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Mental Health Resources

Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
Consumer Assistance
Consumer& Advocacy Groups
Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Data about Drug Use and Mental Health (SAMHSA)
Empowerment
Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
Health and Mental Health Organizations
Homeless Programs
Information about Health and Mental Health
Recovery Resources, Organizations and Technical Assistance
State and Federal Resources
Veteran Resources
Working with the Disability Community

Childrens' Resources

Senior Resources

Aging, Virginia Department of (VDA)
Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
Alzheimer's Disease Information
Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
"It's About Time" - Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative
Money Follows the Person
Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door"
Working with Seniors

Resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing broad-based services, ensuring public accessibility and increasing public awareness of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Through global leadership and a continuum of quality communication services and human service programs, CSD provides the tools conducive to a positive and fully integrated life.
DMHMRSAS Services For People Who Are Deaf, Hard Hearing, Late Deafened And Deaf-blind
DMHMRSAS More Information on Deaf Services
Southwest VA Regional Deaf Service Program
Standards of Care for the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Virginia Association of the Deaf (VAD)
Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
Virginia Interpreter Reimbursement Program
Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID)
Working with the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing Community

Veterans' Resources

Programs for the Homeless

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP)
Homeless Programs in HHS
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Resource Center on Homeless and Mental Illness
National Coalition for the Homeless
PATH at DMHMRSAS (Projects in Assistance for Transition from Homeless)
PATH Program National Site
US Code Title 42, Section 290cc-22
Virginia Inter-Agency Council on Homelessness (VIACH)

Mental Retardation Resources

Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
Mental Retardation Links (DMHMRSAS web site)
Mental Retardation Waiver Community Services Manual (MR Waiver Manual)
Money Follows the Person
Working with the Disability Community

Substance Use Resources

Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (AAAG) (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group)
Buprenorphine Information About Usage in the Treatment of Withdrawal from Opiate Addiction
CSAT Buprenorphine Physician Locator

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Drug Treatment Referral Routing Service
1-800-662-HELP (662-4357) (English) . 1-800-66-AYUDA (662-8932) (Spanish).
Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (VASIP)
Data about Drug Use and Mental Health (SAMHSA)
Dual Diagnosis Information
Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
Data about Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance (SAARA)
Substance Abuse Services Council (SASC)
The Virginia Association of Drug and Alcohol Programs (VADAP)
Virginia Institute for Professional Counselor Training (VIPACT)
Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies
Working with the Disability Community

Assistance

2-1-1 Virginia

Al-anon & Alateen
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Alcoholics Anonymous of Roanoke (AA)
Arc of Virginia
Career Connect Virginia's Electronic One-stop Workforce Development System offered by the Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards
Community Services Board Find Your Local CSB and get contact information. Your Local CSB is the single point of entry into publicly-funded mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services for its service area. CSBs coordinate services in Virginia and provide pre-admission screening services 24-hours per day, 7 days per week.
Consumer and Advocacy Groups
Coping with Disaster - Educational Materials
Coping with Disaster - Mental Health Response Training (Helping to Heal)
DMHMRSAS State Facilities
Drug Prevention Informational Links & Articles
Drug Disposal Guidelines
Emergency Preparedness
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS)
Homeless Programs
Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Infant & Toddler Connection Of Virginia
"It's About Time" (Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative)
Narcotics Anonymous
Medical Assistance Services, Va. Department of (DMAS)
Money Follows the Person
Prescription Assistance Programs In Virginia
Provider Search, Licensed (LPS) Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia
Ready Virginia
Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door" one-stop assistance for Senior Citizens
The Joint Commission (Accrediting body)
Volunteer Organizations in Lynchburg, VA

State and National Agencies related to Health

Aging, Virginia Department of (VDA)
Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative - "It's About Time"
Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB)
Continuity of Care Guidelines, DMHMRSAS
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Virginia Department for the (VDDHH)
Diseases & Conditions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
Health, Virginia Department of (VDH)
HPR V Reinvestment web site
HPR V Strategic Plan (search for title "Strategic Plan")
Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Human Rights Complaints, DMHMRSAS
Licensed Provider Search (LPS) Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia
Medical Assistance Services, Virginia Department of (DMAS)
Mental Health, United States, 2002
Mental Health Planning Council (MHPC)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) One of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
Olmstead Project
Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Department of (DRS)
Regulatory Town Hall (Regulations affecting DMHMRSAS)
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center (SAMHSA) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (800-789-2647), a Web site, and more than 600 publications.
Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
System Leadership Council
Sign up for Community and CSB Private Psychiatrists List Serve
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Diseases & Conditions (HHS statistics)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Hospital Compare (HHS)
Virginia Association of Community Services Boards (VACSB)

Health Organizations

American Eugenics Movement Image Archives
Brain Injury Services, Inc.
Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
Depression Screening Test (NMHA)
Expressing the General Assembly's regret for Virginia's experience with eugenics
http://www.health.org/
Mental Health America Formerly Mental Health Association. A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives.
Mental Health Association of Virginia
Mental Health Consumers Association
NASMHPD - Research Institute
National Association of Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
NCADD: National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
National Institute of Health - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Mental Health Association (NMHA) 1-800-969-NMHA (969-6642) English/Spanish
National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network "Caring for Every Child's Mental Health : Communities Together"
National Register
Network of Care - Mental Health/Behavioral Health
- Richmond
- New River Valley
The Joint Commission (Accrediting body)
Williamson Institute for Health Studies

Consumer And Advocacy Groups

Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives (ABIL)
Consumer Operated Mental Health Programs
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance A patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure.
Depressive Manic Depressive Association of Virginia (DMDA)
Mental Health America Virginia (MHAV)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental illnesses) and their families
NAMI Virginia
National Eating Disorders Association
Overeaters Anonymous
Parents and Children Coping Together
Patient Advocate Foundation's Virginia Cares Uninsured Program 1-800-532-5274
REACH Virginia (Recovery Education & Creative Healing, part of VOCAL).
SW Virginia Consumer and Family Project
Support Groups, Consumer Operated Mental Health Advocacy
Support Programs, Mental Health Support Groups
South West Virginia Consumer and Family Project
Virginia Association for Community Services Boards (VACSB)
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA)
Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL support center)
Virginia Psychosocial Rehabilitation Association (VAPRA)
VOCAL CO-OP (Consumer Owned & Operated Programs)
VOCAL Network (Community advocacy, education, empowerment)
VOCAL - REACH (Recovery Education & Creative Healing)
VOCAL Virginia (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership)

Information

Virginia Links

Agencies - Listing of all Virginia State Agencies
Best Managed State
Contact State Employees
Coping with Disaster
Council on Virginia's Future
Elections, State Board of
Job Assistance: Career Connect (The Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards offer Virginia's Electronic One Stop Workforce Development System)
Jobs with the State
Office of the Inspector General for Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (OIG)
Ready Virginia
State Agencies Index
State Board of Elections
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Virginia Easy Access
Virginia Home Page
Virginia Performs
Virginia Tech Review Panel report

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