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Links related to mental
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(Government, Research, Health)
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) (NAMI in Español)
- Service Providers
- SIRSS (Southern Illinois
Regional Social Services)
604 East College
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: 618-457-6703
- Harrisburg
Medical Center
- Bradford
House (outpatient)
210 E. Woolcott
Harrisburg, IL 62946
Phone: (618) 253-7671, Ext. 418
sgrace@harrisburgmed.org
- Mulberry
Center (inpatient, including emergency admissions)
Phone: (618) 252-0999 or (618) 253-7671
- Bradford
House (outpatient)
- Clyde L. Choate Mental Health Center
1000 North Main Street
Anna, IL 62906-1652
Phone: 618-833-5161
- SIRSS (Southern Illinois
Regional Social Services)
- Equip for Equality (providing
"free, individual self-advocacy and legal services for people with
disabilities and their family members")
2150 West Main
Carbondale, IL
618-457-7930 or 800-758-0559
FAX 618-457-7985
TTY: 1-800-610-2779
235 S. Fifth Street
P.O. Box 276
Springfield, IL 62705
Phone: (217) 544-0464
Phone: (800) 758-0464
- Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
(providing "free civil legal services to low-income persons and senior
citizens in 65 counties in central and southern Illinois... Our goals are:
to promote economic security, adequate shelter and health care; to alleviate
domestic violence and improve family stability; and to advance the interests
of vulnerable populations")
1-800-642-5335
- National Mental Health Association
- Meetings and conferences
- Related Groups in Jackson County.
- Support Group for Depression and Bipolar Disorder, hosted by Southern Illinois Center for Independent Living, meets every Monday evening, 7:00pm, at 2135 W. Ramada Lane, Carbondale. For more information call Kelly S. at 457-3318.
- Grow (a "mutual self-help group . . . for anyone over 18 yrs old coping with mental or emotional crises and disorders") meets weekly on Wednesdays at 7:00pm in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at 303 S. Poplar St., Carbondale. For more information, contact Fleda M. at 201-2742.
- NAMI CARE, a consumer support group, meets on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of the month at at 6:00pm, Our Savior Lutheran Church, 700
South University Ave., Carbondale. Contact: Carrie A. at 528-0648.
- Illinois Federation of Families, 618-634-9322. Any family-related issues, particularly children with special needs.
- AccessSI, a community resource directory for Southern Illlinois.
- CASA, court-appointed special advocates for children
- InSights To Community Living,
("an online assistance resource providing information in the areas
of, but not limited to: Advocacy, Education, Employment, Housing, Medical,
Recovery, Self-Employment, Senior Citizens, Social Security & Benefits Planning,
Transportation, Veterans, and Volunteering")
- Contact information for Illinois government
- Illinois General Assembly
(portal for monitoring current legislation)
- Federal Government sites.
- SAMHSA National Mental
Health Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Anti-stigma campaign -- WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FRIEND MAKES Learn / Support / Listen
- New Freedom Initiative (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
- MedLinePlus (National Library of Medicine)
- www.health.gov
- Healthfinder, "your guide to reliable health information".
- NIMH, National Institute for Mental Health.
- NIH, National Institutes of Health.
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, Dec. 1999.
- President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, final report, July 2003.
- National Library of Medicine,
access to professional literature.
- SAMHSA National Mental
Health Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- NARSAD, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
- The Stanley Medical Research Institute
- The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
- Internet Mental Health
- Mental Health Source, by CME, Inc., a commercial site for healthcare providers.
- Revision of Illinois Mental Health Code
- Healthopedia
- SenseAboutScience
("I
don't know what to believe . . .")
- HelpingPatients.org (prescription assistance)
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance
- Quick
Drug Reference (At this page, click on the initial letter of the drug
in question. This site includes many more drugs than are listed on
the opening page -- the opening page lists by name only the "most popular"
drugs.)
- Red Flags Program, a depression-awareness program that is being funded by the Ohio Department of Education for use in middle schools and high schools.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
(DBSA), formerly National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.
- Pendulum Resources, information and support for bipolar.
- FyrenIyce, the Australian Bipolar Website.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), formerly National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.
- Bipolar resources, a personal site titled "Basket Weaving for Beginners".
- Bipolar Support Forum
(Bipolar Disorder Awareness Foundation).
- Mental Help Net
- Medscape's Schizophrenia Wellness Center.
- Schizophrenia.com – information, support, education
- Schizophrenia Research Forum
– a website designed to help researchers in their quest for causes,
improved treatments, and better understanding of schizophrenia and related
disorders
- Mental Health Courts
- Broward County Mental Health Court
- "Mental
Health and the Missouri Courts", JERITT Bulletin 13(3), July-Sept.
2002 (PDF file)
- Illinois Federation of Families, 618-634-9322. Any family-related
issues, particularly children with special needs.
- Family Matters, 866-436-7842. "Family support, educational
advocacy, information and referral services to families with a child having
disabilities. . . A Parent Information and Training Center . . . for
all 94 counties of Illinois outside of the Chicago collar counties. The
number is answered by Information Specialists (from 8am until 6pm) who assist
families of children who receive any kind of special education service or
early intervention service or are in need of services. They provide information,
referrals to local community services, and consultation in solving school
problems or answering special education questions."
- American Residential Treatment
Association (directory of residential mental health treatment facilities)
- More links from NAMI Madison County
2 July 2008