Resources
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Key Resources
- Mental Health Division (Washington State)
- National Association of State Mental Health Directors
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Washington State Legislature
Advocacy
- ADAWatch.org
- Alternative Mental Health
- Children's Alliance
- Institute for Community Inclusion
- Mental Disability Rights International
- Mental Health Activist
- Mental Health Matters
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Mental Health Association
- National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
- PsychRights
- Treatment Advocacy Center
- Washington Health Empowerment Network (WHEN)
- Washington Protection & Advocacy System
- World Federation for Mental Health
Aging and Mental Health
- Administration on Aging
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Society on Aging
- Athealth.com
- Helpguide
- Impact
- Mental Health: A Report of
the Surgeon General
- NCOA Center of Health Aging Mental Health Resources
- Positive Aging Resource Center
- SAMHSA Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center
Children
- A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free
- Able Child
- About Our Kids
- Administration for Children & Families
- Adoptive Parents Network
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Psychiatric Association - Children's Issues
- Center for Child and Human Development
- Children's Institute
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
- Mental Health Matters
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
- NIMH - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Promising Practices Network
- SAMHSA - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Wyatt Holliday Foundation
Consumer Websites
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
- Center for Mental Health Services Consumer Affairs Program
Criminal Justice
- 360degrees
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Consensus Project
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- National Institute of Corrections
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Re-entry Policy Council
- UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration
- Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
- Washington State Department of Corrections
Education
- American Institutes for Research
- Center for Mental Health in Schools
- Center for School Mental Health
- Dept. of Early Learning (Washington State)
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Washington State)
- Think College
- Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities
Employment
- Center for Reintegration
- Disability Benefits 101
- Disability Employment 101
- Earnworks.com
- National Business & Disability Council
- Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
- SAMHSA News (article on employment)
- Worksupport.com
Family
- Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
- Family Voices
- National Center of Medical Home Initiatives
- Parent Trust
- ParentHelp
- Parenting With A Mental Illness
- Sibling Support Project
- South King County Resource Support Group
- Youth Suicide Prevention Program
Housing & Homelessness
- Committee to End Homelessness in King County
- Corporation for Supportive Housing
- Homelessness Resource Center
Housing and Mortgages for People with Disabilities- Interagency Council on Homelessness
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Center on Family Homelessness
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
- Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness
- SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR)
- Stepping Stones Manual (for assisting with Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income applications)
- Washington State Coalition for the Homeless
International Resources
- The World Federation for Mental Health
- World Health Organization
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (U.S.)
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists (U.K)
Law & Policy
- American Bar Association
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
- Commonwealth Fund
- Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- Kaiser Network
- MacArthur Research Network on Mental Health and the Law
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- Resource Center for Health Policy
- Urban Institute
- Washington State Legislature
- Washington Administrative Code - Dept. of Social & Health Services
- Washington State Institute for Public Policy
- World Health Organization - World Health Report: Mental Health Policy and Service Provision
Media Relations
- Developing Effective Media Communications Skills
- Let the World Know: Make Your Cause News
- Working with the Media
- 10-1/2 Hot Tips for Small-Town Op-Ed Writers
Prevention
- Ounce of Prevention Fund
- Parental Depression Screening for Pediatric Clinicians
- Postpartum Depression - Speak Up When You're Down
- Prevent Child Abuse America
- University of Washington Developmental Pathways Project
- Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Youth Suicide Prevention Program
Publications
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Harvard Health Publications
- National Institute on Aging
- SAMHSA's Mental Health Information Center
- Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Publications
Recovery
- Center For Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Elimination of Barriers Initiative
- Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Resource Kits (SAMHSA)
- Guide To Evidence-Based Practices on the Web (SAMHSA)
- Institute for Recovery and Community Integration
- Institute for the Study of Human Resilience
- Mary Ellen Copeland - Mental Health Recovery & WRAP
- National Association of Peer Specialists
- National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery (SAMHSA)
- National Empowerment Center (NEC)
- National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
- New Century Consumer Coalition
- Paths to Recovery
- Recovery Wisconsin
- Talking Cure
- US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
- What A Difference A Friend Makes
Research
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Commonwealth Fund - Surveys & Data
- DSHS Division of Research & Data Analysis
- DSHS Mental Health Division Research and Data Analysis
- Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI)
- Human Services Research Institute
- National Association of Mental Health Program Directors
- National Institute on Aging
- National Mental Health Research Association
- National Research and Training Center (UI at Chicago)
- Research & Training Center for Children's Mental Health
- Research & Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Social Development Research Group
- SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies
- SAMHSA Mental Health Statistics
- SAMHSA Mental Health Topics
- SAMHSA Publications (Mental Health)
- SAMHSA Services Research
- Veteran's Administration Center for Practice Management & Outcomes Research
- Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research & Training
Rural Mental Health
- Center for Rural Mental Health Research
- Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network
- National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
- National Rural Health Association
- Office of Rural Health Policy
- Rural Assistance Center
- Research and Training Center:Rural
Stigma
- Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research
- Developing a Stigma Reduction Initiative
- In Our Own Voice: Living With Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
- SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center)
- StigmaBusters (NAMI)
- Stigma: Building Awareness And Understanding About Mental Illness
- Stigma Watch (NMHA)
- What A Difference A Friend Makes
Suicide
- American Association of Suicidology (sponsor of Suicide Prevention Week)
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Center of Disease Control and Prevention (report on youth suicide)
- Department of Health (youth suicide prevention fact sheet)
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- King County Public Health (GLBT youth suicide)
- Lok-It-Up (safe storage of firearms)
- Medline Plus
- National Institute of Mental Health (suicide statistics and prevention)
- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
- SAMHSA's National Suicide Prevention Initiative
- Suicide Prevention Action Network
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Suicide Survivor Support Groups in Washington
- TeensHealth
- Youth Suicide Prevention Program (a Washington State program)
Technical Assistance
- BoardSource: Building Effective Non-Profit Boards
- Consumer Organization & Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC)
- International Center for Clubhouse Development
- National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center (NCSTAC)
- National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Support Technical Assistance Resource Center (STAR)
Technology
- Rebooting Behavioral Healthcare (article)
Telehealth
Toolkits
Training Resources
Transformation
- APA Lauds Action Agendas to Transform U.S. Mental Health System
- Consumer-Directed Transformation to a Recover-Based Mental Health System
- SAMHSA Mental Health Transformation Trends: A Periodic Briefing (online publications)
- State of Connecticut Mental Health Transformation
- State of Florida Mental Health Transformation
- State of Missouri Mental Health Transformation
- State of Ohio Mental Health Transformation
- State of Oklahoma Mental Health Transformation
- State of Texas Mental Health Transformation
- Transforming Mental Health Care in America, The Federal Action Agenda: First Steps
Youth/Young Adults (websites for)
- Active Minds
- Headroom
- Jed Foundation
- Mind Your Mind
- Reality Check
- Ulifeline
- What A Difference A Friend Makes
- Youth N Action
Washington State Mental Health Organizations
- Department of Social & Health Services Mental Health Division
- SAMHSA State Statistics on Mental Health in Washington
