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Links

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - excellent information and national resources on mental illness

Advocacy Unlimited - information on psychiatric disabilities, advocacy, education and other special topics

Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement - collaboration between police and the communities they serve

Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network at the University of Connecticut Health Center Library- The Healthnet web page includes links to recommended health websites, including ones with information about mental health, and resource guides on topics such as Mental Health, Navigating the Health Care System, Caregiving, Children’s Health, and Patient Advocacy.

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services - information on statewide services

Connecticut Department of Children and Families - services and helpful information

Connecticut Legal Rights Project -  nonprofit agency providing legal advocacy for low income adults who have, or are perceived to have, a psychiatric disability

Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate - protection, care and advocacy

Connecticut Network of Care Website! the Network of Care for Behavioral Health website is a new resource for individuals, families, and agencies concerned with mental health.

CT Supportive Housing Employment and Training Services Directory - The directory lists over 100 training and employment and state agencies to serve as a tool to help supportive housing residents and people exiting homelessness enter or re-enter the workforce.

Connecticut Voices for Children - high-quality research and public policy analysis on issues facing children and youth

Exceptional Parent Magazine - info on parenting a child or young adult with a disability

FAVOR - one of four organizations forming with NAMI-CT a collaborative effort toward children's mental health issues

League of Women Voters of Greater Harford - with a mental healthcare part to their website

National Institute of Mental Health  - NIMH is part of the federal government of the United States and the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness

NIMH Outreach Partnership Program - is a vital element in NIMH outreach efforts to deliver science-based information to the public, health professionals, constituency groups, and all interested stakeholders

National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIDA is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials - is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world

Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities - laws, legislation, resources, services

Partnership for Strong Communities - Housing Solutions

Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Connecticut - assists families in planning for the future of a family member with a disability

Reaching Home Campaign -  Join the Reaching Home Campaign. Organizations and individuals can lend their voice to ending long term homelessness in Connecticut. Let's build 10,000 units of supportive housing during the next 10 years

For children and adolescents

Mental Health American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Anxiety disorders

Autism Society of America

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)

Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy For Persons with Disabilities

Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center

Connecticut Voices for Children

Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF)

Families and Advocates Partnership for Special Education

FAVOR,Inc. (Family Advocacy Organization)

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI National)

National Anxiety Foundation

National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System

National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities (NICHCY)

National Institute of Mental Health

National Mental Health Association

National Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

Social Security Administration

Special Education Resource Center (SERC)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The American Psychiatric Association

The Bipolar Child

The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation

Wrights Law

Connecticut Children's Mental Health Listserv - With support of the Connecticut Health Foundation, Connecticut Voices for Children makes information about policy, research and programs quickly available to parents, professionals and policy makers. To subscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo@mail.ctvoices.org, and in the body of the message write: subscribe ctkidsmh-infoshare

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