APOS offers a Toll-Free HELPLINE ~ a national resource provided to help people with cancer and their caregivers find counseling services in their own communities.
Thanks to a generous, unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, APOS has a toll-free Helpline through which cancer patients, caregivers and advocacy organizations may obtain referrals for local counseling services throughout the United States. This referral program aims to connect cancer patients and their caregivers to psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers and counselors skilled in the management of cancer-related distress.

To request a confidential referral, please call: Toll Free 1-866-276-7443
(1-866-APOS-4-HELP) or you may send an e-mail to the Helpline.

The following information is requested:

• caller's name (spelling of the last name)
• contact phone number(s), including area code
• patient’s city/town and state of residence
• area code of the location where you are searching for a referral
• patient’s cancer diagnosis

Calls are accepted 24 hours a day through a voicemail system and then handled by trained staff members who have access to a national directory of community mental health resources. If no resources can be identified in the patient’s community, a mental health professional from the Helpline staff will provide counseling via telephone to callers in crisis. Helpline inquiries will normally be returned within 24 to 48 hours.


Disclaimer:
This service is not a substitute for seeking proper medical care or advice and serves only to provide referral information for support and counseling services to patients, their care-givers and advocacy organizations. If you feel you are in urgent need of medical attention or support services, please contact your physician or area hospital for immediate assistance.