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MENTAL HEALTH

• American Counseling Association
  
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
  
• American Psychiatric Association
  
• American Psychological Association
  
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  
• Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
  
• Centers for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
  
• Institute for Mental Health Initiatives
  
• National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors (NACBHD)
  
• National Community Mental Healthcare Council
  
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
  
• National Institute of Mental Health
  
• National Mental Health Association
  
• National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
  
• President's Freedom Commission on Mental Health
  
• Sacramento County Mental Health Services
  
• Santa Clara County Mental Health Services
  
• State Depts and Divisions of Mental Health
  
• The Department of Health and Human Services
  
• U.S. Public Health Services, Department of the Surgeon General
  
• Washington Business Group on Health
  

• American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  
• American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
  
• California Children and Families Commission
  
• Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
  
• Federation for Families for Children's Mental Health
  
• The Jason Foundation
  
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse
  
• The National Institute of Mental Health (CHILD MENU)
  
• Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  
• American Association of Suicidology
  
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
  
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  
• San Francisco Suicide Prevention
  
• Stanislaus County Behavioral Health
  
• The Colorado Trust
  
• The National Institute of Mental Health (Depression)
  
• The National Institute of Mental Health (Suicide)
  

• Postpartum Support International
  
• Postpartum Dads, Helping Families Overcome Postpartum Depression
  
• Healthy New Moms, Maryland's Campaign to End Depression During and After Delivery
  
• PPD Moms Project of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center
  
• PPD Moms Project 24 hour Hotline
  1-800-PPD-MOMS (800-773-6667)

• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
  
• American Cancer Society
  
• American Public Health Association
  
• National Mental Health Association (Substance Abuse Fact Sheet)
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  
• The Cleveland Clinic Health System
  
• The American Society on Aging

• National Mental Health Association
  
  The NMHA Resource Center is a nationally recognized resource for information on mental illnesses and treatments, and referrals for local treatment services. The Center has a toll-free number at 1-800-969-NMHA (800-969-6642), which is staffed Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm EST. NMHA has over 340 affiliates across the country, which can be contacted directly for referrals to local services.
  
  
• American Psychiatric Association
  
  The APA offers information to the public on a variety of mental health issues. This site also features a list of district associations which provide referrals to local resources.
  
  
• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
  24-hour referral hotline at 1-800-854-7771
  
  
• If you need immediate help, call the National Hopeline Network
  1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to reach a certified crisis center
  24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Far From Home: Shattering the Myth of the Model Minority
		Mary Hayashi has been called one of the “Mothers and Shakers of 2001” by Redbook magazine, one of the “100 Most Influential Asian Americans of the Decade” by A.Magazine, and a “Woman to Watch” by Ladies’ Home Journal. Far From Home: Shattering the Myth of the Model Minority (Tapestry Press, October 2003) is a groundbreaking book about the health of America’s fastest growing community. This autobiography and Asian American women’s wellness guide by Iris Alliance Fund founder Mary Hayashi features information on the mental health of Asian Americans.

Reducing Suicide
		Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing tragic and costly problems of suicide: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people’s experience with suicide.

"An Unquiet Mind" by Kay Redfield Jamison

Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison is a renowned expert in the mental health field, and author of bestselling works that reflect her own experiences with manic depression. Her memoir, "An Unquiet Mind," was a New York Times best-seller list, and is utilized in universities across the countries for its personal insight and professional analysis of mood disorders.

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
		This Report of the Surgeon General on Mental Health is the product of an invigorating collaboration between two Federal agencies. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which provides national leadership and funding to the states and many professional and citizen organizations that are striving to improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of mental health services, was assigned lead responsibility for coordinating the development of the report.

• Mental Health Care for People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS:
  A Practical Guide by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  
  
• "Substance Abuse and the Risk of Suicide Among Youths" by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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