SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center
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SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides a web site, SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center, at http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov. The web site is part of the SAMHSA Health Information Network. Information is provided through the web site, as well as through a toll-free telephone number (1-800-789-2647), and more than 600 publications.
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Intended Audiences
The SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center is for persons who use mental health services, and their families, as well as policymakers, the general public and the media.
Services
The SAMHSA National Mental Health Information Center provides the following services:
• Responding to Questions – The staff of the National Mental Health Information Center listens to and responds to questions from the public and professionals.
• Directing Callers – The staff directs callers to the appropriate Federal, state and local organizations whose expertise is in treating and preventing mental illness.
• Other Information – The Center also has information on grants (Federal), conferences and other events.
Programs
The SAMHSA National Mental Health Information Center is involved in the following Mental Health Programs:
• Child, Adolescent and Family
• Community Support program
• Consumer/Survivor
• Emergency Mental Health/Traumatic Stress
• HIV/AIDS
• Homelessness
• Mental Health Statistics
• National Suicide Prevention Initiative
• Organization and Financing
• Protection and Advocacy
• Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs
• State Planning/Mental Health Block Grant
CMHS Activities cover the following programs:
• 15+
• Discrimination and Stigma
• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
• Youth Violence Prevention
• Surgeon General’s Reports
• SAMHSA’s Disaster Technical Assistance Center
• The Center on Women, Violence and Trauma
Contacting the CMHS Call Center
The CMHS Call Center responds to inquiries about mental health topics weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Toll-free: 1-800-789-2647
TDD: 1-866-889-2647
Fax: 1-240-221-4295
Mail:
National Mental Health Information Center
P.O. Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20847
Mental Health Topics
The web site has a searchable list of some 30 topics, including Children/Families, Illness and Disorder, Disaster and Trauma, Services Research, Stress/Anxiety, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Treatment, and Women/Trauma.
Features and new publications are listed on the web site’s home page, along with a link to the mental health services locator in your area, upcoming events, hotlines, call center numbers, crisis center numbers and more.
Other Links and Resources
The web site contains links to order publications, newsroom, and resources (such as FAQs, mental health services locator, mental health directory, mental health links, for kids, calendar of events, and more).
--Suzannekane 20:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
