Links
The following independently produced and sponsored sites may be of
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National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI National)
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest
grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of
persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979,
NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national organization
including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities
across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy,
research, support, and education.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: Pennsylvania
NAMI's State Affiliate
Montgomery County Emergency
Service
MCES is a provider of a comprehensive array of clinical, educational, and
outreach services. The MCES website offers information on suicide
prevention, guardianship, and police training. NAMI Montgomery County works with
MCES on a variety of programs, including police
school.
MCES Community Lectures
- download the 2010 brochure.
Mental Health Resource Guide
Mental health resource guide covering Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.
Network
of Care (Pennsylvania)
This Web site is a resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned
with behavioral health. It provides information about behavioral health
services, laws, and related news, as well as communication tools and other
features.
TriCounty Community Network (TCN)
The TriCounty Community Network (TCN) is a link where community providers,
agencies and businesses can turn for collaborative solutions to problems; a
vehicle to help community members identify important resources; a link to find
critical community services.
Compeer Program
of Suburban Philadelphia
The Compeer Program of Suburban Philadelphia has been making new friends for
adults in mental health recovery since 1991. We are one of many programs in 33
states and Canada. We match caring, trained volunteers with adults in
one-on-one, same-gender, co-equal friendships in Delaware and Montgomery
Counties. We accept written referrals from local mental health care providers
and their support programs.
The UPenn Coalition on
Community Integration
The UPENN COLLABORATIVE ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION is the Rehabilitation Research
and Training Center (RRTC) devoted to promoting community integration for
individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
Community Integration is the opportunity to live in the community and be valued
for one's uniqueness and abilities, like everyone else.
The Disability Voting
Coalition of PA (DVC of PA)
A growing, cross-disability organization of people committed to improving the
voting experiences of people with disabilities. We focus on voting rights,
access to voting and voter education. Phone: 412-391-3820, ext. 2002. Fax:
412-391-3825
Toll-Free: 1-877-391-3820.
Rachel Freund, Project Coordinator
National Institute of
Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical and behavioral research
agency of the United States Government. NIH is a component of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Child & Adolescent Bipolar
Foundation
An important site serving children with mood disorders.
Depression and Bipolar
Support Alliance (DBSA)
Information about depression and bipolar illness. Formerly the National
Depression and Manic-Depression Association.
Psych Central
Resource Directory
A huge, annotated list of mental health web links.
InteliHealth
- Harvard Medical School Health Information
A terrific site for medical news.
Disability Is Natural
Commentary and resources by Kathie Snow. Includes the article
People First Language.
This article—first written in 1991, updated
regularly, and distributed widely—is considered by many to be the clearest,
simplest, and most comprehensive article on the power of language. Individuals, schools, and organizations across the
country and around the world use this article to teach others the importance of
using respectful and dignified words.
People needing help meeting the cost of medication may benefit from
manufacturer's patient assistance programs.
Medicare's Pharmaceutical
Assistance Program Links
RxAssist
Patient Assistance Program Center
NAMI's List of Patient Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
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