Internet Resources
National Mental Health Organizations
Local Mental Health Organizations
- Network of Care
- Mental Health Association of Maryland
- Maryland Coalition for Families for Children's Mental Health
- On Our Own of Maryland
- Community Behavioral Health of Maryland
- Consumer Quality Team
- SPEAK- Suicide Education Awareness for Kids
Government
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Mental Hygiene Administration
- Maryland Insurance Administration— Consumer Information
- Maryland Department of Disabilities
- Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
- Maryland General Assembly
Research Links
- NIMH Genetic Study of Schizophrenia
- NIMH Inpatient Schizophrenia Research Program
- Johns Hopkins Medicine Epidemiology-Genetics Family Studies
Additional Resources
- National Mental Health Information Center
- The Psychiatry Online
- National Institute of Mental Health
- The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- NARSAD
- Internet Mental Health
- American Association of Suicidology
- Treatment Advocacy Center
- Schizophrenia.com
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Screening for Mental Health
- BPD Central
- Antidepressant Facts.com
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Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy – Preferred drug list policies for mental health medications
- NAMI Crisis Intervention Team for Youth Manual
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Mental Health Professionals: Who They Are and How to Find One
Some of the links from these sites are very useful, some are controversial. Note that some reflect views on mental health issues that differ from the NAMI perspective.