Mental Health

 

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Reports

CT Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health Final Report
(July 2000) The Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health was established to address the mental health care crisis in Connecticut. 

The State of Children's Mental Health in Connecticut: A Brief Overview
(2000) CT Health Foundation; by Shelley Geballe, CT Voices for Children

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General 1999
The first Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, asserts that mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be addressed

Mental Health and Homelessness: A Guide for Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils (pdf)
Center for Mental Health Services

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Websites

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

At Health
Behavioral health care information, resources, a directory of licensed mental health professionals, and continuing education information.

B-C Family Productions
Provides training workshops, conferences, and retreats for child mental health providers and family advocacy organizations.

Center for Mental Health Services
Community Support Programs work with States, communities, and mental health consumers and their families to provide people with mental illness with treatment and assistance in meeting basic needs such as housing, jobs, education, social services, transportation, and medical and nursing care.

CT Psychiatric Security Review Board

CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

CT Department of Mental Retardation

CT Psychiatric Security Review Board

Institute for Behavioral Healthcare
Behavioral healthcare educational resources

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disabilities.

Justice In Mental Health Organization (JIMHO)
Consumer-run nonprofit organization developing consumer-run mental health alternatives nationwide

Mental Health Matters
Information directory for the mental health and psychiatric community.

Mental Health Net
A guide to mental health resources online.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI).

National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS)
Represents federally mandated programs that protect the rights of persons with disabilities.

National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS)
Represents behavioral healthcare systems delivering treatment and prevention programs to people with mental and substance abuse disorders.

NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. 
Established to study issues in the delivery of mental health services supported by State mental health agencies.

National Institute of Mental Health

National Mental Health Association

National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Database on homelessness and mental illness

Policy Information Exchange Online (PIE Online)
Missouri Institute of Mental Health; includes a mental health library.

Recovery Community Support Program (RCSP)
Fosters the participation of persons in recovery, their families, and other allies in the development of substance abuse treatment policies, programs, and quality assurance activities at the State, regional, and local levels.

Recoverytools.org
Provides information about mental health recovery concepts to promote recovery for people who experience psychiatric symptoms.

Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health

Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Treatment Advocacy Center
Worksto strengthen mental illness laws around the country in an effort to reduce homelessness, violence, incarceration and suicide.

Wheeler Clinic
Plainville, CT; provides mental health, special education, and substance abuse
treatment services for children, adolescents, families, and adults.

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