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Harleen F. Quinzel

anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. he would be better advised to ... put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart through the world. there, in the horrors of prisons, lunatic asylums and hospitals, in drab suburban pubs, in brothels and gambling-hells, in the salons of the elegant, the stock exchanges, socialist meetings, churches, revivalist gatherings and ecstatic sects, through love and hate, through the experience of passion in every form in his own body, he would reap richer stores of knowledge than text-books a foot thick could give him, and he will know how to doctor the sick with real knowledge of the human soul.

Resources

Following is a list of toll-free telephone numbers for resources available in the United States:

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  • ChildHelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (422-4453) or 1-800-2-A-CHILD (222-4453, TDD for hearing impaired)
  • National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-25-ABUSE (252-2873)
  • Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: 1-800-448-3000 or 1-800-448-1833 (TDD)
  • Covenant House Hotline: 1-800-999-9999
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE / 1-800-799-7233 and 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
  • National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD): 1-847-831-3438 (long distance)
  • National Mental Health Association: 1-800-969-6642
  • Elder Abuse Hotline: 1-800-252-8966
  • Alzheimer’s Association Hotline: 1-800-621-0379
  • The CDC (Center for Disease Control) National Prevention Information Network: 1-800-458-5231
  • National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342-AIDS (2437)
  • AIDS Hotline in Spanish: 1-800-344-SIDA (7432)
  • AIDS Hotline for the Hearing Impaired: 1-800-243-7889 (TDD)
  • National Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline: 1-800-227-8922
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease & AIDS/HIV Information Hotline: 1-800-332-2437, TTY - 1-800-332-3889 (Ohio)
  • Parent Hotline: 1-800-840-6537
  • Poison Control Any Kind of Substance: 1-800-662-9886
  • Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222
  • Nationwide RAINN National Rape Crisis Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
  • Missing Children Network: 1-800-235-3535
  • Thursday’s Child’s National Youth Advocacy Hotline at 1-800-USA-KIDS (872-5137)
  • National Hotline for Missing and Exploited Children: 1-800-843-5678
  • National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
  • Child Find of America Hotline: 1-800-I-AM-LOST (426-5678)
  • CONFIDENTIAL Runaway Hotline: 1-800-231-6946
  • Parent Abduction Hotline: 1-800-292-9688
  • 24/7 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Referral Service (Private, High End Facilities) 1-800-521-7128
  • The Alcohol & Drug Addiction Resource Center 1-800-390-4056
  • Boys Town National Hotline 1-800-448-3000
  • National Drug Information Treatment and Referral Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
  • Al-ateen: 1-800-352-9996
  • Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention: 1-800-234-0246
  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline and Treatment: 1-800-234-0420
  • Alcohol Hotline Support & Information: 1-800-331-2900
  • National Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-442-HOPE (4673)