DDRN - Links, Grants and Funding Resources
Dual Diagnosis Recovery Network and Foundations Associates can not control the content of the external web sites we link to. We display these links and on subsequent pages as a convenience and possible resource only. Our links to an external web sites or organizations does not imply any endorsement or affiliation. Athealth.com is a leading provider of mental health information and services for mental health practitioners and those they serve.American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - This is a wonderful and educational site for people who have children who suffer from mental illness. Informative and easy to navigate, the site offers news alerts, fact sheets for parents, legislative action, publications, research, and best of all, a regional organization and doctor directory.
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - An excellent resource for the elderly mentally ill, this site offers news, consumer information, a bookstore, advocacy programs, bulletin boards, a member meeting place, and education and research links.
American's with Disabilities Act - ADA Home Page, U.S. Department of Justice.
American Mental Health Counselors Association - This is a wonderful site to search for counselors nationwide. It also features consumer information, free publications, news, and links.
American Psychiatric Association - This website is an excellent resource for issues with psychiatry, mental health, and patient advocacy and rights. News, research resources, advocacy, patient rights, publications, and links.
American
Psychiatric Nurses Association - (APNA) is a professional organization which
represents the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing. It is
the largest national association of psychiatric nurses. The membership of APNA
consists of nurses at both the general and specialist levels of practice. APNA
is committed to facilitating and supporting opportunities for dynamic
interaction and participation among the membership. We provide forums for
collaborative relationships, partnerships, and networks with mental health
consumers and other healthcare professional groups.
American
Psychological Association - The American Psychological Association (APA), in
Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization
representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest
association of psychologists.
American Self-Help Clearinghouse - This guide has been developed to act as your starting point for exploring real-life support groups and networks that are available throughout the world and in your community. The organizations listed in this directory can help you find and/or start a support group in your community.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - This website is wonderful for advocating patient rights among the mentally ill. Informative and well presented, it includes news alerts, housing assistance, publications, community resources for the elderly, advocacy resources for children, and links to other groups.
Center For Mental Health Services - This site promotes education of mental illnesses in a big way. There is a list of statistics regarding mental illness, as well as news and a searchable database.
Internet Mental Health - Knowledge must be shared. Our goal is to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness throughout the world.
Med Web - If you choose the "browse by keyword" option, you will find the largest mental health search engine on the net.
Mental Health Consumer Concerns - As a nonprofit corporation founded in 1976 by and for mental health clients, our mission is to advocate for the rights of mental health clients everywhere.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - This site is one of the best resources for the mentally ill. Large and user-friendly, the site offers extensive information on patient rights, advocacy, consumer information, news, and a helpline section. There is also a bookstore complete with a reviews section, and a search engine for mental health advocacy topics.
National Empowerment Center, Inc. - The Mission of the National Empowerment Center is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been diagnosed with mental illness.
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association - This website is full of valuable information on two of the most common mood disorders in the family of mental illnesses. There are extensive resources for all age groups, including news, patient assistance, advocacy, publications, success stories, regional directory, and a comprehensive list of support groups nation wide.
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, a consumer-run national technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement. We help connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and we offer expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.
National Mental Health Organization - "Caring for your mental health" is this organization's logo, and they mean it! News, legislative alerts, free publications, extensive resources, links and more. Very easy to navigate.
National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network - If you want to learn about mental health and related issues, this is the place to go. It has one of the largest databases on the internet, along with publications, news, consumer info, a kids area, Spanish translation, information on funding your mental health care, and links to other services.
Nevada Recovery Guide - Nevada's leading resource guide for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health treatment centers, as well as counselors and programs. A wide array of recovery information and resources including personal stories, a bulletin board, chat, affirmations, and professional resources.
Mental Health InfoSource - Your source for Mental Health Education. CME, Inc., a division of CMP Healthcare Group, offers the latest information and educational resources for primary care and mental health professionals. Continuing Medical Education Inc. is the leading independent provider of continuing medical education in the U.S.A.
Psych Web - Though the site is aimed at students and professionals of the psychology area of study, it has numerous resources for consumers as well. You can research their database for information on disorders, treatments, and case studies.
Psych Central - Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page, your personalized one-stop index for psychology, support, and mental health issues, resources, and people on the Internet, since 1995.
Psychiatric Times is the most widely read publication in the field of psychiatry, and it is available to you online. This monthly resource features outstanding columnists, compelling features, vital clinical news, intriguing special reports, career opportunities and the chance to earn Category 1 credit. You can peruse the most recent issue online or search archived issues for articles related to your topic of interest.PULSE is a free service of the Centre for Community Change International, gathering new and noteworthy Internet resources for mental health providers, family members of individuals with mental illness, consumers of mental health services and consumer advocates. A great source of new articles and resources, many about co-occurring disorders.
SAMHSA - is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
Surviving The System - ...and learning to live again. "Please help us to help others, especially our children, through love and education, not incarceration!" An excellent forum for those who are, or have been, involved in the criminal justice system to share their experience, strength, and hope and help others to know what to expect, what to do, what not to do, that we all have rights, and how to make it through the difficult times that they may be experiencing.
The Carter Center Mental Health - Even though an increasing body of research shows that mental illnesses are biochemical in nature and therefore not under the control of sufferers, public awareness and recognition of those findings are still inadequate. The Mental Health Program seeks to help by addressing public policy issues through the activities of The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force and the annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.
The Center For Patient Advocacy - Representing patients world wide, this site offers direct contact with patient advocacy representatives. It also has much information on patient's rights and is updated constantly.
The New Social Worker Online - The place for social workers on the net. Newsletters, chat, jobs, related links, resources, books, education directory, and message board.
The
Treatment Advocacy Center - The Treatment Advocacy Center is working to
strengthen assisted treatment laws across the country in an effort to reduce
such devastating consequences, and to enhance the quality of life for these
individuals and their communities.
Univ. of New Jersey Behavioral Healthcare Resource Guide - A comprehensive website with featuring meetings, organizations and general resources in behavioral healthcare and telehealth.
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