Resource Directory Guide: School and Community Mental Health Network

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AREA HOSPITALS

CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTERS

• Advocates Inc.
• Area Hospital Emergency Rooms (above)
• Riverside Community Care and Family Services
• Wayside Youth and Family Support Network
• YOU Inc.

STATE AGENCIES

• CBHI: Children's Behavioral Health Interagency Initiative
• CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• DCF: Department of Children and Families (formerly DSS)
• DDS: Department of Developmental Services (Formerly DMR)
• DMH: Department of Mental Health
• DPH: Department of Public Health
• DTA: Department of Transitional Services
• DYS: Department of Youth Services
• EOHHS: Executive Office of Health and Human Services
• MRC: Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
• MassHealth and Human Services
  

 MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES

Mental Health Agencies

• Advocates Inc.
• BU Center for Anxiety
• HRS (Human Relations Service)
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Metrowest
  
• McLean OCD Institute
  
• Riverside Community Care and Family Services
• School Psychiatry Program and MADI Resource Center
  
• SMOC (South Middlesex Opportunity Council)
• Wayside Youth and Family Support Network
• YOU Inc.

Mental Health Organizations

• Asperger's Association of New England (AANE)
  
• CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders
• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF)
• Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
• NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

Mental Health Resources

GLBT YOUTH: GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, and TRANSGENDER YOUTH

• AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
• BAGLY: Boston Alliance for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth
  
• Fenway Community Health
• GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
• PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays - Greater Boston
  
• PFLAG -  Worcester
• Project 10 East

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

• AA : Alcoholics Anonymous
• Al-Anon/Alateen 1-800-Al-Anon
• Addictions and Recovery
• Addiction Referral Center 1-800-485-4357
• Publicly Funded State Substance Abuse Programs
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous, New England
• SAMSHA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Sameem Associates, Inc.
• Youth and Young Adult Substance Abuse Services

 VIOLENCE, ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND BULLYING

• Break the Cycle
• Massachusetts Children's Alliance
• Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (Jane Doe, Inc.)
  
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• National Crime Prevention Council
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• New Hope
• Project Alliance Middlesex Partnerships for Youth
• Voices Against Violence
• US Department of Health and Human Services Campaign on Bullying

COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

• Academy Metrowest
• Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metro West
  
• High Flight (Framingham YMCA)
• Check local group psychotherapy practices

HELPLINES