Mental Health

A Different Kind of Courage: Safeguarding and Enhancing Your Psychological Health is a new educational video depicting how service members and their families may be affected by combat and deployment stress. This 25-minute video may be viewed by clicking on this link.

Information and support to families and professionals in Nebraska who are interested in Children's Mental Health issues.

Information on the CMHS, which administers programs and funding for the delivery of mental health services.

Information on how HIPAA regulations affect practices for community treatment providers, consumers, single state agencies, public and private payers of alcohol, substance abuse and mental health services and professional and trade associations.

People who rely on public mental health services should be directly involved in designing their own care plan. This guide helps consumers and other advocates play a greater role in recovery planning and have greater control over how resources are spent to meet their needs. Download the complete guide in .pdf format.

March 17, 2008 report from the National Council on Disabilities (NCD) that looks at barriers and solutions relating to people with psychiatric disabilities fully participating in their communities.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched the Mental Health Campaign for Mental Health Recovery to encourage, educate, and inspire people between 18 and 25 to support their friends who are experiencing mental health problems.

Shortcuts to information and services the U.S. Department of Labor offers concerning mental health issues, including the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA).

Information on the MHPA, which provides regulations regarding mental health benefits under group health plans.

Information for returning veterans and their families about prevention, treatment and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Include resources for military families coping with trauma.

Basic public health information on mental health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health provides research, training and information focused specifically on American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. Call for yourself, or someone you care about - you call is free and confidential. Para obtener asistencia en espanol durante las 24 horas, llame al 1-888-628-9454.

Using knowledge gained during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this position paper from the National Council on Disability (NCD) provides recommendations on how to assist people with psychiatric disorders during and after natural disasters.

Research and evaluations, noteworthy practices and links regarding mental illness and intellectual disabilities in adult education.

Information from Vietnam Veterans of America on PTSD, including how to get help and tips on working with service providers.

Fact sheet from the National Center for PTSD on the link between PTSD and alcohol abuse. Document is in .pdf format.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance on enforcing ADA provisions as they relate to psychiatric disabilities.

Information on a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) center that works to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness by gathering information and research and providing technical assistance and support.

Information on SAMSHA, the federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

The lessons in this module present fundamental information about mental illnesses. The Science of Mental Illness has several objectives, including introducing students in grades 6-8 to the key concept that mental illnesses have a biological basis and are therefore not that different from other illnesses or diseases. Through inquiry-based activities, students gain a better understanding of what mental illnesses are and what they are not.

This free conference is being sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs and will take place October 1-2, 2008 in Bethesda, MD. Experts in the field will inform representatives from health and human service systems (military, veteran and civilian), health care providers and researchers about socio-demographic influences with regard to the psychological health needs of populations exposed to high stress/deployment and traumatic events.

Information from the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) regarding types of treatments that are available.

Publications, subscriptions and electronic products relating to mental health that can be purchased from GPO.

The Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), has provided immediate, often life-saving, help to tens of thousands of veterans and their loved ones during the year since its inception. Over 22,000 calls have come directly from veterans, with the remainder coming from others seeking help for veterans who are family members or friends.