Links to non-PAI resources
Mental health, adult mental health, forensic mental health
- Mentally ill more likely to be crime victims than perpetrators, By Burt Constable, Daily Herald - "The notion that mentally ill people are dangerous, I think, is a dangerous notion," says Mitch Bruski, chief executive officer of the Kenneth Young Center, an Elk Grove Village-based provider of mental health and senior citizens' support services. "They actually statistically are much more likely to be hurt than to hurt other people."
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/index.cfm#subList6 - Summary Guides are short, comprehensive summaries of research reviews, including antidepressant medicines, atypical antipsychotic drugs, and more.
- Asian-American Mental Health On-Line Directory - www.asianmentalhealth.info - mental health resources.
- Asian Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS), Oakland
- The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation - web.bu.edu/SARPSYCH - is affiliated with Sargent College of Allied Health Professions and the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling at Boston University.
- CSSP - The Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, founded by Dr. Peter Breggin, www.breggin.com/ - is a nonprofit research and educational network concerned with the impact of mental health theory and practices on individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values. The site information about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.
- CNMHC - California Network of Mental Health Clients - www.cnmhc.org - CNMHC's mission is to empower clients of the mental health system through self-help groups and networking statewide; to confront stigmatizing attitudes about mental health clients; to promote and instill the rights of clients in and out of treatment situations, with special attention to the right to freedom of choice; to provide every possible reasonable accommodation.
- California Department of Mental Health - www.dmh.ca.gov/
- California Department of Mental Health Ombudsman Program (flyer in PDF format) - www.pai-ca.org/links/DMHOmbudsman.pdf
- California Department of Mental Health Ombudsman Program (flyer in html format) - www.pai-ca.org/links/DMHOmbudsman.htm
- The Center for Peer Networking (CPN) - www.nasmhpd.org/consumernetworking.cfm - a program of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
- Comprehensive Reference Manual guides lawyers, judges, law students, and forensic and other mental disability professionals through the maze of civil and criminal laws, standards, evidentiary pitfalls, and forensic practices that characterize this area of the law.
- Connect for Kids - www.connectforkids.org - helps adults make their communities better places for families and children.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - www.dbsalliance.org/ - improving the lives of people living with bipolar disorders
- Forensic Mental Health Association of California - and the Forensic Mental Health 2008 Conference Review - Moving Ahead: Building a Better Continuum of Care
- Steve Gold's Treasured Nuggets of Information - www.stevegoldada.com - information on housing, medical assistance/medicaid, nursing homes, education, miscellaneous ADA information
- Healthy Families - http://healthyfamilies.ca.gov - mental health services for children and families
- Impact: Feature Issue on Disaster Preparedness and People with Disabilities - from the Institute on Community Integration - strategies, stories and resources to help ensure that when the next disaster or emergency occurs, no one is left behind.
- KEN - National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network - www.mentalhealth.org/ - has news, announcements, publications, databases, consumer information, links, and more.
- The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) - http://psychrights.org/index.htm - law project for psychiatric rights is mounting a legal campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock
- The Law Reporter is the only periodical that comprehensively summarizes legal developments in the areas of civil and criminal mental disability law and disability discrimination law.
- Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services - http://dcfs.co.la.ca.us
- MHDD - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center - www.npi.ucla.edu/mhdd/ - an information and training center dedicated to the mental health needs of people with developmental disabilities. Provides educational modules, directory of service providers, events and relevant links.
- NAMI California - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, California - www.namicalifornia.org - informing, educating, and supporting people with mental illness and their families. Links to other mental health resources and supports.
- NAMI Veterans Resource Center - mental health resources for veterans, active duty military members, as well as their families, friends, and advocates; covers post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain Injury, mental illness, suicide prevention, public policy and legislation, and more.
- NARPA - National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy - NARPA is dedicated to promoting those policies and pursuing those strategies that represent the preferred options of people who have been labeled mentally disabled.
- National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice - www.edjj.org/index.html
- National Empowerment Center - www.power2u.org/ - practical information that will help you recover if you have been labeled with a mental illness
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - www.mhselfhelp.org - connects people to self-help and advocacy resources; offers expertise on peer-run groups and organizations that serve people who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses.
- Network of Care - www.networkofcare.org - a web site for people with mental illness to help find services and information, remain independent, and be heard. Includes secure (password) personal folders to store vital information, including advance directive; allows access from any computer via the internet.
- NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health - www.nimh.nih.gov - publications on mental health issues in English and Spanish for consumers, researchers, and the medical community.
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) - Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education - www.pbis.org
- SAMHSA - www.stopstigma.samhsa.gov/ - Countering stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness by sharing ideas about what works, promoting best practices, connecting people and programs
- The Key Update - www.mhselfhelp.org - a free monthly e-newsletter of the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Therapeutic Behavior Services (TBS): Frequently Asked Questions - www.cimh.org/downloads/TBSfaqs.pdf - A nine-page PDF file from the California Institute for Mental Health (CIMH).
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