National & Educational Resources
Addictions/Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit organization that unites parents, renowned scientists and communications professionals to help families raise healthy children. Best known for its research-based national public education programs, the Partnership motivates and equips parents to prevent their children from using drugs and alcohol, and to find help and treatment for family and friends in trouble.
Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The NIMH seeks to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This link is part of NIMH’s effort to communicate information to scientists, the public, the news media, and primary care and mental health professionals about mental illnesses, the brain, mental health, and research in these areas.
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare is a not-for-profit association of 1,300 behavioral healthcare organizations that provide treatment and rehabilitation for mental illnesses and addictions disorders to nearly six million adults, children and families in communities across the country. The National Council and its members bear testimony to the fact that medical, social, psychological and rehabilitation services offered in community settings help people with mental illnesses and addictions disorders recover and lead productive lives.
American Psychological Association Help Center
The link above is to a site developed by the American Psychological Association. This site provides the general public with information and resources for coping with the stresses and problems associated with daily life.
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
The above link is to a site developed by the APA as a public resource for accessing information on a number of mental health related topics.
Helpguide.org
A project of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and WISE & Healthy Aging, this site provides non-commercial resources for individuals seeking information about various forms of mental illness by a collaboration of professionals.
United States National Library of Medicine
This link provides the public with free online access to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is the world's largest medical library.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
The link above is to a site that was designed by AACAP as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment of developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) supports suicide prevention with the best of science, skills and practice. The Center provides technical assistance, training, and informational materials to strengthen suicide prevention networks, and to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
Gateway to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Information
A "gateway" site to four national and international organizations, providing a wealth of information and resources about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
HIV/AIDS
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
This CMHS sponsored site provides access to educational and treatment resources related to HIV/AIDS.
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