SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center

This Web site is a component of the SAMHSA Health Information Network

Our Call Center is staffed with trained Information Specialists who respond to inquiries about mental health issues. We are available weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern time.

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SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center)

The ADS Center helps people design, implement and operate programs that reduce discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses. With the most up-to-date research and information, the Center helps individuals, organizations and governments counter such discrimination and stigma in the community, in the workplace, and in the media.

Anti-Stigma Home Page
The Anti-Stigma Home Page focuses on inaccurate images of mental illness in news, advertising, and entertainment media. It has links to related news, resources and information about the National Stigma Clearinghouse.

Bandaides and Blackboards
This website is about growing up with medical problems and disabilities. The goal is to help people understand what it is like from the perspective of children and teens who are doing so.

Factsforhealth.org
Factsforhealth.org was created by the not-for-profit Madison Institute of Medicine to increase the understanding of mental health disorders. Helps people identify, understand and find treatment for social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Provides clinician referrals and free online CME courses for PTSD and PMDD.

From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves

This site contains report from the National Council on Disability that recommends self-determination, dignity, and choice as the cornerstone of public policy for people with psychiatric disabilities. It is based on testimonies of people with psychiatric disabilities at an NCD hearing in 1998.

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