Some Relevant Resources:

Montgomery County & SE PA Links

Montgomery CountyGovernment

Community Support Program Principles

Central Montgomery County MH/MR Center

Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHA of SEPA)

Mental Health and Aging Advocacy Project of SE PA

County of Bucks

Chester County Pennsylvania

Delaware County Pennsylvania

The Montgomery County Association for Excellence in Services (MAX)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Links

PA State Government

PA Department of Welfare (PDPW)

PA Department of Aging

PA Department of Health

Federal Government Links

Mental Health: Surgeon General's Report

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999

National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA)

Center for MentalHealth Services

Grateful Med (National Library of Medicine)

US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

FirstGov (Gateway to USGovt. Sites and More)

Advocacy & Consumers

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

NAMI of PA

PA Mental Health Consumers Association

National Mental Health Consumer's Self-Help Clearinghouse

The ARC of the United States

National Patient Advocacy Contact Numbers

Associations & Organizations

American Academy of Physician Assistants

American Nurses Association

National Mental Health Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

American Association for Emergency Psychiatry

American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)

American Association of Suicidology (AAS)

American Foundation for SuicidePrevention (AFSP)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)

Service Providers & Directories

MR Service Providers in PA

Where to Turn (Hosted by LawFirm - See "Community Links")

Articles & Essays, Etc.

Guide to Mental Health Terminology

Glossary On-line: Psychiatry

International Society for Mental Health On-line

PIE Searchable MH Database

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Mental Health InfoSource

National Mental Health Screening Project

Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice

Jailing the Mentally Ill

Mentally ill crowd Metro area jails (Detroit News)

Mentally Ill Flooding American Prisons

Prisons now help mentally ill (Ohio)

Psychwatch Forensic Resources

Forensic Psychology - Suite101.com

US Department of Justice

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Mental Health in Corrections Consortium

Suicide by Cop - Resource For SBC Information

People with Mental Retardation in the Criminal Justice System

Managed Behavioral Health Care

Suicide by Managed Care

Managed Behavioral Health

Managed Care (News, Links Pro/Con)

HMOs and the Mentally Ill

Magellan Health Services

Managed Care Education Clearinghouse


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