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.
ADDResources.org is a nonprofit organization providing information, support and help to enable people with ADD/ADHD achieve their full potential.
American Association on Mental
Retardation (AAMR) promotes progressive
policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal
human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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.
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 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.
Free Medications
for Low-Income People has a list of psychotropic medications with
corresponding companies that feature patient-assistance programs and
their contact numbers.
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.
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.
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 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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
