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Mental Health First Aid
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Telephone: 202.684.3736
Website: http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Fees: Free in most areas
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Right Direction
Website: http://www.rightdirectionforme.com
Fees: Free
An educational initiative created to raise awareness about workplace depression, promote early recognition of symptoms and reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. Jointly created by the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health and Employers Health, a national healthcare coalition based in Ohio, this initiative gives employers turnkey materials for worksite education to increase employee help-seeking. Download webinar about this free program at http://myvbch.org/events/depression-workplace-webinar.
Right Direction is an effort from the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, a program of the American Psychiatric Foundation and Employers Health Coalition, Inc., and is supported by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (TPUSA) and Lundbeck U.S.
Pamphlets available for ordering on various substance abuse or mental illnesses
ADHD
https://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/subject.cfm?category=14
Bipolar Disorder
https://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/subject.cfm?category=4
Various MH Publications available both English & Spanish
https://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/subject.cfm?category=998
Suicide in America, FAQ
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
https://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/subject.cfm?category=24
OCD: When Unwanted Thoughts Take Over
https://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/subject.cfm?category=10
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Marijuana Facts for Teens http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/publications/ID/PUB111
Preventing Drug Use in Children/Adolescents: Parent/Educator/Comm Leader Guide, 2nd edition http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov//publications/ID/pub103-0
Drugs: Shatter the Myths http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov//publications/ID/pub117
Marijuana Facts Parents Need to Know http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/publications/ID/pub112
Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Questions to ask http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/publications/ID/pub12
Heads Up: Real News about Drugs and Your Body http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/node/2289
Mind over Matter: The Brains Response to Prescription Drugs http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/publications/ID/mi101
Drugs & Your Body Teaching Poster: It Isn’t Pretty http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov/publications/ID/avd-165
WEB BASED RESOURCE GUIDES
Addiction Treatment Forum
American Council on Alcoholism
Do It Now Foundation
Dual Diagnosis Website
Focus Adolescent Services
Heroin Information Website
Institute of Alcohol Studies
Join Together Online Learn-About-Alcoholism.com
Mental Health Matters
Methadone Anonymous
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC)
Recovery Connection StrugglingTeens.com
Teen Drug Abuse Web of Addictions
Eating Disorders Resources
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
The American Anorexia Bulimia Association, Inc. (AABA)
Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
The Center for Healthy Living's Eating Disorder & Resource Guide
Eating Disorders Referral and Information Center
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
Problem/Compulsive Gambling Resources
National Center for Responsible Gambling
National Council on Problem Gambling
North American Training Institute Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario)
Government Resources
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(NIAAA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA)
Self-Help Resources
AA Meetings Online
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
Al-Anon & Alateen
Alcoholics Anonymous & Alcoholics Anonymous History
Anxiety Self Help Center for On-Line Addiction (COLA)
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CODA)
Essence of Recovery
Food Addicts Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Gift From Within
Internet Addiction
Marijuana Anonymous (MA)
Methadone Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Nicotine Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous (OA)
People Helping People
Recovery Life Recovery USA, IIc
Recovery Zone
Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA)
SMART Recovery
Sober Sources Network
Sober Teens Online
The Sober Village Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA)
