Samhi Links to mental health and addiction resources

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Links

This page contains links to various local, state, and national sources of information and services organized by topic area. You can click on the topic links below to go to a particular topic or scroll down to find the information of interest. In addition to the live link, a copy of the most pages have stored on our server. To see that copy click the "Cached" link.

Topics

Addiction	Mental Health	Mental Retardation
Consumer Sites	AIDS/HIV	Developmental Disabilities

General Resources
Community Connections (search for services in Missouri) - Cached (Sep 2004)
St. Louis Mental Health Association - Cached (Sep 2004)

Questions about mental health
KEN (Mental Health Knowledge Exchange Network - Cached (Sep 2004)

Consensus treatment guidelines and information for clients and families

The following guidelines have been taken from Family/Client guides Expert Consensus Guidelines Patient-Family Guides. They are from expert based treatment consensus statements for mental health related problems (Note: These statements have been funded through educational grants from numerous drug companies.) These documents may be reproduced freely and without charge. Many are in Adobe Acrobat format. You can download the free Acrobat Reader here:

Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2000

Guide for Patients and Families (Adobe Acrobat format, 119k)

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Guide for Patients and Families (Adobe Acrobat format, 118k)

Treatment of Schizophrenia 1999

Guide for Patients and Families (Adobe Acrobat format, 105k)

Treatment of Agitation in Older Persons with Dementia

Handout for Patients and Families, Large Print (Adobe Acrobat format, 1,170k)

Handout for Patients and Families, Small print (Adobe Acrobat format, 100k)

National Mental Health Association (NMHA) Dedicated to improving the mental health of all individuals and achieving victory over mental illness.

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Questions about mental retardation
Mental Retardation - Cached (Dec 2002)

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Questions about developmental disabilities
Autism - Cached (Dec 2002)
Attention -Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Cached (Dec 2002)
Speech and Language Disorders - Cached (Dec 2002)

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Consumer run or oriented sites
The Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis - Cached (Sep 2004)
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - Cached (Sep 2004)
Consumer Organization Networking Technical Assistance Center - Cached (Sep 2004)
MIMH Program in Consumer Studies and Training - Cached (Sep 2004)
Schizophrenia Digest - Cached (Sep 2004)

Helpful hints and personal profiles from those who have experienced the effects of the disease themselves or through a family member or friend.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) - Cached (Sep 2004)

National network of people working to improve the lives of all affected by serious mental illnesses (such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder).

Smart recovery (non 12-step, online recovery) - Cached (Sep 2004)
AA Meetings in Missouri (KC and North St. Louis County only)
Moderation Management Meetings in Missouri (information about Moderation Management)

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AIDS/HIV Service Organizations
Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS (BABAA)
625 N. Euclid Ste. 320
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 865-1600
(education, support services, case management, HIV counseling & testing)

Helena Hatch Special Care Center For Women
4570 Children's Place
St. Louis, MO 63113
(314) 747-2273

Project ARK (AIDS Resources for Kids)
4169 Laclede
St. Louis, MO 63108
(education, case management & support services for HIV+ infants & children & their families)

Saint Louis Effort For Aids (EFA) - Cached (Sep 2004)
1425 Hampton
St. Louis, MO 63139
(education, counseling & testing, case management, HIV/AIDS treatment adherence program, work re-entry program, mental health services)

Alexian Brothers Salus Place
2703 Keokuk
St. Louis, MO 63118
771-5400
(residential facility for men with substance abuse issues)

St. Louis Metropolitan AIDS Program
634 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
612-5188
(HIV testing, counseling & case management assignment)

DOORWAYS
4385 Maryland
St. Louis, MO 63108
353-1919
(housing services & resources for people living with HIV/AIDS, i.e. rental subsidy, referrals & assisted living facility)

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
4232 Forest Park Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
534-4200
(provides free legal assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS)

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