Related Links

Mental Health Information and Publications

• Rhode Island Network of Care

• The Rhode Island Institute for Mental Health Excellence
  
  
• Mental Help Net
  A mental health resource guide.

Programs and Services

• Kid's Link RI

           Rhode Island's first centralized emergency hotline for children in emotional crisis.

• FRIENDS WAY (Families Reaching Into Each New Day)

Bereavement services for children and families located in Warwick, Rhode Island

• The Autism Project of Rhode Island

• Therapeutic Child Care Services

Associations

• The Alzheimer's Association
  Dedicated to researching the preventions, cures and treatments of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, and providing support and assistance to afflicted patients and their families.
  
  
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapist
  The professional organization for the field of marriage and family therapy.
  
  
• American Association of Retired Persons
  Fights for the rights of older Americans
  
  
• American Association of Suicidology
  Promotes research and education for professionals and volunteers.
  
  
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
  Represents 70,000 licensed and certified mental health counselors.
  
  
• American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  National medical specialty society whose members specialize in diagnosis and treatment of mental and addictive disorders.
  
  
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
  Advances the psychiatric-mental health nursing practice to improve mental health services.
  
  
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
  Specialty medical society on addictions.

• Learning Disabilities Association
  The Largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities.

• Mental Health Association of Rhode Island

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  Grassroots organization working for effective solutions to drunk driving and underage drinking problems.

• National Alliance on the Mentally Ill
  A national consumer advocate, NAMI outlines its programs and public resources such as book reviews, research, and conference information.  Rhode Island Chapter
  
  
• National Association of Social Workers
  The largest organization of professional social workers. It serves members and advocates for sound social policy.
  
  
• Nation Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
  Serving the nation's public mental health system.
  
  
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
  Training, consulting, and technical assistance for behavioral healthcare organizations for a changing environment.
  
  
• National Mental Health Association
  Working to improve all individuals' mental health. Check out its National Public Education Campaign on Clinical Depression.
  
  
• Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Organizations, Inc.

Accredation

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  Evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 U.S. healthcare organizations, including hospitals, healthcare networks and healthcare organizations that provide behavioral healthcare, home care, long-term care, laboratory, and ambulatory care services.

Clinical

• Clinical Practice Guidelines Online
  Download clinical practice guidelines online using the World Wide Web, gopher, or file transfer protocol (ftp).
  
  
• Medical Outcomes Trust
  Non-profit organization dedicated to advancing high-quality, standardized, patient-based measures of health and quality.
  
  
• MEDLINE
  Online database of 11 million citations and abstracts from health and medical journals and other news sources.

Federal Government

• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
  Provides information regarding alcohol and other drug-related problems in local communities.
  
  
• Healthfinder
  The Department of Health and Human Services' Healthfinder provides links to more than 300 federal web sites, with separate links to state and local government agencies, universities, not-for-profit organizations, publications, and online discussion groups.
  
  
• National Center for PTSD
  Carries out a broad range of multidisciplinary activities in research, education, and training.
  
  
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
  Provides resources such as electronic newsletters and survey publication information.
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Conducts and supports research nationwide on mental illness and mental health, including studies of the brain, behavior, and mental health services.
  
  
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcohol and alcohol-related problems.
  
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  The Institute is organized into divisions and offices, each playing a key role in programs of drug abuse research.
  
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Works to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

State Government

• RI Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals

Foundation

• Addiction Research Foundation
  Information on addiction.