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Mental Health Resources in
the 50 States and D.C.
An easy way to find help in your area
The Surgeon
General's Report on Mental Health
The Surgeon General of the United States wrote a landmark report on mental
health care. Read in-depth information on the state of mental health in the
United States.
Detailed Brochures
The National Institute of Mental Health has written some excellent documents on
a variety of mental health issues
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Four Federal agencies have combined forces with the U.S. Surgeon General to
reduce the rate of suicide in America.
Report of The Surgeon General's
Conference on Children's Mental Health
The full text of this important report on the state of Children's mental Health
in the United States.
healthfinder
A database of Online content developed by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services to assist consumers in finding health information. Hundreds of
screened health resources.
Mental
Health Parity is Incomplete
Parity between mental health and
physical health treatment exists in very few U.S. states. How does your state
stack up? This comprehensive NIH report will tell you.
How
much for Parity?
An earlier (1998) study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration calculated the cost of providing full parity between physical and
mental health..
Research at NIMH and similar federal
sites
Information on these programs and their findings.
A government project to improve the Health of Americans by 2010.
Healthy People
Mental Health Resources Directory The
Brain's Inner Workings CD Visit the Mental Health
Bookstore
Resources selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration to meet these Goals.
A video narrated by Leonard Nimoy that describes the inner workings of the
brain.
