The Special EDge is a publication of the California Department of Education’s Special Education Division. It is designed to inform and support parents, educators, and other service providers on special education topics, focusing on research-based practices,...
Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. In April 2013, we celebrate our 15th anniversary of providing...
We work to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services to those who are affected by it via our publications, supporter services and network ofself-help groups for people affected by...
McLean Hospital is a comprehensive psychiatric hospital committed to providing easy access to superior quality, cost-effective mental health services in the Boston area, Massachusetts and beyond. McLean Hospital is accredited by the The Joint Commission (TJC),...
The mission of the Exceptional Family Resource Center is to provide support, information and education for families of children with disabilities and the professionals who assist these families. By offering emotional support and factual information, the Center enables...
Survivors of Suicide Loss (SOSL) reaches out to and supports people who have lost a loved one to suicide. It is devastating and confusing to lose a spouse, a child, a sibling, a relative, a friend to suicide, and we are here to help people cope with the aftermath of...
Yellow Ribbon is dedicated to preventing youth suicide and attempts by Making Suicide Prevention Accessible to Everyone and Removing Barriers to Help byempowering communities and individuals through leadership, awareness and education and by...
The mission of SAVE is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.Brain illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other mood or anxiety disorders, when left...
Since the suicide of his wife Kristin in April 1998, KBHC Founder Reese Butler has been on a personal crusade. His mission the past 11 years has been to offer HOPE and the option to LIVE to those in the deepest emotional pain. The means to that end:The sharing of...
Mental Health Works (MHW) is a national initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association, with head office at CMHA Ontario Division. CMHA is one of the oldest continuing nation-wide charitable health organizations in Canada....
Welcome! NeedyMeds is an online information resource of programs that provide assistance to people who are unable to afford their medications and health care costs.NeedyMeds does not provide medicine, supplies or financial assistance.NeedyMeds offers...
Welcome to the world’s largest site on non-drug approaches for mental health.Thousands of people around the world have recovered from mental disorders and now enjoy the simple pleasures of a drug-free life. Most were told this was impossible. Yet we hear...
The Jed Foundation’s mission is to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college and university students.To achieve this end, the organization collaborates with the public and leaders in higher education, mental health, and research to produce and...
Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH) is dedicated to promoting the improvement of mental health by providing the public with education, screening, and treatment resources.SMH pioneered the concept of large-scale mental health screening and education programs in...
Mental health issues are a reality for millions of people across the country. Young people are especially at risk, with half of college students reporting that they have been stressed to a point where they couldnt function during the past year. The impact of mental...
Founded in 2002, the COMPASS Family Center was originally conceived as a University of San Diego (USD) program. COMPASS Founder, Dr. Moisés Barón, is the Assistant Vice President for Student Wellness at USD.Dr. Barón partnered with Margaret Dalton, Esq., Director of...
Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders to get people well and prevent suicides.To help families recognize and manage the various forms of depression and associated mood disorders.Our Purpose:To help families...
Sam’s cause was started in 2005 by Sam Sheffres To raise money for charities that help youth with mental illness. I was 12 and just starting 6th grade and had recently been given a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. My parents had come back from an event to raise...
STARFISH Advocacy Association is a social network.
The National Federation of Families supports families across the lifespan. Families whose children – of any age – experience mental health and/or substance use challenges during their lifetime. We believe our children are our children for life and parents and...
Connections for Kids is a fully licensed mental health agency serving children, adults and families. We offer Outpatient Therapyfor children, families and adults, Targeted Case Management for Children, Community Integration Services for...
The Vision of IAN-BD is to facilitate contact and collaborations in the field of bipolar disorders among centers, clinicians, investigators and advocacy groups from IberoAmerican countries (LatinAmerica, Spain and Portugal) as well as the United States and...
The Founders and Peer Counselors, who all have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, would like to welcome you to A Silver Lining. We are devoted to the individuals and their family and friends who have been affected by this illness. We know all too well what this...
The mission of International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) is to shine a positive light on depression and eliminate the stigma associated with the disease through prevention, research and education. Its goal is to ensure 100% of the...
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy...
?The Josselyn Center was founded in 1951 to serve the North Shore communitys mental health needs. Since that time, we have continued in our commitment to providing outpatient mental health services of the highest quality. As the field of...
LEAD Pittsburgh is a unique community initiative advocating for the recognition and acceptance of depression as a treatable medical condition and for the need to eliminate barriers to treatment. LEAD Pittsburgh addresses issues surrounding depression in a...
DBSA provides hope, help, support and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders. The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading peer-directed national organization focusing on the two most prevalent mental health conditions,...
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities is a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to conduct state-of-the-art research...
Worldwide, hundreds of millions of individuals and their families are impacted by the consequences of brain disorders and related disabilities.The Silver Ribbon Coalition represents the combined interests of all those who are affected by a brain disorder or...
MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness is a multi-platform media project that explores severe mental illness in America.The centerpiece of the project is a television program airing on PBS stations in October 2009. This video component is part of a national...
OpenMindsOpenDoors is an MHAPA initiative aimed at ending discrimination against people with mental illnesses. Approximately one in five people in this country live with a mental illness. People who have needs just like everyone else, and demand basic...
NEC staff and consultants bring unique experience in organizing and developing consumer-run organizations, and helping individuals and groups develop the knowledge and ability to transform the mental health service system toward a more recovery-oriented and...
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.The idea of creating Internet Mental Health resulted from a Canada-Japan Mental Health Exchange in 1994 arranged by Mr. Mikio Kuraki. During...
The Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming mental health care for children everywhere. Founded by Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz and Brooke Garber Neidich, our organization is committed to finding more effective treatments for childhood psychiatric and...
Equilibrium aims to become the foremost international partnership organisation working to advance the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorder; it also seeks to address the stigma and prejudice that often surrounds bipolar disorder. People with bipolar...
Between 7 and 12 million American youth suffer from mental, behavioral, or developmental disorders at any given time. The AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) is the leading national professional medical association dedicated to treating and...
The mission of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization) is to alleviate human suffering from mental illness by funding scientific research into causes, prevention and new treatments. The goal of research is to lead to cures, with a focus on...
Mayo Clinic Patient EducationListed below are some of our most popular patient education materials. To inquire about the more than 2,400 patient education materials available for sale, or for special ordering requirements, such as tax exemption or purchase...
Mental illness affects everyone. Nearly 60 million Americans experience a mental health condition every year. Regardless of race, age, religion or economic status, mental illness impacts the lives of at least one in four adults and one in 10 children across the...
Because New Mexico is such a rural state, trying to find a provider or a specialist in the field of Behavioral Health can be challenging. If someone is in crisis they don’t need the added frustration of spending hours on the internet trying to find a...
The purpose of the Local Collaboratives is to develop strong local voices to guide behavioral health planning and services, a key consideration in the planning and design of New Mexico’s Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative initiative....
The Psychiatric Association of Turkey (PAT) is the organization of specialists and residents of adult psychiatry in Turkey. Due to its constitutional commitments the PAT aims to provide and promote scientific development of psychiatry in accordance with ethical...
Mind has worked to promote the mental health since 1931. Through the years, we have always worked with both to influence the community to help create structural changes in society, while we have had concrete support activities for people suffering from mental...
Celebrating 15 years of mental health and advocacy in 2010, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group is the countrys largest and most recognised mental health initiative. As the nations leading advocacy and educational voice on mental health, SADAG has been...
The Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) was formally launched in 2004 as an initiative designed to raise awareness of recovery from mental health problems.SRN developed out of a loose affiliation of individuals and organisations with a common interest in recovery, and has...
One in four people in Scotland will have a mental health problem at some point in their life. This means that you may know someone with a mental health problem, or maybe you’re worried about your own mental health.At SAMH we believe there is no...
Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy is the national professional association of psychiatrists in Romania. It was established in law in 1990 and was aimed at developing and improving all core activities in the field of psychiatry and mental...
The Association for the Support of Patients Depressive and Manic-Depressive (ADEB) was founded on June 5, 1991 with the notarial deed was signed on 21 August 1991. ‘re registered with the General Directorate of Social Action, with n. # 18 / 93 on 19...
The Ministry of Health seeks to improve, promote and protect the health of New Zealanders through:its sector leadership of New Zealands health and disability systemby advising the Minister of Health, and government as a whole, on health issuesdirectly purchasing a...
