Resources

Mental Health/Mental Retardation County Programs

Your County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program can be a great resource for information and assistance. For a list of County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Programs please click here.

Links

Here you will find links to some of the vast resources available on the Web regarding mental health and mental retardation. These are sites we have screened and can recommend for reliable information. If you have a useful Web site you would like to suggest for inclusion in this guide, please e-mail us for review. Please check back often for updates.

Mental Health

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: www.aacap.org

Bazelon Center For Mental Health Law: www.bazelon.org

Center for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network/SAMHSA: www.mentalhealth.org

Consumer Satisfaction Team Alliance of PA: www.cstap.org

Family Involvement in Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System: http://pachildrensnews.org/PDFs/FamilyInvolvementMonograph.pdf

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health: www.ffcmh.org

Mental Health America: www.mentalhealthamerica.net

Mental Health and Aging: www.mhaging.org

Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania Children's Page: www.pachildrensnews.org

National Alliance of the Mentally Ill: www.nami.org

National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Consumers’ Self Help Clearinghouse: www.mhselfhelp.org

OpenMindsOpenDoors Campaign: www.openmindsopendoors.com

Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program (CAP): www.equalemployment.org

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare: www.dpw.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association: www.pmhca.org

Speaking for Ourselves: www.speaking.org

Stop Bulling Now: www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov

Suicide Prevention Lifeline: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Mental Retardation

The ARC: www.thearc.org

The ARC of NEPA: www.thearcnepa.org

Best Buddies: www.bestbuddies.org

Eastern PA HCQU: www.easternpa-hcqu.org

Family Involvement in Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System: http://pachildrensnews.org/PDFs/FamilyInvolvementMonograph.pdf

Kids Health: www.kidshealth.org/kid

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: www.ninds.nih.gov

National Institute of Mental Health - Autism Publications: www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/autism

National Institute of Mental Health - Autism Spectrum Disorders: www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org

Northeastern PA HCQU: www.nepa-hcqu.org

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare: www.dpw.state.pa.us/ServicesPrograms/MentalRetardation

South Central PA HCQU: www.southcentralpa-hcqu.org

Special Kids Network: www.health.state.pa.us/skn

Publications

We have compiled a list of publications that we hope you will find informative on a large variety mental health and mental retardation topics. Please click here to check out our list of mental health resources. For our list of mental retardation resources, please click here.