Government Agencies
Substance and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.samhsa.gov
DC Department of Behavioral Health http://www.dbh.dc.gov
DC Department of Health http://doh.dc.gov
DC Department of Employment Services http://does.dc.gov
DC Child and Family Services Administration http://cfsa.dc.gov
Other Organizations
Bazelon http://www.Bazelon.org/
Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation – http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/
Freedom Center – http://www.freedom-center.org/
Health6.com – Comprehensive Health Directory www.health6.com
Help and Healing from Violence – www.witnessjustice.org
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology – http://www.breggin.com
Job Accommodation Network – http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
John Breeding: author – http://www.wildestcolts.com
Madness – http://www.peoplewho.org
Mental Health Recovery – www.mhrecovery.com
MIND – http://www.mind.org.uk/
National Association for Rights, Protection & Advocacy – www.narpa.org
National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center – http://www.ncstac.org
National Mental Health Association – http://www.nmha.org
National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse – http://www.mhselfhelp.org/
National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives: www.nrc-pad.org
Protection & Advocacy Agencies – http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal – http://www.bu.edu/prj/link/ or http://cpr.bu.edu/
Support Coalition International – http://www.mindfreedom.org
The Evaluation Center at the Human Services Research Institute – www.tecathsri.org
Volunteers in Psychotherapy – http://www.ctvip.org
Websites
Reports of Research Proving Recovery is Possible
Recovery Resources, Empowerment:
• http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
• www.mhrecovery.com/recovery.htm
Consumer Rights
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Trauma-informed Care
Sidran Institute
www.sidran.org/
Gift From Within (An International Nonprofit Organization for Survivors of Trauma and Victimization)
www.giftfromwithin.org
Community Connections
www.ccdc1.org
Stigma and mental health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Stigma Busters
www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=fight_stigma
Stamp out Stigma
www.stampoutstigma.com
Mental Health Today
www.mental-health-today.com/stigma
The Carter Center’s Mental Health Program
www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/index.html
Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family
www.familydiv.org/nothingtohide.php
Kids on the block
www.kotb.com/
Breaking the Silence
www.btslessonplans.org
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
www.cpr.bu.edu
SANE
www.sane.org
National Empowerment Center
www.power2u.org/index.html
Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research
www.stigmaresearch.org/
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org
Consumer-Run Technical Assistant Centers
National Empowerment Center http://www.power2u.org/
State-wide Consumer Organizations
On Our Own of Maryland
1521 S Edgewood St. Suite C, Baltimore, MD 21227
800-704-0262, 410-646-0262
Director: Michael Finkle
www.onourownmd.orgVOCAL, Inc.
P.O. Box 1248, Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-243-7878
Director: Brian Parrish
www.vocalsupportcenter.orgFor a full list of state-wide organizations, see http://www.power2u.org/consumerrun-statewide.html