Home Contact Us Contact Us

|  |

NAMI Cape Ann, Inc.

P.O. Box 37,  Gloucester, MA  01931

Voice Mail:  978-281-1557

E-Mail:  namicapeann@comcast.net

For all state and local affiliates of NAMI: http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=your_local_NAMI

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

General information about medications, at the NAMI website:

http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=About_Medications

Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs:

http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Prescription_Drug_Patient_Assistance_Programs.htm

Ask the Pharmacist, questions pharmacists often get and answer are periodically placed at the NAMI website:

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Ask_the_Pharmacist&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=61&ContentID=28925

State Mental Health Resources for Massachusetts, Searchable Databases at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/PrxInput.aspx?STATE=Massachusetts

National Institute of Mental Health, Publications:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/index.shtml

Selection of books, brochures, posters and other items at the NAMI store:

http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=Nami_Store

Veterans Resources at the NAMI website:

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Veterans_Resources&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=53587&lstid=879

Missing Persons Support; Resources for people searching for loved ones with mental illness who are missing persons:

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Missing_Persons&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=47397&lstid=839

NAMI's Special Needs Estate Planning Guidance System:

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Special_Needs_Estate_Planning&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8837

PLAN (Planned Lifetime Assistance Network):

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Legal_Support&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25569

NAMI’s online communities for all family members:

http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=communities

BEFORE ATTENDING A SUPPORT GROUPS IT’S ADVISABLE TO CALL/EMAIL AND CONFIRM THE MEETING LOCATION, DATE AND TIME SINCE MEETING INFORMATION MAY NOT BE UP-TO-DATE. IT’S ALSO ADVISABLE TO ATTEND MORE THAN ONE GROUP SO YOU FIND THE ONE WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING. A SUPPORT GROUP IS A SAFE (CONFIDENTIAL) PLACE TO SHARE AMONGST PEERS.

Samaritans, Grief Support Services and Helplines (Greater Boston & MetroWest areas):

http://www.samaritansofboston.org/survivor.html

Samaritans of Fall River & New Bedford Areas, Services and Helplines:

http://www.samaritans-fallriver.org/

American Association of Suicidology, support groups for those who have lost a loved one:

http://www.suicidology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=79

Asperger’s Association of New England, various support groups:

http://www.aane.org/aane_services/support_social_groups_adults.html

Autism Society of America, Massachusetts Chapter:

http://209.200.89.252/search_site/chapter_detail.cfm?program_id=834

Attention Deficit Disorder Association, support groups in Mass:

http://www.add.org/help/ma.html

Children and Adults with AD/HD, Mass chapter:

http://www.chadd.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Chapter_Search_Display1&state=ma

Tourettes Syndrome Association, Inc., Massachusetts Chapter:

http://www.tsa-usa.org/TSANatlLocal/Chapters/usachapters.html#massachusetts

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders Support Groups:

http://www.anad.org/5106/22322.html

Multiservice Eating Disorders Association supports groups in Mass:

http://www.medainc.org/help/support_groups.asp

Anxiety Support groups in Massachusetts:

http://www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/SupportGroupsResult.asp?state=MA

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, support groups in Mass:

http://www.ocfoundation.org/quick_list_groups.html?select_city=0&select_state=MA&and_or_State=2&select_country=0&and_or_Country=2&Submit=Submit

Recovery Inc., mental health self-help support groups in Mass:

http://www.recovery-inc.com/meetings/northeast.html#massachusetts

Depression Bipolar Support Alliance, support groups in Mass:

http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupport

Manic-Depressive Depressive Association of Boston, supports groups in New England:

http://www.mddaboston.org/HTML/regional.html

Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation support groups in Mass:

http://www.bpkids.org/site/Dir/100333857?pg=rslts

Postpartum Support International, support groups and other resources in Mass:

http://www.postpartum.net/massachusetts.html

Dual Recovery Anonymous, meetings in Mass:

http://www.draonline.org/meetings_dra/usa/massachusetts.html

Narcotics Anonymous, meeting locator:

http://portaltools.na.org/portaltools/MeetingLoc/

Alcoholics Anonymous, meeting locator:

http://www.aa.org/US_CtrOffice/ma.html

Massachusetts Al-Anon/Alateen meetings:

http://www.ma-al-anon-alateen.org/new.html

Debtors Anonymous, meeting locator:

http://www.danewengland.org/

Gamblers Anonymous, meeting listing in Mass:

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/mtgdirMA.html

Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Survivor and Family Support:

http://www.biama.org/whatdoes/survivor.html

PTSD Support group in Mass:

http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/groups.html#ma

Sidran Institute, (Traumatic Stress Education &  Advocacy). Extensive information and resources on PTSD, dissociative disorder, trauma, and self injury; Help desk:

http://www.sidran.org/sub.cfm?sectionID=5

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, Local Crisis Centers in Mass:

http://centers.rainn.org/

Jane Doe Inc., Mass Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, Massachusetts Rape Crisis Center:

http://www.janedoe.org/safety.htm

National Domestic Violence Hotline:

http://www.ndvh.org/help/index.html

Gay, Lesbian, BiSexual & Transgender National Help Center:

http://www.glnh.org/hotline/index.html

Related Links

|  |