Recovering Your Mental Health - Further Resources

By Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Offering sound advice about recovering your mental health, this self help guide was prepared by Mary Ellen Copeland for the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Please see the first page of the guide for acknowledgements and additional publication information.

Table of Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. Taking A Look At Yourself
  4. Things To Remember
  5. What To Do If Your Symptoms Are Very Serious
  6. Getting Health Care
  7. Your Health Care Rights
  8. Using Medications
  9. Additional Things You Can Do Right Away to Help Yourself Feel Better
  10. Things To Do When You Are Feeling Better To Keep Yourself Well
  11. Further Resources

Further Resources

Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center
(CONTAC)
P.O. Box 11000
Charleston, WV 25339
1 (888) 825-TECH (8324)
(304) 346-9992 (fax)
Web site: www.contac.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
(formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association)
730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610-3526
(800) 826-3632
Web site: www.dbsalliance.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
(Special Support Center)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
(703) 524-7600
Web site: www.nami.org

National Empowerment Center
599 Canal Street, 5 East
Lawrence, MA 01840
1-800-power2u
(800)TDD-POWER (TDD)
(978)681-6426 (fax)
Web site: www.power2u.org

National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
(Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center)
2001 N. Beauregard Street - 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-NMHA or 6642
Web site: www.nmha.org

National Mental Health Consumers’
Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA 19107
1 (800) 553-4539 (voice)
(215) 636-6312 (fax)
e-mail: info@mhselfhelp.org
Web site: www.mhselfhelp.org

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
P.O. Box 42557
Washington, D.C. 20015
1 (800) 789-2647 (voice)
Web site: www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Mental Health Services
Web site: www.samhsa.gov

Resources listed in this document do not constitute an endorsement by CMHS/SAMHSA/HHS, nor are these resources exhaustive. Nothing is implied by an organization not being referenced.

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This page was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Monday, 21 July 2008.

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