The Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis is a not-for-profit,
non-governmental, charitable corporation founded in 1945 for the purpose of
giving form and structure to the growing community concerns for the needs of
people with mental illness. The Mental Health Association is the only
organization in the St. Louis community concerned with the entire spectrum of
mental health and mental illness.
The mission of the Mental Health
Association is to represent the public's interest in all matters relating to
mental illness and mental health. This mission is translated into a set of
clearly defined goals.
1) Promoting positive mental health;
2)
Assuring that each citizen with mental health problems is accorded appropriate
and timely treatment and rehabilitation;
3) Improving the quality of life for
persons with mental illness; and
4) Serving as a voice in shaping public
policy with respect to mental health issues.
The Mental Health
Association is dedicated to using its limited resources in the most effective
way to lead the local mental health movement, addressing the needs of the
community at large on all issues of mental health and mental
illness.
With over 350 community volunteers, the Association serves St.
Louis City and County and St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren, Franklin and Jefferson
counties.
It is estimated that over 270,000 St. Louis area citizens are
in some way affected by mental illness. This includes almost 40,000 children. On
the national level, almost 40,000,000 Americans are affected by the day-to-day
struggle with mental illness.
In 1909, the National Mental Health
Association was founded by Clifford Beers, a mental health consumer. Since that
time, the Association has grown to over 300 chapters encompassing almost
2,000,000 volunteers throughout the United States.
The Mental Health
Association is the oldest and largest volunteer movement in the country
concerned with all aspects of mental health and mental illness.
In
summary, the Mental Health Association strives to be a voice is shaping public
policy with respect to mental health issues.
What is a Self-Help Group?
Self-help/mutual aid groups
are small voluntary groups of persons who share a common problem, condition, or
life situation. Although drawn together by a shared problem, they learn that by
helping one another, they help themselves. Groups not only support individuals
who have specific concerns, but quite often assist family members and
significant others who are seeking support and education.
In self-help
groups, members find a unique understanding and guidance that comes from others
who have experienced the same problem. Participants provide one another with
emotional support and share information about effective ways to cope with their
mutual problems.
The Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis is
the official clearinghouse for self-help groups in the metropolitan area. For
more information, please call 314-773-1399.
Resources to Help You Start A Group
Effective
Support Groups: How to Plan, Design, Facilitate and Enjoy Them by James E.
Miller, 1998, 64 pg., Willowgreen Publishing, PO Box 25180, Fort Wayne, IN.
46825 (219-490-2222). $6.95 plus S&H
This book is a simple and
succinct overview of basic information about groups including what a support
group is, how they're created, the ways in which they function, what's expected
of the members and what's to be required of the facilitators. It includes
various models of developing your group and invites the reader to use
flexibility and creativity when developing a support group. Each section of the
book begins with a question followed by a response giving a range of options
including useful discussions on should a support group be open or closed, why
start or join a support group, what are ground rules and various ways
facilitators put into practice skills such as attending, gatekeeping, focusing,
mediating and more. This book is a valuable resource for people who want to
start a group as well as a helpful review for experienced group facilitators.
The book also includes additional resources for use with support groups dealing
with the topics of bereavement, caregiving and life transitions. A selected
bibliography of self-help literature is also listed as a useful reference on
self-help literature.
The Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis
can provide a start-up kit of materials. The information is taken from the 5th
edition of the Self-Help SourceBook; The comprehensive reference of self-help
group resources, published by the American Self-Help Clearinghouse in Denville,
New Jersey. Topics include:
Leadership
How to build shared
leadership
Communication and handling difficult behaviors
How to cope with
distress or crisis in a group
Publicity strategies
If you would
like a free set of materials, call the Mental Health Association of Greater St.
Louis at 314-773-1399.
HOW TO USE THE
DIRECTORY
This directory provides the most current listings
possible for self-help/mutual aid groups in the St. Louis area. Listings of the
groups include a contact person if known, phone number, and brief description of
the goal/purpose of the group. No attempt was made to evaluate these groups and
inclusion in this directory is not intended as an endorsement.
Potential
group members, professionals, and others interested in learning more about a
particular group will find the brief descriptions, addresses and phone numbers
helpful as a beginning point for further explorations. Self-help groups can
provide a valuable component in the recovery process. For that reason, we hope
you find this book useful as a resource manual.
The Alphabetical index
lists all groups, in alphabetical order.
The Category index lists groups,
in alphabetical order according to the type of issue addressed. For example, a
support group for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome can be found under the
Bereavement category. Group names will be listed under more than one category
when appropriate.
When groups are sponsored by or meet at a hospital, the
hospital name and phone number, not the address, is listed. Please refer to the
table on the next page for addresses of hospitals in which groups meet. This has
been done to minimize the amount of paper used to print the
directory.
Although self-help group information expands and changes
constantly, this book represents the most comprehensive, up-to-date information
available to us. Throughout the year, the Mental Health Association makes every
attempt possible to make note of changes that occur with the groups listed in
the directory. If you know of any changes, deletions or additions that would
allow us to give the most up-to-date information to callers, please contact us
at:
phone 314-773-1399
fax 314-773-5930
e-mail mhagstl@aol.com
| Alton Memorial Hospital | #1 Memorial Drive Alton, IL 62002 |
| Anderson Hospital | 6800 State Route #162 Maryville, IL 62062 |
| Barnes-Jewish Hospital | #1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza St. Louis, MO 63110 |
| Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Peters | #6 Jungerman Circle St. Peters, MO 63376 |
| Barnes-Jewish Hospital/West County | 12634 Olive Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63141 |
| Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | 1465 South Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63104 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast | 11133 Dunn Road St. Louis, MO 63136 |
| Christian Hospital Northwest | 1225 Graham Road Florissant, MO 63031 |
| DePaul Health Center | 12303 DePaul Drive Bridgeton, MO 63044 |
| DePaul Health Center/St. Vincent's | 12377 DePaul Drive Bridgeton, MO 63044 |
| Des Peres Hospital | 2345 Dougherty Ferry Road St. Louis, MO 63122 |
| Forest Park Hospital | 6150 Oakland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63139 |
| Jefferson Memorial Hospital | Highway 61 Festus, MO 63028 |
| Memorial Hospital/Belleville | 4500 Memorial Drive Belleville, IL 62223 |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center | 3015 North Ballas Road St. Louis, MO 63131 |
| St. Alexius Hospital | 3933 South Broadway St. Louis, MO 63118 |
| St. Anthony's Medical Center | 10010 Kennerly Road St. Louis, MO 63128 |
| St. Elizabeth's Hospital | 211 South 3rd Street Belleville, IL 62222 |
| St. Elizabeth's Medical Center | 2100 Madison Avenue Granite City, IL 62040 |
| St. John's Mercy Medical Center | 615 South New Ballas Road St. Louis, MO 63141 |
| St. John's Mercy Medical Center/Washington | 200 Madison Avenue Washington, MO 63090 |
| St. Joseph Hospital/Breeze | 9515 Holy Cross Lane Breeze, IL 62230 |
| St. Joseph Hospital/Kirkwood | 525 Couch Avenue St. Louis, MO 63122 |
| St. Joseph Health Center/St. Charles | 300 First Capitol Drive St. Charles, MO 63301 |
| St. Louis Children's Hospital | One Children's Place St. Louis, MO 63110 |
| St. Louis ConnectCare Medical Center | 5535 Delmar St. Louis, MO 63112 |
| St. Louis University Hospital | 3635 Vista (at Grand) St. Louis, MO 63110 |
| St. Luke's Hospital | 232 South Woods Mill Road Chesterfield, MO 63017 |
| St. Mary's Health Center | 6420 Clayton Road St. Louis, MO 63117 |
| South Pointe Hospital | 2639 Miami St. Louis, MO 63118 |
| Spirit of St. Louis Hospital | 5391 Highway 94 South St. Charles, MO 63303 |
Eating Disorders Support Group
Weight Management Support Group
What's New, Grannies and Grandpas?
Women Supporting Women (Breast Cancer)
Women Veterans Educational/Support Group
Women's Self Help Center Hotline
WORTH (Women Overcoming Ruin Through Him) (women only)
Young Mothers with Breast Cancer
Young Stroke Servivor Support Group
Brain Injury Association/St. Louis Chapter
Burns Recovered Support Group
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
AddictionWe Need to Talk About It
Adult Children of Alcoholics (4)
Al-Anon Information Center
Alcohol/Drug Addiction/Co-Dependency
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous for Manic Depressives
Alcoholics for Christ
Chemical Dependency Support Group
Christian 12-Step
Cocaine Anonymous Support Group
Debtors Anonymous
Dual Diagnosis/Person to Person
Dual Diagnosis Support Group
Freedom from Smoking
Gamblers Anonymous (3)
Manic Depressive/Dual Diagnosis
Narcotics Anonymous/St. Louis
Nicotine Anonymous
RAPHA
Rational Recovery
Recovering Couples Anonymous
Recovery from Chemical Addictions
Sex and Love Addiction Anonymous
Sexual Addictions
12-Step Open Groups
12-Step Recovery Group
12-Step Support/Recovery and Prayer Group
Women for Sobriety
Adoption Today
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis
International Families
Lifelong Experience of Adoption
New Hope Support
Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group (2)
Panic Anxiety Group
Recovery, Inc. (2)
Asthma & Allergy Support Group
Living with Asthma
Lung Association, American
Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Support Group
Attention Deficit Disorder Association of Missouri (ADDAM)
CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
Learning Disabilities Association/St. Louis Affiliate
A Way With Words (AWWW)
Aiding a Mother Experiencing Neonatal Death (AMEND)
American Heartland Hospice Bereavement
Bereaved Parents, USA
Bereavement Group (Children)
Bereavement Support Group (4)
Compassionate Friends
Day By Day (Adult Grief)
Good Grief
Grief Support Group (7)
Hope for Bereaved Parents
Hospice Support Group
Kids Time
Mercy Friends (Bereavement)
Mercy Heartprints
Now Widowed - New Ways
Parents of Murdered Children and Other Survivors of Homicide Victims
Pet Loss Support Group
Resolve Through Sharing
SHARE Support Group (Grief) (3)
Sharing Losses Through Bereavement
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Survivors after Suicide
Survivors of Suicide (2)
Survivors Supporting Survivors
Teen Age Grief (TAG)
THEOS
TLC (Tender Loving Care) Groups
12-Step Support/Recovery & Prayer Group
Widowed Person Service
Widowed Support Group (2)
Wife, Widow, Woman
AWAKE
Better Breathers Club (2)
Breathing Center Support Group
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Healthy Living Club
Lung Association, American
Lung Transplant Support Group
Pulmonary Education Program
Pulmonary Support Group (4)
Bear Essentials (Children of Cancer Patients)
Bone Marrow Transplant Support Group
Brain Tumor Network of St. Louis
Breast Cancer Information Center
Breast Cancer Support Group (6)
Cancer Hotline, St. Louis
Cancer Information Center (2)
Cancer Support Group (3)
Candlelighters
Cansurmount
"Chatterboxes" - ENT Support Group
Leukemia Society of America
Leukemia Society Support Group
Life After Breast Cancer
Look Good-Feel Better
Prostate Cancer Support Group (3)
Reach to Recovery
Taking Hold
Together - (Gynecological Cancer Support Group)
Wellness Commurnity
Women Supporting Women (Breast Cancer)
Young Mothers with Breast Cancer
Arrhythmia Support Group
Automatic Internal Cardioverter Defribillator (AICD) Support Group
Cardiac Support Group (2)
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Healthy Hearts Support Group
Heart Association, American
Heart-to-Heart Volunteer Program
Mended Hearts
Open Heart Surgery Support Group
Young Hearts
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Disease Family Support Group
Alzheimer's Support Group (3)
Caregivers of Older Persons
Caregivers Support Group
Caregivers Support Group (Alzheimer's)
Community Caregivers Support Group
Living With Memory Loss
Bear Essentials (Children of Cancer Patients)
Bereavement Group (Ages 6-12 and 13-18)
C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
Grief Support Group (2)
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Kids in the Middle
Kids Time
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of the US
Sibling Prep Class
Siblings Support Group
SIBSHOPS
Super Siblings
Teen Age Grief (TAG)
Young Adults With Arthritis
Leader Support Groups
Debtors Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous (2)
Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group (2)
Overeaters Anonymous (4)
Overeaters, Anorexia/Bulimia - males
Overcoming Eating Disorders
Rational Recovery
Recovering Couples Anonymous
Sex and Love Addiction Anonymous
Sexual Addictions
Depressive/ Manic Depressive Association
Depression Support Group
Manic Depression (see DMDA)
Manic Depressive/Dual Diagnosis
PMS Menopause Center
Postpartum Adjustment Support Group
Postpartum Support Group (Depression)
Diabetes Association, American
Diabetes Support Group (13)
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Sharing Makes A Difference (Diabetes)
Understanding Diabetes
Amputee Support Group
Autism Society of America
Blind and Visually Impaired, St. Louis Society for the
Brain Injury Association/St. Louis
Carondolet Social-Lites
Cerebral Palsy Auxiliary, United
Deaf Fellowship
Down Syndrome Association of St. Louis
Learning Disabilities Association/St. Louis Affiliate
Life Goes On
People First Self Help Group
People With Low Vision
Siblings Support Group
SHHH - (Self Help for Hard of Hearing)
Sight Loss Support Group
Special Parents Outreach
ABtec Support Group
Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD)
Eating Disorders Support Group
First Place
Overcoming Eating Disorders
Overeaters Anonymous (4)
Overeaters, Anorexia/Bulimia-Males
TOPS - Take Off Pounds Sensibly
Weight Management Support Group
Heartwalkers
OASIS
OWL (Older Women's League)
Sight Loss Support Group
Brunch Bunch
Businesspersons Between Jobs
Aware Center
C.H.A.D.D. (Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
Christian 12-Step
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
Fox C-6 Challenge Support
Healthy Relationship Group
Helping Each Other
Helping Our Prison Environment (HOPE)
In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Support Group
Joy of Parenting Twins
Kids in the Middle
Let's Start
NICU "Graduate" Parent Support Group
Parents Demanding Equal Justice
Parents Helping Parents
Postpartum Adjustment Support Group
Postpartum Support Group (Depression)
RAPHA
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Super Siblings
VBAC Support Group
Young Parents, Young People
Gay & Lesbian Community Services, St. Louis
Gay & Married, Divorced, Separated Men's Support Group
Homosexual Recovery Group
Parents and Friends of Lesbians & Gays
AIDS Support Group (4)
Bethany Place
Herpes Support Group (HELP)
Hepatitis C Support Group
HIV Support Group
Phone Friends Support Program - AIDS
Sharing Heart to Heart
Blind and Visually Impaired, St. Louis Society for the
Personal Finance Groups
Care and Share
Divorce Recovery
Gay and Married, Separated, Divorced Men's Support Group
Kids in the Middle
Now Widowed, New Ways
OWL (The voice of mid life and older women)
Parents Demanding Equal Justice
THEOS (They Help Each Other Spiritually)
12-Step Support/Recovery and Prayer Group (for women only)
Widowed Person Service
Widowed Support Group
Wife, Widow, Woman
Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CODA)
Divorce Recovery
Gay and Married, Separated, Divorced Men's Support Group
Healthy Relationship Group
Mid Life Crisis Support Group
Overeaters, Anorexia/Bulimia-Males
Practical Principles for Godly Living (men only)
Prostate Cancer Support Group (3)
Share and Care Group for Separated, Divorced, Widowed and Single
Survivors of Incest Anonymous, Inc.
THEOS
12-Step Open Groups
12-Step Recovery Group
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Borderline Personality Support Group
Brunch Bunch
CUPFUL (Compassion, Understanding, Patience, Forgiving, Unconditional Love)
Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
Depression Support Group
Dual Diagnosis - Person to Person
Dual Diagnosis Support Group
Emotions Anonymous
Gateway Advocacy Group
Grow in Illinois
Manic Depression, See Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
Manic Depressive/Dual Diagnosis
New Hope Support
Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group (2)
Postpartum Adjustment Support Group
Postpartum Support Group
Rational Emotive Therapy
Recovery, Inc. (2)
Schizophrenia Affective/Schizophrenia Group
Schizophrenia Treatment and Education Program
Autism Society of America
Down Syndrome Association of St. Louis
FAMLINKS
People First Self Help Group - College for Living
BREM Women's Support Group
Fox C-6 Challenge Support Group
Grandparents as Parents
Grandparents Course
HOPE (Helping Other Parents Endure)
Joy of Parenting Twins
Kids in the Middle
LaLeche League
Mom's Morning
Mother's Center - St. Louis
New Moms Network
Parent Group
Parents Demanding Equal Justice
Parents Helping Parents
Parents Without Partners
Postpartum Adjustment Support Group
Postpartum Support Group (Depression)
Proud Grandparents
Special Parents Outreach
Tough Love
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
12-Step Support/Recovery and Prayer Group (women only)
What's New, Grannies and Grandpas?
Women's Support Group (WSG)
Young Parents, Young People
ALS Support Group (2)
ALS Association - Greater St. Louis
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Disease Family Support Group
Alzheimer's Support Group (3)
Arthritis Support Group (2)
Asthma and Allergy Support Group
Brain Tumor Support Network of St. Louis
Cerebral Palsy Auxiliary, United
Chronic Fatigue Support Group
Chronic Pain Outreach (3)
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
FIBROMYALGIA Support Group
Headache Sufferers Support Group
Heartwalkers
Hemophilia Association, Greater St. Louis
Huntington's Disease Support Group
Hydrocephalus Support Group
Information and Referral Line
Joint Communications (Arthritis Support Group)
Keratoconus Support Group
Liver Transplant Support Group
Living With Memory Loss
Lung Transplant Support Group
Lupus Support Group
MDA Adult Support Group
MDA Caregivers Support Group
Make Today Count (2)
Make Today Count (Cancer Support Group)
Meniere's Support Group
Moebius Syndrome Support Group, Midwestern
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
Neurofibromatosis Foundation, National
Neuropathy Association of St. Louis
Ostomy Association (3)
Parkinson Disease Inf. & Referral Center, American
Parkinson Support Group (2)
People to People, National Kidney Foundation
PMS Menopause Center
Post-Liver Transplant Support Group
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
Pre-Liver Transplant Support Group
Renal Transplant
Resource Center for Health Information
Restless Legs Syndrome Group
Scleroderma Federation of MO
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
Sjogren's Syndrome Support Group
Special Parents Outreach
Tourette Syndrome Association
Young Adults With Arthritis
Bridges to Recovery (Stroke Support Group)
Stroke Club (2)
Stroke Support Group (3)
Young Stroke Survivor Support Group
Addiction We Need To Talk About It
Adult Children of Alcoholics (4)
Al-Anon Information Center
Alcohol/Drug Addiction/Co-Dependency
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous for Manic Depressives
Alcoholics for Christ
Chemical Dependency Support Group
Christian 12-Step
Cocaine Anonymous Support Group
Dual Diagnosis/Person to Person
Dual Diagnosis Support Group
Freedom from Smoking
Manic Depressive/Dual Diagnosis
Narcotics Anonymous/St. Louis
Nicotine Anonymous
RAPHA
Rational Recovery
Recovering Couples Anonymous
Recovery from Chemical Addictions (men and women)
12-Step Open Groups
12-Step Recovery Group
Women for Sobriety
Vet Center
Women Veterans Educational/ Support Group
Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
ALIVE (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments)
Domestic Violence Support Group
False Memory Syndrome Society
OWL (The voice of mid-life and older women)
Parents Falsely Accused
Sexual Assault Support Group
Survivors of Incest
Survivors of Incest Anonymous, Inc. (2)
12-Step Support/Recovery and Prayer Group
Victim Service Council
Women's Self Help Center
Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
ALIVE (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments)
Breast Cancer Information Center
Breast Cancer Support Group (6)
BREM Women's Support Group
C.H.O.I.C.E.S. (Choosing Health Over Insecurity, Confusion,
Emptiness, and Shame) (women only)
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CODA)
Divorce Recovery
Domestic Violence Support Group
Healthy Relationship Group
LaLeche League
Life After Breast Cancer
Look Good-Feel Better
Mid-Life Crisis Support Group
Mom's Morning
Mother's Center
New Moms Network
Now Widowed - New Ways
Overcoming Co-Dependency (women only)
OWL (Older Women's League)
PMS Menopause Center
Reach to Recovery
Sexual Assualt Support Group
Share and Care Group for Separated, Divorced, Widowed and Single
Sharing Heart to Heart
Survivors of Incest Anonymous, Inc.
Together - Gynecological Cancer Support Group
12-Step Open Groups
12-Step Recovery Group
12 Step Support/Recovery and Prayer Group
VBAC Support Group
Wife, Widow, Woman
Women for Sobriety
Women Supporting Women (Breast Cancer)
Women Veterans Educational/Support Group
Women's Self Help Center
Women's Support Group (WSG)
Women's Support Group
W.O.R.T.H. (Women Overcoming Ruin Through Him) (women only)
Young Mothers with Breast Cancer
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