(Note: We have been adding to this “Links” page on a daily basis in late October and November 2006. As soon as this process is more or less completed, we will categorize and alphabetize all of the listings to make navigating easier.)
The Law Offices of Aaron M. Levine & Associates
Ph: 202-833-8040 / Fax: 202-833-8046 Toll free: 888-868-5380
The Disability Benefits Law Firm of Elkind & Shea
Ph: 301-495-6665 / Fax: 301-565-5111
Andalman & Flynn Attorneys at law
Ph: 301-563-6685 Disability Benefits, Employment, Personal Injury law
Silver Spring Drop-In Center
Threshold Services
Ph: 301-754-1102
"Street Sense" Newspaper DC
Ellington's on Eighth Restaurant & Lounge
DC Mental Health Consumers League, Inc. (DCMHCL)
Ph: 202-801-6562
Jobs Unlimited Inc
The Upscale Resale Thrift Shop
1075 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
The Family Services Agency, Inc.
An Affiliate of The Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Foundation
To schedule an appointment Ph: 301-840-3263
Steven Gellman Music
St. Luke's House
Ph: 301-493-4200 / Fax: 301-493-6209
On Our Own of Montgomery County, Inc.
Ph: 240-683-5555
Time Banks Weave Community One Hour at a Time
TimeBanks USA Ph: 202-686-5200 Fax: 202-537-5033
The Washington Psychiatric Society
Ph: 202-244-7750 / Fax: 202-244-6110
The Maryland Psychiatric Society
Ph: 410-625-0232 / Fax: 410-625-0277
The Psychiatric Society of Virginia
Ph: 804-754-1200 / Fax: 804-282-0090
National Association of Social Workers Maryland Chapter (NASW-MD)
Local Baltimore Ph: 410-788-1066 / 800-867-6776 (MD Only)
Fax: (410) 747-0635
National Association of Social Workers DC Metro Chapter
Ph: 202-336-8395 / Fax: 202-336-8347
National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter
Ph: 804-204-1339 / Fax: 804-204-1539
The Maryland Psychological Association
Ph: 301-596-3999 / Fax: 410-992-7732
The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
Ph: 800-326-2642 or 703-548-6002 / Fax: 703-548-4775
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Ph: 800-826 -3632 / Fax: 312-642-7243
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)
Ph: 703-610-9026 / Toll Free: 888-288-1104
Computer Learning and Resource Center, Inc. (CLARC)
Ph: 301-431-1628 / Fax: 301-431-1726
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Ph: 202-467-5730 ext 121 / Fax: 202-223-0409
On Our Own of Maryland, Inc. (OOOMD)
Ph: 800-704-0262 or 410-646-0262 / Fax: 410-646-0264
The Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.
Ph: 410-298-3226 Irene Spencer / Fax: 410-298-3226
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
406 G Street, Suite 206, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Ph: 907-274-7686 / Fax: 907-274-9493
The Freedom Center
PO Box 623 Northampton, Massachusetts 01061
Ph: 413-582-9948
Recovery, Inc. International Headquarters
802 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Ph: 312-337-5661 / Fax: 312-337-5756
CREATE Arts Center, Studio Downstairs
816 Thayer Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: 301-588-2787 Ext-2
The Mental Help Net
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D., Director
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY (NARPA)
MindFreedom Support Coalition International
Ph: 541-345-9106 / Toll Free 877-MAD-PRIDE / Fax: 541-345-3737
DC Consumer Leadership Forum
Ph: 202-661-5947 / Fax: 202-727-2132
DC Consumer Action Network
Ph: 202-842-0001 / Fax: 202-842-2685
The Green Door
1623 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20009
Ph: 202-462-4092 - Ask for Intake / Fax: 202-446-2184
The Woodley House
Ph: 202-328-4069
The World Federation for Mental Health
Ph: 703-313-8680 / Fax: 703-313-8683
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
Ph: 215-751-1810 / Toll Free 800-553-4539 / Fax: 215-636-6312
The Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Ph: 215-751-1800 / Toll Free 800-688-4226
Anxiety-Panic.Com
Schizophrenia.com
No Longer Lonely.com
Online Social Community for Adults with Mental Illness
SelfhelpMagazine.com
The Center for Reintegration
Ph: 201-869-2333 / Fax: 201-869-2123
VOCAL CO-OP Consumer Owned & Operated Programs
P.O. Box 1248, Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Ph: 434-243-7878 or toll-free 888-771-2030
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1066 Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202-449-3600 / Fax: 202-449-3601
The American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, Va. 22209-3901
Ph: 703-907-7300
NAMI Thrift Shop is located at:
10730 Connecticut Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895-2147
Ph: (301) 949-5731 Hours of Operation:
Monday 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am - 7:30 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 10:00 am - 7:30 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Donations are welcome Wednesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM
Social Anxiety Support Group
For Maryland, Virginia, & Washington DC
Social Phobics Anonymous
Jonathan Berent, LCSW, ACSW
Freedom From Fear
NARSAD of Greater Washington DC
Jim Wheatley, chapter manager.
Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Network
Phone: (718)351-1717
Academy of Cognitive Therapy
American Psychiatric Nurses Assn./Capital Chapter
Silver Ribbon Coalition
Phone: (800)607-2599
(GlaxoSmithKline)
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
International Assn. for Women’s Mental Health
Mental Health InfoSource
SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Info Center
Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives
Mental Disabilities Rights International
Eric Rosenthal, executive director.
National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers
Mental Health Resources
American Psychoanalytic Assn.
American Counseling Assn.
Clinical Social Work Federation
American Mental Health Alliance
Phone: (503)279-8160
Joyce Follingstad, Ph.D., RN, president.
Families USA—A Voice for the Health Care Consumer
Phone: (202)628-3030
American Assn. for Health Freedom
Code Blue Now!
America’s Health Care Voice…and Yours
How to play HMO Hardball
Institute for Health Freedom
Physicians For a National Health Program
Psychotherapists for Social Responsibility
((note: Web site appears to be down.))
National Disability Rights Network
Curtis L. Decker, executive director.
ADS Center—Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma
Advocacy Unlimited
Safe Harbor Maryland
Well Mind Assn. national
Well Mind Assn. of Greater Washington
Phone: (301)774-6617
Orthomolecular Medicine Online
International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine
Dr. Gert E. Schuitemaker, president.
International Schizophrenia Foundation
National Stigma Clearinghouse
Stamp Out Stigma
Pathways to Promise—Ministry and Mental Illness
Disability Rights Advocates
Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
(primarily California)
Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund
American Bar Association
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
World Institute on Disability
National Council on Independent Living
Phone: (202)207-0334.
John Lancaster, executive director.
Through the Looking Glass
“Mouth” magazine—Voice of the Disability Nation
“Stop Shrinks”
Mental Health Matters
(federal repository of information and links)
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry & Psychology
Psych Truth
Phone: Dr. Riccio—(212)861-7400. Dr. Simon—(516)361-8067.
Successful Schizophrenia
Natural Psychotherapy
Phone: (212)988-4700
Psychiatric Drug Facts
Dr. James Raia, Ph.D.
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
Peter Lehmann Publishing, author of “Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs”
and other book titles.
(U.S. branch office presence in Eugene, Oregon.)
Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
c/o Advocacy Unlimited
“Ragged Edge” magazine online
Repository of Recovery Resources
Phone: (617)353-3549.
The Carter Center
Jimmy & Roslyn Carter, founders.
Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media
Eugene V. Beresin, M.D., co-director
Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D., co-director
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
Phone: (877)495-0009
New York “City Voices” newspaper
American Assn. of Pastoral Counselors
Douglas M. Ronsheim, executive director.
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Phone: (301)984-6200.
Patient Assistance Programs Directory
c/o Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn.
Phone: (888)477-2668
American Case Management Assn./Maryland & Virginia
Wellplace
Phone: (800)569-2153
American Psychotherapy Assn.
American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama
