Provides volunteer
'friends' for children and adults who receive mental health
treatment.
Voice: 1-800-836-0475
Website: http://www.compeer.org
E-mail: info@compeer.org
Verified: 10/21/2008
Provides information and literature on anxiety, phobias,
obsessive-compulsive and depression. Leave name and mailing address
and they will mail literature to you.
Voice: 1-866-615-6464
Website: http://www.nimh.nih.gov
Verified: 10/21/2008
Provides free information on over 200 mental health topics including
bipolar disorder, depression, bereavement, post-traumatic stress
disorder and warning signs of mental illness. Referrals to local
mental health services. Distributes free national directory of local
mental health associations and offers low-cost materials. Advocates
to remove stigma of mental illness and for mental health benefits
parity.
Voice: 1-800-969-6642 TDD: 1-800-433-5959
Website: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net
Verified: 10/21/2008
Provides
crisis intervention, information and referrals for general
population. Free and confidential. Short-term crisis intervention.
Works with children and families.
Voice: 1-800-448-3000 TDD: 1-800-448-1833
Website: http://www.girlsandboystown.org
Verified: 10/21/2008
Provides information on schizophrenia, depression
and bipolar disorder. Has information on research being conducted on
these disorders. Newsletter, literature and brochures.
Voice: 1-800-829-8289
Website: http://www.narsad.org
Verified: 10/21/2008
Education and advocacy
organization. Provides information on borderline personality to
families, consumers and providers. Referrals to clinicians,
treatment programs, self-help groups, BPD Journal, speakers' bureau,
professional conferences and advocacy.
Voice: 1-888-482-7227
Website: http://www.tara4bpd.org
E-mail: taraapd@aol.com
Verified: 10/21/2008
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