film by Holly Hardman Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan – all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines (benzos). News and entertainment media portray them in terms of addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that relax nerves. AS PRESCRIBED documents a strikingly different narrative, following eye-opening stories of invisible illness and disability. Boston-based survivor Geraldine Burns leads a grassroots army of “good patients” that help other victims and a

Welcome to Mindful, Compassionate Care (MCCare). If you are affected by prescribed opioid, benzodiazepine, or antidepressant withdrawal, or you support someone who is, this site offers a wealth of resources that can be used to cope well, while healing takes place. Explore and bookmark the tools that resonate best and are most effective, and use them regularly. If you are having a challenging time, be as nurturing, kind and gentle with yourself as you possibly can. Take one br

We run a free telephone helpline 01179500002 (10am-3pm Monday to Thursday) ​available to anybody in the UK. There are often occasions when we experience a high volume of calls: if you are unable to get through, please keep trying or email us. Regretfully, we are rarely able to return calls or provide in-depth advice via email. The Project provides a safe & supportive atmosphere to discuss the problems of taking & withdrawing from benzodiazepines & other psychotropic medicine.

benzo.org.uk is dedicated to sufferers of iatrogenic benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction and is the original home of the Ashton Manual. Launched on July 6, 2000, this web site has always been a work in progress consisting of articles, information, expert medical documents, news stories and personal accounts. You can navigate this site by category on the Archive page or using the A-Z site index. A good place to begin is the FAQ Document. Visit this Resource Website: benzo.o

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a new disease and what could happen can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Public health actions, such as social distancing, can make people feel isolated and lonely and can increase stress and anxiety. However, these actions are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Coping with stress in a healthy way will make you, the people you care abo

Phone: 988 / 800-273-TALK (8255) Web: 988lifeline.org UPDATE Formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional bes

Call: 0800 58 58 58 (UK) Web/Chat: thecalmzone.net We’re the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and we’re taking a stand against suicide. That means standing against feeling shit, standing up to stereotypes and standing together to show life is always worth living. 125 lives are lost every week to suicide. And 75% of all UK suicides are male. We exist to change this. We do it by provoking conversation, running life-saving services, and bringing people together so they r

Our mission is to make evidence-based improvements to the prescribing of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. The Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices’ primary objective is to significantly reduce the number of benzodiazepine withdrawal sufferers by reducing the number of new prescriptions for benzodiazepines and Z-drugs, limit the duration of use, and provide an evidence-based pathway for deprescribing. Our focus is to illustrate the problems associated with benzodiazepines, i