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Mental Health and Disability Advocacy and Information
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Mental Health and Disability Advocacy and Information
- Active
Minds on Campus is a student-run mental health awareness,
education, and advocacy organization designed for the college campus.
- ADDResource.com is a search
engine and directory on Attention Deficit Disorders and other learning
disabilities.
- American Association on Mental
Retardation (AAMR) promotes progressive
policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal
human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- American Bar Association's
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability.
- American Bar Association's Pro
Bono legal services for the poor.
- Amicus for Children offers free services to help parents advocate for their children
with disabilities.
- The Arc, a national organization
advocating for people with mental retardation.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Order (ADHD) Information Library
- The
Bright Side- Wings of Support: Offering free support services for people dealing with
a crisis, addiction, coping with a mental disorder, or just feeling
overwhelmed with life.
- Campaign for Mental Health Reform:
A collaboration of some of the nation's leading mental health advocacy
groups, founded by the Bazelon Center, NAMI, National Association
of State Mental Health Program Directors and the National Mental Health
Association.
- CHADD,
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit./Hyperactivity Disorder
- Connect for Kids
- The
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities— national organizations
working for public policy that ensures the independence, empowerment
and integration of children and adults with disabilities
in all aspects of society.
- The Council of Parent Attorneys and
Advocates (COPAA) promotes improved educational opportunities for
children with disabilities.
- The Depression and
Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is a patient-directed national
advocacy organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses
- depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters
an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening
illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and
information written in language the general public can understand.
DBSA supports
research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective
and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works
to
ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably.
- ABLE
Action Org
- disABILITY Information and Resources has an extensive list of Legal
and Advisory Resources.
- Disability Rights Education and Defense
Fund (DREDF).
- Dual Diagnosis Website,
for resources on mental illness and substance abuse disorder.
- EEOC site has
information about filing a claim under the Americans with Disabilities
Act.
- Families, USA—a national
advocate for health and long-term care services.
- Federation of Families for Children's
Mental Health
- Free Medications
for Low-Income People has a list of psychotropic medications with
corresponding companies that feature patient-assistance programs and
their contact numbers.
- Handling Your Psychiatric
Disability in Work and School is an interactive website.
- The Institute
on Community Integration site has resources for people with developmental
disabilities.
- Job Accommodation Network's
page has information and links for implementing the employment protections
of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- The Law, Health Policy
and Disability at the University of Iowa College of Law.
- The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
- MacArthur
Research Network on Mental Health and the Law based at the University
of Virginia's Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.
- Mental Disability Rights International
(MDRI) is an international non-governmental advocacy organization
dedicated to the recognition and enforcement of the rights of people
with mental
disabilities.
- National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill (NAMI)
- NAPAS (National
Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems) brings together
the network of state agencies protecting the rights of people with
mental
illness or developmental disabilities.
- NARPA (National Association for Rights
Protection & Advocacy), working to protect the rights and enhance
the dignity of people with mental health disabilities and people
in
recovery.
- National Center for Youth Law includes full text of articles on a range of legal issues, with links
to the center's cases.
- National Center for Mental Health
and Juvenile Justice: The Purpose of the National Center for Juvenile
Justice is to promote awareness of the mental health needs of youth
in the juvenile justice system and assist the field in developing improved
policies and programs based on the best available research and practice.
- National Coalition of Mental
Health Professionals and Consumers works to address the negtive
impact of managed care on mental health.
- National Council on Disability,
an independent federal agency working with the President and the
Congress to increase the inclusion, independence and empowerment of
all Americans
with disabilities.
- National Resource Center on Homelessness
and Mental Illness
- National Information Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- National Mental Health Association.
- The multidisciplinary research and service Project
on Disability Politics at the University of Arkansas.
- Ragged Edge magazine.
- Resource Center to Address
Discrimination and Stigma: This website is a project of the Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS) offering resources and information
about effective approaches for people combatting discrimination and
stigma.
- Recovery Website details best
practices and other components of a mental health consumer-driven recovery
process.
- SAMHSA's managed care
web site has information on trends, developments and hot topics
in public sector substance abuse and mental health services.
- S.S.A.S. Connect is a public posting
board on Social Security (including disability) claims with links to
the law and regulations.
- Shocked, comprehensive information
on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
- Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
- Voices for America's Children
- Walkers in Darkness has resources,
forums and chat rooms for people with mental or emotional disorders.
- The National Women's Health Information Center's Women
with Disabilities has pages and links on psychiatic disabilities.
- World Federation for Mental Health
Other mental health and disability resources
- ADDitude Magazine is a consumer
resource with information for children and adults with attention deficit
disorder.
- Americans with
Disabilities Act Document Center—a comprehensive site on ADA
with links to many resources.
- The Carter
Center's mental health page.
- The Center for Health Care Strategies
has extensive resources on managed care, including reviews of Medicaid
managed care contracts in most states.
- The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
site has practical information and links on rehabilitation and reasonable
accommodation for people with mental illnesses, including a
national survey showing that people with psychiatric conditions
have made outstanding contributions to the work.
- Richard Cohen's site
tells how to get "Hurry Tomorrow" and his other documentary films.
- The Council on Quality and Leadership
is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
the quality of services and supports to people with disabilities
through
its accreditation services, training programs, and research division.
- Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology
Tips—aimed at prescribers but also of interest to consumers
and advocates.
- Fetal Alcohol and
Drug Unit, a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research unit at the University
of Washington School of Medicine.
- Louis de la Porte Florida Mental
Health Institute
- HalfthePlanet.com, created
by and for people touched by disabilities, offers information, products
and services.
- Healthfinder is a comprehensive
resource site of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
- Healthlinks has a comprehensive
online directory for health care professionals.
- Health Advocacy
program at Sarah Lawrence College offers the nation's only masters degree
in this growing field.
- The Institute on Independent
Living, a link to research on international independent living
policies for people with disabilities.
- KinderStart.Com is an indexed
directory for parents and caregivers.
- Publications on Vocational
Rehabilitation Services at Matrix Research Institute
- MedAccess on William
Glazer's Solutions site has resources on access to the newer "atypical"
psychotropic medications.
- Mental Disability Rights International
documents human rights abuses abroad, promotes international oversight
and has supported the development of mental disability advocacy in Hungary,
Romania, the Czech Republic, Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico.
- National Council for Community Behavioral
Healthcare.
- Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance (DBSA) has support and advocacy resources and information
about these diagnoses.
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
has information on Medicaid.
- The National Mental Health
Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), sponsored by the Center
for Mental Health Services.
- Psychiatric Service Dogs are among
the dogs trained to assist people with disabilities.
- SAMHSA—Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration home page.
- Through the Looking Glass (TLG):
A a non-profit agency that provides direct services, training, materials
and research concerning families in which a child, parent or grandparent
has a disability or medical issue.
- The Thomas S. Szasz Cybercenter for
Liberty and Responsibility ("The Szasz Site")
- WebABLE, a directory of disability-related
Internet resources.
- UCLA's Center for Mental Health
in Schools has resources for educators, parents and mental health
professionals.
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