Programs & Services

- Mental Health Coordination Council (MHCC)

MHCC works to improve services by promoting and developing the skills and capacity of the non government mental health workforce. MHCC Provides National Leadership for Community Managed Mental Health Sector Workforce Development. MHCC is the lead peak for sector and workforce development and during 2009/10 represents CMHA on the following national groups/projects:

• Mental Health Workforce Advisory Committee
• Mental Health Workforce Strategy/Plan Reference Group 
• Mental Health NGO Workforce Study
• Mental Health Peer Support Worker Competency Development Project
• Community Services Training Package Advisory Group
• Mental Health Skills Articulation Project 

2018 Mental Health Week - The Mental Health Council of Tasmania

Mental Health Week in Tasmania dates for 2018 are Sunday, 7 October to Saturday, 13 October. The dates for Mental Health Week in Tasmania incorporate 10 October (World Mental Health Day). The theme for Mental Health Week (MHW) in 2018 is ‘Stronger Together’.  Download the MHW digital logos and use to promote Mental Health Week events in your community and print and display Mental Health Week posters to promote your event and help us raise awareness about Mental Health Week in your community. The theme provides an inclusive  and overarching theme for Tasmanian communities to come together to:

• Raise awareness about mental health and wellbeing
• Reduce stigma
• Build resilience and foster understanding
• Support wellbeing and self-care by promoting ways to maintain our mental health
• Encourage individuals to seek help when they may need it

24-hour Residential Services - Together - For Mental Health

Together's 24-hour CQC-registered services are for people aged 18 years and over who are recovering from severe mental distress. Individuals are offered round-the-clock practical and emotional support by an experienced team of recovery workers. Each person is supported to set their own personal recovery goals and to work towards achieving them, with help tailored to meet each individual’s needs. Staff work with residents to develop tools to manage their mental health and improve their wellbeing. This is offered alongside practical support with the tasks of daily living, such as preparing meals, managing finances and personal care. They focus on supporting individuals to improve their wellbeing by reconnecting with their community, reducing isolation and building informal support networks. This can involve support to access and utilise local facilities, socialise, develop hobbies and friendships and participate in activities and groups.

A Different Stage in Mind - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

A Systemic Advocacy Project (ASAP - Kites

ASAP was a program that facilitates a systemic advocacy project in the Welington region. The project aim was to establish workable and sustainable sysemic advocacy structures and processes for people with experience of mental health and/or addiction in our region. The funding was for a period of two years from July 2009 until the end of June 2011. We undertook this project in partnership with a number of local organisations. 

AACP Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The AACP Fund will allow community psychiatrists to take the national stage supporting research and programs to bring recovery practices to every community. The AACP Fund was established by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists to encourage, equip and empower community and public psychiatrists to develop and implement policies and high-quality practices that promote individual, family and community resilience and recovery.

Aboriginal Wellbeing - Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health

The Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) is committed to addressing the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in rural and remote communities across NSW. The three core areas of suicide prevention, mental health promotion and service development reflects this commitment, as does our aim to engage appropriately in research and education with Aboriginal communities. They continue to develop competency of CRRMH staff to work in a cross-cultural context and to work with Aboriginal communities in a respectful manner.

Academic Global Health Programs - Consortium of University For Global Health (CUGH)

ACCESS Open Minds - Mental Health Foundation Edmonton

The ACCESS Open Minds network is a pan-Canadian initiative to show how youth mental health services can be transformed, improving access to appropriate mental health & addiction services for youth aged 11-25 years. It is a joint venture of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Graham Boeckh Foundation. Each partner is contributing $12.5 million over the five year life of the project. The initiative leverages the existing strengths of communities and systems, and is structured to be adaptable to the diverse geographic, cultural, and socio-demographic contexts in which Canadian youth live, as well as the diversity of Canadian youth and their presentation of mental health needs. The five main objectives of ACCESS OM are:

• Early identification (aims at 20% decrease in number of youth with unmet mental health needs)
• Rapid access (within 72 hours of help being sought)
• Continuity of Care (no arbitrary service cut off at age 18)
• Youth & Family/Caregiver Participation (collaborative planning of pathways of care)
• Appropriate Care (referral to the right services is within a maximum of 30 days)

Access to Justice Project - The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)

The Access to Justice Project aims at promoting access to legal redress for persons with disabilities in Uganda. The project is developed on the premise that for many years, People with disables have had no access to justice and where they have had it has been hard to come by due to challenges involved such as lack of resources given the high levels of poverty among people with disabilities. Besides many PWDS are ignorant of their rights a situation that makes them more vulnerable. This project envisages creating awareness in regard to access to justice by PWDs as well as provides legal representation for PWDs in matters affecting them. The objectives of the project are to:

• ncrease PWDs awareness on access to justice
• Influence legal reforms
• Strengthen NUDIPU’s Monitoring and Evaluation system on legal aid needs of PWDs.

Achieving Whole Health - National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPMHA)

Act, Commit, Belong - Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health

The Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) has adapted the ‘Act-Belong- Commit’ mental health promotion campaign as one of its key initiatives. ‘Act-Belong-Commit’ is a community-based health promotion campaign that encourages people to take action to improve their mental health and wellbeing. This evidence-based campaign was developed from research undertaken by Curtin University into people’s perceptions of mental health and the behaviours they believed protected and promoted good mental health. Act-Belong-Commit

• Act: keep physically, socially, cognitively and spiritually active. Take a walk, phone a friend, do a crossword, dance, or play cards.
• Belon: join a book club, take a cooking class, be more involved in groups you are already a member of or go along to community events.
• Commit: make a commitment to an interest or a cause, learn something new, take on a challenge or volunteer.

Action Learning Sets - International Mental Health Collaborating Network (IMHCN)

Action Learning Sets  work together as safe, experiential and participative groups to explore the principles of shared responsibility, co-production and the belief in culture change towards a Whole Life Recovery Approach in mental health. The purpose is to explore  the real needs and interests of people and how these can better understood and met. Action Learning Sets consider the way in which we understand life stories and their significance, the importance of developing trusting relationships based on reciprocal partnerships, sharing and reflecting on local practices using case studies, working alongside the person recognising the essential importance of each others personal strengths, understanding the needs and the important contribution of families and social networks and cconstructing whole life plans for named individuals. Active Learning Set programs involve up of 20-25 members.:

• Service Users
• Family and Friends
• Community workers (including faith groups)
• Mental Health Practitioners (All Professions)
• Emergency workers
• Significant others

Active Minds - Staunton Farm Foundation

Active Minds aims to end mental health stigma on college campuses. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health started when a young woman following her brother's suicide,

Active Monitoring Wales - Mind Cymru

Anyone over 18 in Wales can be referred to Active Monitoring by a GP, other health professional, or by contacting us directly. Within a week, they can start the six-week guided self-help course on anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, feeling alone, managing anger, grief and loss. Each week, an Active Monitoring Practitioner will send information and workbooks and call to offer support and guidance.

Active Parenting - American Mental Wellness Association (AMWA)

Active Parenting (4th Edition) is a video-based education program targeted to parents of 2- to 12-year-olds who want to improve their parenting skills. It is based on the application of Adlerian parenting theory, which is defined by mutual respect among family members within an authoritatively run family. The program teaches parents how to raise a child by using encouragement, building the child’s self-esteem, and creating a relationship with the child based upon active listening, effective communication, and problem solving. It also teaches parents to use natural and logical consequences and other positive discipline skills to reduce irresponsible and unacceptable behaviors.

Activity Program - Sanjivini

In order to encourage further bonding and give more structure, a wide range of both indoor and outdoor activities have been included in the programme. While vocational skills such as clay modeling, candle making and cooking have been there for more than a decade, new skills like learning to work on computers, photography and making paper bags have been added on recently to make learning more creative, fun filled and relevant to the present times. An annual out station trip is also an integral part of the programme it targets learning certain basic skills such as taking responsibility for themselves, sharing space with someone else, working in a team, money management skills, maintain personal hygiene, self-dressing, grooming and meal time etiquettes to name of few them.

Adapting Open Dialogue Project - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

Adapting Open Dialogue Project is a recovery-focused early psychosis model imported from Finland with 30 years of research behind it It is an innovative, recovery-oriented, clinical intervention that has been demonstrated to help individuals in acute psychiatric crises to find recovery. There are currently three pilot projects underway in Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the Institute for Dialogic Practice in Haydenville, MA which runs a two-year training program in dialogical practices and the open dialogue approach. The research is a clinical manual with dialogical practice and organizational system-level fidelity instruments that will allow for evidence-based replication of the model throughout the nation.

Adapting Open Dialogue Project - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

Adapting Open Dialogue Project is a recovery-focused early psychosis model imported from Finland with 30 years of research behind it

Adapting the Open Dialogue Model in the United States - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

Adapting the Open Dialogue Model in the United States is a project that will create tools for implementing and evaluating the Open Dialogue approach in the United States. Additional funding will allow the research team to develop the full practice manual and the full set of fidelity scales for clinicians, program leaders and researchers. These materials will include a written description of the approach, training and pilot implementation, and feedback obtained through supervision and other methods. They will lead to clinical studies of specific populations, such as transitional age youth or those experiencing first-break psychosis. They will also enable organizational change studies of systems, clinicians, and clients in a wide range of clinical cases.

Addiction Services - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH's Addiction Services offers specialized treatment options to meet the unique needs of all CAMH clients with drug, alcohol, gambling or other addiction issues. Taking into consideration the different treatment needs of the communities we serve, the Addictions Program offers a range of services to meet those needs.  

Adult and Child Psychiatry - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Northern Pines works to build a strong psychiatry department, and already has providers who offer prescriptive services for children and adults. 

Adult Community Based Services - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Adult Community Based Services are behavioral programs intended to address deficits in areas such as self-care, social functioning, symptom management, medication compliance, and home maintenance. Their goal is to increase personal independence and improve functioning within the recipient’s home community. The desired outcome is to prevent disruptions in functioning, unnecessary hospitalization, and to improve each individual’s quality of life. This is accomplished by utilizing the education and life experiences of a variety of staff persons. 

•  Community Support Program (CSP) Services are provided to individuals diagnosed with a mental illness. Individual contacts between recipients and staff bring providers and recipients together in the recipient’s home/community. Peer group meetings to discuss mutual concerns are also available. Frequency, duration of appointment, goals, and length of involvement in CSP services are determined by working as a team with the recipient, their case manager, therapist, psychiatrist, and other identified support persons. CSP is available through Northern Pines in Todd and Crow Wing Counties. 
• Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS) is similar to CSP and is available to adults with Medical Assistance (MA) whose functioning is impaired due to the effects of a mental health diagnosis. This service is available individually and in small, short-term groups and it is designed to address the losses incurred due to mental health symptoms. ARMHS is available to adults on MA in all the counties of Region 5+, which include Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena. 
• Housing Support Services (HSS) assists individuals whose housing is in jeopardy and/or who are in need of assistance with the moving process due to the symptoms of a mental health diagnosis. The extent to which staff is involved in the transition process is dependent upon the referral and identified need of recipient. This service may include assisting a recipient in completing applications for housing assistance, identifying appropriate housing, meeting prospective landlords, reviewing lease agreements, actual physical moving process, etcetera, and sustaining independent living. These contacts are generally short-term, though recipients may transition to other Community Based Services. HSS is available throughout Regions 5+ (Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena Counties) with authorization from the county of residence. 

All services begin with a diagnostic assessment completed by a mental health professional and/or a functional assessment to determine appropriate treatment. Records are maintained which include releases of information, an individual treatment plan, a record of contacts, condition of services, identification and contacts with other providers, and consultation with a psychiatrist. 

Adult Housing - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

The Adult Housing page presents various statistics and information about adult housing programs for individuals with mental illness in New York State.  The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is committed to maximizing access to housing opportunities for individuals with diverse service needs. OMH funds and oversees a large array of adult housing resources and residential habilitation programs in New York State, including:

• Congregate treatment
• Licensed apartments
• Single room residences, and
• Supported housing.

The Residential Program Indicators (RPI) report on this Web site is a performance measurement reporting tool for adult housing programs in New York State. Viewers can use indicators in the report to evaluate agency residential programs, based on county, regional, and statewide averages.

Adult Neurodevelopmental Services - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH’s Toronto Adult Neurodevelopmental Services provides services to individuals aged 16 to 60 who have an intellectual disability with mental health concerns and/or severe challenging behaviours or Autism Spectrum Disorder.  The offer highly specialized interprofessional time-limited assessments and treatments to clients, their families and care providers. The goal is to support the individual to live in the community during and after treatment. The new name reflects the variety of neurodevelopmental challenges faced by the evolving client population. Clinics/Pathways include:

• Psychiatric Consultation Clinic – provides assessment and recommendations to referring physicians.
• Medication Consultation Clinic – provides medication only consultation.
• High Functioning Autism Pathway – provides assessment, and limited group treatment
• Inter-professional Assessment and Treatment Pathway – provides assessment and treatment
• Intensive Intervention Pathway – provides assessment and treatment
• Brief Intervention Unit – Inpatient Pathway –provides interprofessional assessment and intervention.  The duration of this service is 4-8 weeks in length.  The pathway to the Brief Intervention Inpatient Unit is through the Toronto Adult Neurodevelopmental Services.

Adults Service Pakeke - Odyssey

Our services for adults | pakeke include opportunities to stay with us, or to receive support in the community.

1. Residential Services

• Adult Residential Service: our adult residence offers a long-term treatment programme for people experiencing issues with drug or alcohol use. The programme is based on a treatment approach called a therapeutic community or TC.
• Family Centre: our Family Centre provides a hopeful, openhearted and safe space for parents to be with their children, while they participate in our adult residential treatment programme.
• Te Wairua: our Te Wairua service, which means ‘two streams of healing’, is available for people seeking support with mental health and addiction issues.

2. Community Services:  services and other support at our community hubs and in other community settings in Auckland and Northland

• Community Hubs: at our community hubs in Auckland and Whangarei, we support people who may be experiencing harms from their own (or someone else’s) challenges with drugs, alcohol or gambling.
• Be SMART Support Groups for Friends and Wh?nau: In Auckland and Whangarei we offer free, weekly support groups for people whose lives are impacted by the addictive behaviours of someone close to them.
• Haven: Haven is a safe, warm space if you are having a rough time after taking substances, if you are feeling distressed or you just want to feel less alone.

3. Partnership Programmes

• Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua: Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua (The house that lifts the spirit) is the M?ori name given to the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court, a partnership between Odyssey, the Ministries of Justice and Health, Higher Ground and The Salvation Army that was established in 2012 as an alternative pathway to imprisonment.
• Drug Treatment Programme: group-based Drug Treatment Programmes at Auckland and Spring Hill Corrections Facilities, where peers support and influence each other to develop pro-social behaviour and to work collectively towards recovery.
• Intensive Treatment Programmes: Te Ng?here is an eight-week strengths-based programme that supports participants to work on their recovery capital, rebuilding connections to wh?nau, tikanga and their own cultural identity.

Advance - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

ADVANCE is a comprehensive project aiming to enhance our knowledge about mental health promotion and prevention. It will develop specific programs that can be used as models for important groups in various European countries. Additionally, ADVANCE will create the necessary guidance and methodologies to make sure that mental health programs are not only effective but also can be developed, adjusted, put into action, evaluated, and scaled up to reach wider populations

Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund is a fund to prevent adverse childhood experiences and healing the trauma of those already affected.  The Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund will assist programs dedicated to preventing the causes of Adverse Childhood Experiences that lead to mental health challenges and will partner with existing organizations to increase the availability of care for children that addresses trauma, builds resiliency and does not rely on prescription drugs. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. The study is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego.

Advise and Support Programme - CARe Europe

Advise and support program is a number of CARe Europe Consultancy Opportunities From the network of CARe Europe, we can offer advice and support in different fields (e.g. developing a new community based service, developing a service focusing on recovery, deinstitutionalising hospital services, developing a social enterprise, advocacy and human rights initiatives, developing peer expertise and peer support, developing a proposal for our partnership program and developing a proposal for a training program). Consultancy and advice can be given by email or Skype. Experts are also willing to visit your organisation and to offer personal advice on the spot. In this case only the expenses for travel and accommodation have to be covered.

Advisory Group - The Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing (JA MH-WB)

An external Advisory Committee includes representatives from the main stakeholders and ensures timely contribution of the whole consortium to the achievement of the Join Action outcomes. The Advisory Committee members are:

• Robertas Povilaitis: European Psychology Association
• John Halloran: European Social Network (ESN)
• Pedro Montellano: Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe (GAMIAN – Europe)​
• Benedetto Saraceno: Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform
• Karina Huberman: Mental Health Europe (MHE)
• John Saunders: European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI)​
• Josep Maria Haro: A Roadmap for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research in Europe (ROAMER)

Advocacy - Inspire Mental Health

Advocacy is an independent service designed to listen carefully to the options, concerns, problems or issues that people may be experiencing whilst using mental health services and to give people a voice. An advocate can provide you with information in relation to the options available to you. We can discuss your options and/or rights in situations that arise in your life that affect your mental health. The advocate will help you to express any concerns and to pass these on to relevant professionals. An advocate can be a paid member of staff or someone who has experienced their own mental health problems and have been trained to take on the advocacy role.  Advocates will also support the individual to be heard. This means that the first thing the advocate will do is listen. The advocate will not judge and all discussions will be treated confidentially. Confidentiality will only be broken if there is a potential danger to the individual or someone else.

Affect Science in Medicine - American Psychosomatic Society

Affect Science in Medicine is an initiative that seeks to promote scientific excellence in an area considered foundational for psychosomatic medicine while further enhancing the clinical relevance of our research. Six topic areas have been identified:

• Early life adversity and emotions
• Physiological manifestations of emotions
• Implicit measures of affect
• Bidirectional brain-body interactions
• Maladaptive emotion regulation
• Emotion in social relationships

A major goal of this SIG is to generate a separate white paper on each topic. Each white paper will take stock of current knowledge and methods and address the research agenda for the foreseeable future regarding both basic science and clinical applications.

Afghanistan Projects - International Psychosocial Organisation (IPSO)

Alberta Hospital Edmonton - Mental Health Foundation Edmonton

The Mental Health Foundation was born out of Alberta Hospital Edmonton and continues to support it by providing funds for research, education, and improvement of patient care. 

Alcohol Literacy Challenge - American Mental Wellness Association (AMWA)

Alcohol Literacy Challenge is a brief classroom-based program designed to alter alcohol expectancies and reduce the quantity and frequency of alcohol use among high school and college students. Alcohol expectancies are an individual’s beliefs about the anticipated effects of alcohol use, including those that are positive (e.g., increased sociability, reduced tension) and negative (e.g., impairments to mental and behavioral functioning, increased aggressiveness or risk taking). Some of the most desired effects–the arousing, positive, and prosocial effects–are placebo effects rather than pharmacological ones. ALC aims to correct erroneous beliefs about the effects of alcohol, decreasing positive and increasing negative expectancies. These shifts in expectancies have been shown to predict lower levels of alcohol use.

Alien Boy - Mental Health Association of Portland

Alien Boy: the Life and Death of James Chasse is a feature-length documentary film. The film takes a humane look at mental illness, humanizing one of its victims and undermining stigma. The film also explores the issue of impunity by following the response of a city to a brutal death of an innocent man who happened to suffer from mental illness. 

All in for Youth  - Mental Health Foundation Edmonton

The Mental Health Foundation has invested in a program called All In For Youth to ensure kids get the support they need in the spaces where they need it. All in for Youth provides wraparound services for at-risk children and youth. Broadly, this means supplementing areas in a young person’s life that present an obstacle to their success in school. Says United Ways’ Community Investment Specialist Annette Malin by addressing the barriers in their lives, we aim to support students to stay engaged so that they can complete their education, and set their course for a life free from poverty.

Anatomy Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Anatomy Fund will support professional study groups by underwriting the distribution of Robert Whitaker’s groundbreaking book, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America 

Anatomy Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

Supporting professional study groups by underwriting the distribution of Robert Whitaker’s groundbreaking book, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America.

Anxiety BC - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

Anxiety BC is a group of consumers, professionals, parents and caregivers devoted to increasing the public's awareness of and access to reliable resources on anxiety. The site contains a wealth of information to help people learn about and practice effective strategies to manage anxiety on their own, at their own pace.

Apartment-Based Communities - American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

Residents live in individual or shared apartments while participating in a program of therapeutic activities, supportive relationships, and psychiatric treatment. Clinicians often spend time in residents’ homes each day to gain insight that enhances treatment and recovery. For some, this style of residence minimizes the perceived stigma of living in a mental health facility. They provide regular visits from mental health clinicians, location close to a central “therapeutic community” gathering place, have a greater degree of independence than other settings and the nature and degree of clinical treatment varies.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - American Mental Wellness Association (AMWA)

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) comprises five progressive components in which trainees gradually build comfort and understanding around suicide and suicide intervention. ASIST participants learn to:

• Understand attitudes about suicide
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
• Appreciate the value of improving community suicide prevention resources and
• Recognize important aspects of suicide prevention, including life-promotion and self-care.

Arts for Health and Wellbeing - St Andrews Healthcare

Arts for Health and Wellbeing is a team made up of skilled creative specialists who engage with individuals and groups, both on wards and in our fully equipped studio settings, to support patients achieving their creative and therapeutic goals. They work closely with healthcare professions delivering holistic and tailored opportunities across a range of art forms through a programme of regular sessions and projects. They believe the Arts make a difference by supplementing medicine and care to support people to lead full and active lives in society.

Ashnola at The Crossing - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

Ashnola at The Crossing is a program to support youth and young adults who need residential programming for substance use concerns. Ashnola at The Crossing is a Provincial Tier 4 program that supports youth and young adults ages 17-24, all genders, who are in need of residential programming for substance use concerns. The program is delivered by the Pacific Community Resources Society in partnership with BCMHSUS.  It is located in Keremeos at The Crossing, a facility provided rent-free by the Central City Foundation. The location is a healing environment for youth and young adults on their path to recovery. Ashnola at The Crossing is a client-centred program with an average length of stay from 3-6 months based on individualized client goals and treatment plans. The program is able to support youth and young adults with concurrent disorders.

Assertive Community Treatment Services - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Assertive Community Treatment Services provides community based therapeutic to individuals with persistent mental health The primary goal of ACT is mental health recovery through community-based treatment. ACT provides rehabilitation and support to individuals living with a serious and persistent mental illness. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a service delivery model with a team-based approach. The team provides community-based therapeutic services to individuals with a persistent mental illness that challenges their life.

Assertive Community Treatment is designed for people who have a serious and persistent mental illness and are in need of intensive mental health services. These individuals often have difficulty taking care of their own basic needs, protecting themselves, staying safe, maintaining adequate housing, and/or staying employed. Individuals challenged by a serious mental illness are often vulnerable to homelessness, abuse of alcohol and /or drugs, and legal problems. They may be in need of intensive services and supports for positive outcomes.

• Team Approach: an ACT Team consists of a group of 8 to 12 members who work as a team. Team members include psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, mental health practitioners, employment specialists, and substance abuse specialists. Teams may also include an individual with a mental illness or a family member of an individual with a mental illness as a specialist.
• Continuous Care: consumers work with the team members who have the best skills available to help them reach their goals. With ACT services, individuals avoid “breaking in” new providers. Over time, consumers get to know and work with all team staff. In turn, the entire team staff will get to know all the consumers on the team.
• Personalized Care:: an ACT Team works with a relatively small number of consumers, thus providing personalized care and as much support as needed.
• Flexible Support Where and When It Is Needed: ACT services are designed for any community setting. The services are delivered in the places or situations where problems arise rather than being limited to office or clinical settings. ACT teams offer flexible and responsive availability, including after-hours crisis management.
• Medications: the ACT Team works closely with each consumer to determine which medications are most effective. If a medication isn’t working or is causing side effects, the ACT Team can work quickly with the individual to make any necessary adjustments. The team can also assist with medication administration. 
• Family Involvement: the ACT Team respects the wishes of the consumer when it comes to involving the family in treatment. The team can offer family support and education, in order to foster a better understanding of mental illness and the recovery process. Collaboration with families can be helpful in maintaining relationships.
• Rehabilitation Services: counseling and psychotherapy are an important part of the recovery work of ACT consumer team members. Individuals’ goals are an integral part of their rehabilitation services. Illness management and recovery (IMR) skills assist consumers in recognizing the symptoms of the mental illness they experience. The factors that may trigger the onset of an individual’s symptoms are explored. Another focus of IMR includes identifying warning signs, and relapse prevention planning. Problem-solving, goal-setting, and stress management skills are other key parts  Rehabilitation & Support Services includes the following:

1. Daily Activities
2. Relationships
3. Family Life
4. Financial Management
5. Primary Health
6. Community Living Skills
7. Employment
8. Substance Abuse
9. Medication Support
10. Social Skills and Interaction
11. Housing  

Assessment - Mental Health Foundation of Kalkata

Mental Health Foundation Kalkata has a library of standardized assessment tools is the most comprehensive in Eastern India, and includes resources for assessment of IQ and Specific Learning Disability/Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, Emotional and Behavioural Problems, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Delay and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Autistic Spectrum Disorder services - St Andrews Healthcare

With the largest ASD services in the country, we’re able to blend scale and expertise to provide evidence-based, highly personalised, holistic assessment and treatment plans that reflect NICE guidelines. Our specialist ASD service comprises:

• The latest ASD specific tools and techniques for forensic and non-forensic patient needs, including those which are offence-specific, such as internet related offending.
• Adapted interventions to meet the needs of those with ASD, such as an Adapted Sex Offender Treatment Programme, TEACCH approach and Psychoeducation to help people understand their ASD.
• A care pathway underpinned by the SPELL (Structure, Positive, Empathy, Low arousal, Links framework).
• Vocational opportunities provided by our EVOLVE programme, to help develop the skills necessary for the community.
• Over 230 dedicated staff in our ASD service across 16 disciplines; including Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech and Language Therapy.
• Access to adult education and an outstanding Ofsted rated school enabling adolescents to achieve recognised qualifications
• A low-stimulus environment specifically designed for individuals with ASD 

Their teams are multi-disciplinary with extensive knowledge, skills and experience of working with individuals with ASD. We include patients in planning their care, valuing and embracing each and every individual’s unique qualities.

Avenidas Apartments - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Caminar Avenida Apartments provides supportive housing opportunities for people with disabilities who have experienced homelessness. In collaborative partnership with the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, HUD and Tri Counties Bank.  Caminar’s Avenida Apartments offers affordable, supportive and attractive housing for people with disabilities who have experienced homelessness. Featuring fourteen housing units, Avenida Apartments are designed for people with a disability who have experienced homelessness. The complex has a community room for groups and recreational gatherings, laundry, maintained landscaped areas and a community garden.  Avenidas Apartments has a full time live-in property manager in addition to case management and support services provided by Butte County Department of Behavioral Health.  Employment opportunities are also onsite to assist residents in their recovery process to become productive members of the community. By encompassing a vocational training approach, providing employment opportunities onsite (including our social enterprise bike shop facility, along with grounds maintenance and janitorial services vocational opportunities), Avenida Apartments truly promotes independent living and self-sufficiency to its residents. The model fits perfectly with the Caminar Butte County Region’s goal of building community and enhancing lives for people with disabilities. 

Basic Counselling Skills Workshop - Sanjivini

In response to an overwhelming demand Sanjivini started this workshop in 2003. Immensely popular, it is a three week long programme consisting of modules systematically designed to facilitate self growth. It helps participants gain a better insight into themselves as well as learn basic helping skills that can be used to enhance the quality of people related work they are already doing - like teaching, leading teams, conducting workshops or being a parent. It is held in the month of August every year.

BC Psychosis Program - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

The BC Psychosis Program provides unique, highly specialized inpatient services to patients who require treatment for psychosis. The BC Psychosis program is a provincial resource funded by BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health. The program is located at the UBC Hospital, and provides unique, highly specialized inpatient services to patients who require treatment for psychosis. Patients are referred to this program when other treatment approaches have been ineffective or partially effective. Research is an integral part of the program, and patients may be offered the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial or other research project. Most clients stay in the program for an average of 4 to 6 months.

Be You - Beyond Blue

Be You provides educators with knowledge, tools and resources to create positive, inclusive and responsive learning communities where every child, young person, educator and family is empowered to achieve their best possible mental health.

Befriending - Peer Support - EDSPACE

Behavioral Health Managed Care - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

New York State is moving Medicaid behavioral health services from a fee-for-service system into Managed Care. Medicaid Managed Care plans and Medicaid providers will work together with Medicaid enrollees to create a person-centered service system focused on recovery and on integrating physical and behavioral health to improve health outcomes. Person-centered means that providers listen to the person receiving care, that they help the person understand their choices, and that people can be in control of their own lives and recovery. To meet these goals for people with mental health and/or substance use conditions, the Governor appointed a Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Behavioral Health Workgroup. The Workgroup developed these principles and recommendations for moving behavioral health services into managed care:

• Coordinated Care
• Integration of physical and behavioral health services
• Recovery oriented services
• Patient/consumer choice
• Protection of continuity of care
• Ensure adequate and comprehensive networks
• Tying payment to outcomes
• Track physical and behavioral health spending separately (firewall)
• Reinvest savings to improve services for behavioral health populations
• Address the unique needs of children, families and older adults

The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is working closely with the Department of Health (DOH) and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to make sure that the MRT's recommendations and principles guide the change to managed care.

Behavioural Health Home - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Behavioral Health Home (BHH) is an integrated healthcare service delivery model that is client centered, recovery oriented, and health and wellness focused.  BHH services utilize a team of professionals to address the comprehensive physical, chemical and behavioral needs of the individuals that it serves. Anticipated program benefits for the client include improvements in the exchange of healthcare communication, decreased ER visits and hospitalizations, reduced health care costs, and overall improvement in health, wellness, and quality of life. BHH is able to assist individuals and their families in the ability to:

• Access and utilize routine and preventative health care services
• Obtain consistent treatment of mental health and other co-occurring health conditions
• Gain knowledge of health conditions, effective treatments and practices of self- management of health conditions
• Learn and consider healthy lifestyle routines
• Access and use of social and community supports to assist the individual in meeting his or her health and wellness goals

Behavioural Health Information - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

Beneficiary Employment and Engagement - Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

The Beneficiary Employment and Engagement focus area aims to improve outcomes for beneficiaries through integrated, competitive employment, and meaningful engagement opportunities. The Trust promotes evidence-based strategies and best practices that increase opportunities and enable beneficiaries to gain integrated, competitive employment and meaningful engagement in their communities. The Trust supports varying strategies through both funding and advocacy that include integrated employment supports, meaningful activities, beneficiary and workforce training, and peer-based recovery support programs.

Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO is an organisation that works on the implementation, evaluation and knowledge translation of established Best Practice Guidelines. Best Practice Guidelines and recommendations that are implementing were selected based on an alignment with CAMH’s strategic priorities, values, as well as short and longer term clinical needs.  These Guidelines were implemented through our BPSO Champions team as well as pilot testing on individual units:

• Client Centred Care &Supporting and Strengthening Families through Expected and Unexpected Life Events
• Assessment and Care for Adults at Risk for Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour
• Enhancing Healthy Adolescent Development
• Integrating Smoking Cessation into Daily Nursing Practice
• Assessment and Management of Pain
• Embracing Cultural Diversity in Healthcare: Developing Cultural Competency
• Preventing and Managing Violence in the Workplace

Bill Anthony General Research Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Bill Anthony General Research Fund supports some of the most exciting and important independent research being done today. This fund is dedicated to research and program development focused on expanding the availability of effective recovery programming.

Bill Anthony General Research Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

Bill Anthony General Research Fund Early is an early psychosis treatment program. This is a key component of making recovery the new mainstream, and it is just one of the research areas.

Birth To 5 Services - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

NP have a team  of providers and can easily make any needed referrals to other programs and professionals who are adequately trained.  NP staff work with early childhood providers in other agencies, such as the schools, head start, county agencies, family service collaborative, etc. to offer a network of support in caring for children. Service options may include:

• Play therapy
• Relational Therapy
• Incredible Years parent training
• Child-Parent Psychotherapy
• Family Skills or Therapy
• Mental Health Behavior Aide
• Referrals for OT/PT
• Special Education
• Other early childhood support

Black Tie Gala - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

Blue Nose Charity Chalenge - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

Booke on Prescription - Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health

Books on Prescription is a tool in the stepped-care mental health tool kit The CRRMH has partnered with the Books on Prescription scheme, which supports these treatment steps and is now available in public libraries across Central and Far Western NSW. Books included in the scheme are clinically verified, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and cover a range of mild to moderate mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression. The scheme encourages the participation of GPs and other health professionals.

The Books on Prescription user guide includes a list of recommended books that can be downloaded at booksonprescription.com.au. Individuals can take their book recommendation to the library, where the book can be borrowed for free and without a referral. GPs or other mental health professionals such as psychologists or counsellors can also recommend the books. The user guide advises that individuals contact their GP or another health professional if the book doesn’t seem to be helping. Practitioners are encouraged to reinforce this as part of the consultation process.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Clinic - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH's Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Clinic offers group treatment providing training in Dialectical Behavior Treatment (DBT) to help people who have BPD make positive changes in their lives. The clinic is currently offering 24 week skills groups. This treatment is 24-week groups (two hours, once weekly) that provides training in Dialectical Behavior Treatment (DBT) to help people who have BPD make positive changes in their lives.  To be eligible for this treatment you must have a therapist in the community who you are seeing at a minimum every few weeks, who agrees to provide support to you during the group treatment.  Individuals first attend an assessment meeting to confirm the group treatment will be helpful for their individual needs. 

The DBT Skills Group is like taking a course in school. Every week you will start by reviewing homework from the last week, and then you will learn about new skills. Four main modules will be taught:

• Mindfulness: how to focus your attention on the present moment
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to get what you want from people, in a way that makes them want to give it to you 
• Distress Tolerance: how to survive crises and get through really painful moments, without making them worse 
• Emotion Regulation: how to get more control over your emotions, and how to get more positive and less negative emotions in your life 

Bowker House (Bellville) - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

Bowker House (Bellville) is a 66 bed frail care facility for psychiatric patients located on the Stikland Hospital Grounds. 

Brain Stimulation - Mental Health Foundation Edmonton

Brain Stimulation is the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulationtreats depression by using magnets to target brain cells that control emotional regulation. It has virtually no side effects, is painless and non-invasive, and shows potential for treating a range of mental illnesses.

Bristol Time to Change Hub - Bristol Independent Mental Health Network (BIMHN)

Time to Change are a growing movement of people changing how we all think and act about mental health problems. Time to Change Bristol Hub is a partnership of local organisations and people who are committed to ending mental health stigma and discrimination. Time to Change Bristol is made up of the city council, Bristol Independent Mental Health Network (BIMHN), Wellbeans Initiative CIC and Rethink Bristol; with support from partners across the city – including employers, unions, universities, police and the NHS.

The Hub actively campaigns against mental health stigma in the Bristol area, delivers campaigning and anti-stigma training, funds anti-stigma work and activities of local individuals. The Time to Change Bristol hub is run by people with lived experience of mental health issues alongside organisations committed to challenging mental health stigma and discrimination. These organisations  form the Bristol Anti Stigma Alliance (BASA), and is hosted as part of Thrive Bristol (which is a wider programme to improve the mental health and wellbeing of everyone in Bristol). The hub has a steering group made up of a wider partnership, with a Time to Change Champions group and hub co-ordinators group ensuring the work of the hub has lived experience of mental health leadership at its heart.

The Bristol Time to Change Hub frequently runs free training sessions for registered Time to Change Community Champions. Being a champion is a flexible and voluntary commitment. You can do what you have time for, and what you’re comfortable doing. Once you’ve become a champion, you’ll have access to Time to Change’s campaign portal and free training.

• Social Contact Training: the aim of this workshop is to develop participants’ skills, knowledge, understanding and confidence in opening up a conversation in everyday life to improve negative attitudes surrounding mental health. After completing this training you should be able to explain what social contact is and how to start conversations with others in everyday life; explain what lived experience is; challenge stereotypes and negative attitudes to mental health; use different ways to end conversations and to ask for help if necessary; use relevant resources on the Time To Change website and establish your own personal boundaries when having conversations.
• Speaking Out Training aims to build the confidence and skills of Time to Change Champions to speak out to an audience about mental health, including their own experience of mental health problems, and why we need to continue to challenge stigma. At the end of the course you will have prepared an outline of what to include about your personal experience when speaking at events about mental health and stigma, have identified some strengths as a public speaker ancd explored ways you can best prepare and protect yourself when speaking out about mental health stigma.
• Resources

British Columbia Schizophrenia Society - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is a non-profit organization  of people with schizophrenia. BCSSis a province-wide family support system dedicated to supporting each other, educating the public, raising funds for research and advocating for better services for people with schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illness.

Buddies Peer Support Service - Kites

Buddies peer support service  shares the hope of recovery with ‘peers’ who are currently experiencing mental health difficulties. 

Burnaby Centre for Mental Health & Addiction - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

Burnaby Centre for Mental Health & Addiction provides specialized inpatient treatment services for BC adults (over 19 years) with severe and complex concurrent substance addiction and mental health concerns. They fill a gap in service, meeting the complex needs of people who are homeless or living in unstable housing, who are vulnerable and who are affected by significant physical and mental health issues. This program accepts clients on probation, as well as those using methadone. Services they offer include:

• Consultation
• Assessment
• Stabilization
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Education
• Family Support

Callington Road Hospital Bus Service - Bristol Independent Mental Health Network (BIMHN)

BIMHN launched a campaign to reinstate a regular bus service for Callington Road Hospital in South Bristol, which serves people with mental health problems. Since First bus terminated the number 36 in March 2015, and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust withdrew its free bus shortly after, there has been no regular service stopping directly outside the hospital. A number of buses stop near the site, but require users to walk along a main road and through a poorly lit wooded area, which Avon and Somerset Police has actively discouraged people to walk though in low light. The lack of suitable transport to the site, which is a base for inpatient services, as well as the Crisis Service, Assessment and Recovery, and Complex Psychological Intervention, has affected many users, including patients, visitors and staff.

CAMH Foundation - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH is one of the largest hospitals in North America for people with mental illness. We are an acknowledged world leader in brain science. Each year, we provide exceptional care for more than 28,000 patients and respond to 500,000 outpatient visits. We inspire change in the mental health field through the professionals we train, the knowledge we share, and in the modern facilities we are building: embedded in the community and open to the world.

Camp Believe - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

Campaign for Mental Health - Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health

The Royal's $25 million Campaign for Mental Health is supporting research, care, education and advocacy initiatives. With depression research and brain imaging as our cornerstone priorities our goal is simple and clear - to get more people better faster. 

Campaign for Mental Health - The Royal Mental Health Care

Campaign for Mental Health is supporting research, care, education and advocacy initiatives. Campaign priorities include:

• World-class Brain Imaging: one of a few PET-fMRI machines in the world for neuroscientists to increase their ability to identify the causes of a Mental Illness and define more effective treatment. This machine will be the only one of its kind in North America dedicated to Mental Health and brain research and it will open the door to a new era of success in Mental Health care.
• Depression Research Centre: a Centre of Excellence dedicated to the discovery of new treatments for depression, and to understanding the links between depression and other illnesses.
• A Revolution in Mental Health Research and Care​: PET-fMRI brain imaging is a holistic solution that will allow our research scientists to look at the brain at a molecular level, seeing in real-time how treatments are affecting the brain. It will give us a deeper understanding of why the brain isn’t functioning properly, and lead to effective diagnoses and treatments.

Canadian Mental Health Association's BC Division - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a national charity that helps maintain and improve mental health for all Canadians. As the nation-wide leader and champion for mental health, CMHA promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness.

Capetown International Kite Festival - Cape Mental Health

The Cape Town International Kite Festival brings together people from around the world in a celebration of kiting and creativity, to generate funds for Cape Mental Health, raises awareness of the importance of mental health and highlights the link between physical and mental well-being.

CARe Europe Partnership Programme - CARe Europe

CARe Europe Partnership Programme mobilizes and strengthens the network of professionals, users and organizations working for the transition of mental health and social services in line with the UN CRPD. The growing network we decided to open a new Partnership Program in order to connect Western European service providers with their Eastern European or Central Asian partners. The aim of the Partnership Programme is to initiate long term co-operation combined with support and mutual learning between Western European service providers and Eastern European or Central Asian organizations. CARe Europe takes the position of mediator between the potential partner organizations as a third partner. The key issues we consider when try to find partner organizations:

• Relevance: partners working on the same field, representing the same values and principles
• Reliability: partners reliable, registered NGOs, with a good reputation in their local environment
• Contribution: partners can contribute to this co-operation (i.e. multiple forms of mutual contribution, like advice, learning experiences and financial support)
• Sustainability: the co-operation strengthen both organizations contributing to their sustainability

CARe Europe is seeking for active organizations that are willing to participate in our Partnership Programme from each region. 

CARe Europe Training & Education Programme - CARe Europe

CARe Europe offers a variety of workshops and training opportunities. They provide workshops on introduction to the recovery model, working on social inclusion (community participation and support), introduction to the model of ‘expert-by-experience’ and peer support, social enterprises, introduction to the CARe model and developing peer expertise and peer support groups

• Training in the CARe methodology: the CARe methodology is an evidence-based professional way of effectively supporting persons with mental health problems in their recovery process. It is based on the principles of presence, recovery and empowerment. In the basic training programme, professionals learn how to apply the principles in a systematic way. 
• Training in the Strengths model: the Strengths model was developed by Charley Rapp and Rick Goscha from Kansas University in the U.S. The approach focuses on the strengths of the person and of the community. It supports personal recovery and participation.
• Train-the-trainer programmes: CARe Europe offers train-the-trainer programmes for persons who want to become a trainer in either the CARe model or the Strengths model.

Caring Connections - Support In Mind Scotland

Caring Connections are a national service for carers (family/friends) of people being treated within forensic mental health services throughout Scotland. Forensic Mental Health Carers are people of any age who provide unpaid support for a relative or friend who is within forensic mental health services, including people in low, medium and high security hospitals throughout Scotland as well as in community settings with the support of Forensic Community Mental Health Teams,

Case Management programs - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Caminar's Case Management programs assist individuals in meeting their basic needs while fostering empowerment, self-determination, and personal growth.  Staff collaborate with each client to create a personalized recovery plan by focusing on life skills. Caminar's intensive case management provides a range of services to every client, from our most fragile clients in our Full Service Partnership (FSP) to our most independent clients in the Wellness and Recovery Action Plan Program (WRAPP) and everything in between. Full Service Partnership (FSP) provides services to San Mateo County's most  fragile individuals and integrates streamlined, holistic health care utilizing the best-practice model of assertive community treatment.  The team includes the added benefit of medical clinic services and a 24-hour on-call emergency response service.

CBSE Guidelines for School Safety- NOTICE! - Manas Foundation

Centres for Recovery & Wellness - Association for Mental Health and Wellness

The Association For Mental Health & Wellness have two Centers for Recovery and Wellness – Pollack Center in Ronkonkoma and Synergy Center in Riverhead. These centres offer services based upon national evidence-based rehabilitation research. Using individual and classroom-based modalities, our well-trained staff engages each participant to identify their own overall recovery goals and the specific barriers that have obstructed his/her path to a happy, healthy, and productive life. These Centers operate under the Personalized Recovery-Oriented Services (PROS) licenses from the New York State Office of Mental Health.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs

The centers assist participants to achieve goals of work, education, social connection, housing, community involvement, and health; overcoming the impact of psychiatric illness and disability that have obstructed these personal goals is a primary focus Such barriers often include learning impairments, substance abuse, physical and health challenges, poverty, homelessness, or family distress. Our Centers actively employ creative and expressive arts, symptom management strategies, adventure-based activities, peer support strategies, and cognitive remediation techniques– are all integral to helping people challenge personal barriers and rebuild their lives in recovery.

Employment & Career Services

The Centre have helped hundreds of people to return to work and school in order to jump-start or resume their careers. Through a range of a range of services offered to help people in recovery, we assist participants to overcome the impact of illness and disability that may have previously obstructed their career path.

Certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Certified Peer Recovery Specialists are trained, certified, and employed peer workers who assist people in recovery from a mental illness. TA Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) is a paid staff person with a mental health diagnosis who has successfully completed training and certification to help her/his peers identify and achieve specific life goals. A CPRS works within Assertive Community Treatment, Intensive Residential Treatment, Crisis Response, Adult Mental Health Rehabilitative and Youth Assertive Community Treatment programs. A CPRS promotes self-determination, personal responsibility and empowerment inherent in recovery, and assists people with psychiatric diagnoses to regain control over their lives and their recovery process. Northern Pines peer support specialists work throughout our six-county region helping people with their personal recovery.

Chat Meetings - Recovery International (RI)

Chemical Free Garden - Association for Mental Health and Wellness

The Chemical Free Garden in Ronkonkoma grows vegetables, herbs, and fruit. Twenty three raised garden beds provide fresh lettuces, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, broccoli, squash, eggplant, strawberries, various herbs, and more during the growing season. Grape vines, raspberry and blueberry bushes grow along the back fence. Heirloom seeds are first grown indoors, then transplanted to our garden and fed organic compost and fertilizer. The garden activities also complement other wellness program such as T’ai Chi and Smoking Cessation, where members learn how foods, in tandem with routine exercise and a tobacco-free lifestyle, can help in achieving health goals such as weight loss, increased strength, and endurance.

Chemical Health Services - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Chemical Health Services (NPMHC-CHS) is designed to provide individualized outpatient treatment to adult & adolescent males and females ages 13+ who suffer from chemical dependency and /or co-occurring disorders (mental illness and substance abuse).  Under the IDDT philosophy, both issues are treated simultaneously in the same setting, as opposed to trying to treat both issues as separate problems.  The IDDT model utilizes bio-psychosocial treatment (the whole person) to address the needs of clients and support the positive personal change and recovery of individuals with dual disorders.  NPMHC-CHS follows this philosophy along with a multidisciplinary team environment. The client is seen as an active partner in the development of services. Their services include the following critical components to promote positive outcomes collaboration and a multidisciplinary tean, assertive outreach, motivational interventions and a comprehensive, individualized approach to recovery.

• Adult Outpatient Program: the adult program is offered to clients who are 18+ and are struggling with chemical dependency issues and/or co-occurring disorders. Clients attend group up to three times per week and are assigned an LADC (licensed alcohol and drug counselor) to work on their person centered treatment goals.  They will also obtain a mental health diagnostic assessment and meet with a mental health professional regularly throughout their treatment program if co-occurring issues are identified and/ or needed.
• Adolescent Outpatient Program: the adolescent program is co-ed and offered to those ages 13-17, or those age 18 who are still in high school or have been assessed to show a need for adolescent services.  This program puts an emphasis on chemical health education, healthy recreation, family issues, and learning positive coping skills to deal with challenges.  Clients attend group up to two times per week after school and during the summer when school is out.
• Family Involvement:family involvement is an important part of the recovery process.  We encourage open communication between clients, counselors, and family members to identify issues and promote healing.  Family education days are offered in both the adult and adolescent treatment program every six weeks. Individual family conferences are scheduled as needed.

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) - St Andrews Healthcare

St Andrew’s  provides low and medium secure Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient services, with the objective of enabling young people to live well and to their full potential in the least restrictive environment possible. Their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are designed for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 with complex mental disorders, severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, intellectual disabilities, mental illness and autistic spectrum disorders. As experts in CAMHS, they are able to treat a wide range of disorders, including the most challenging and complex. Our ethos, is to provide person-centered care which addresses young people’s mental health needs as well as their functional, cognitive, emotional, social, communication, sensory and vocational needs. Located centrally in Northampton, FitzRoy House’s size is its strength. Featuring 11 wards for up to 110 young people, FitzRoy House provides bespoke programmes of care and treatment, delivered by a comprehensive on-site MDT amidst cutting edge facilities and resources, including St Andrew’s College, rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. 

All treatments and therapeutic interventions are needs-led, individual, and based on the outcomes of a comprehensive and ongoing assessment process for each young person. The four main areas of focus are:

• Mental health recovery and reducing risk: including DBT, CBT, offence-related therapy, family interventions and medication optimisation​
• Improved physical wellbeing: including self-care, weight management, sports and exercise therapy, physiotherapy
• Maximising independence: including vocational pathways, animal therapy and incremental increases in responsibility
• Achieving full potential and meaningful outcomes: including social work interventions and spiritual care

Child and Young People Services - Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust

Child and young people services at AWP include:

• Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): community teams that help children and young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties. CAMHS includes specialist teams to help with learning disabilities, self-harm, substance and alcohol misuse, sexual behaviour (Be Safe), eating disorders and supporting children in care (Thinking Allowed)
• Riverside Unit: AWP's 10-bed mental health inpatient unit for young people. The Riverside team also provides a day service for young people and works closely with our community CAMHSteams and the rest of the Community Children's Health Partnership in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Child Protection - Suryani Institute for Mental Health

Working together with The Committee Against Sexual Abuse (CASA), the first organisation in Indonesia to implement the 2003 National law on child protection, was a previlage for the institute. Together the two organisations advocate and support the creation of a protective environment for children, in partnership with the local and federal governments, national and international NGOs and law enforcement agencies – such as the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – as well as the private sector and the social services.

Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Service - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

The Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Service is a professional health care team includes psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, child and youth workers, therapists and others that works with and welcome clients from all backgrounds and cultures. In addition to our clinical services, we are involved in research, education, prevention and health promotion for child and youth mental health and addictions. The Child, Youth and Family Service is committed to client-centred care, providing intensive and specialized services for young people with mental health and/or addiction problems. they provide comprehensive assessments, medication consultations, individual and family therapy, specialized treatment groups for children and youth who have problems with mental health, substance use and/or other addictions, day treatment and school programs, parenting programs offering information, education and support, prevention services, including group programs in the community, as well as information and education sessions and consultation on diagnostic and treatment issues for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. The offer several outpatient services, each staffed by a team of health care professionals. They are:

• Youth Justice Clinic
• Better Behaviours Service
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Service
• Psychiatric Consultation Service
• Psychotic Disorders Service
• Substance Abuse Program for Afro-Canadian & Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY)
• Youth Addiction & Concurrent Disorders Service

Children's and Family Division - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

The Children and Family Division assists youth to remain in their homes, schools, and communities by addressing their individual mental health needs in the least restrictive environment, accomplished by various treatment interventions in the context of safe, trusting and nurturing relationships.

• School-Based Program
• In-Home CTSS

Children’s Therapeutic Support Services (CTSS) school based program - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Children’s Therapeutic Support Services (CTSS) school based program is a counseling program consisting of skills training, counseling, and therapy for students with emotional/behavioral difficulties.  A diagnostic assessment will be completed which will determine needed services such as:

• Individual Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Individual Skills Training
• Group Skills Training
• Family Skills Training
• Crisis Assistance

An individualized treatment plan is developed for the student and family, which is culturally sensitive and addresses family concerns. The goals set within the treatment plan are measured for success and once the child reaches consistency in completing these goals, they then graduate from the program.
The program provides a safe and nurturing environment where the student can examine their difficulties and make corrective changes. Skills are taught in anger control, independent llving, problem solving, conflict resolution, decision making, communication, self-esteem and sress reduction The subject matter is introduced primarily through the modalities of skills training groups and/or group psychotherapy. The skills are then generalized and reinforced in the academic setting. The cooperative effort of the therapeutic and educational staff ensures that the student is both learning and using these skills.

Cirlces of Support - Mental Health Coordination Council (MHCC)

MHCC conducted a literature review of the national and international evidence available on Circles of Support and reviewed the different environments in which Circles have been established. Following the literature review, MHCC conducted consultations and interviews seeking input from people with lived experience, their families, carers, peer and mental health support workers and other stakeholders. We asked about the potential for Circles to promote recovery for people living with mental health conditions.

Client and Family Relations - The Royal Mental Health Care

Client and Family Relations listen to client and family feedback, help to resolve concerns and share feedback with staff to help improve care and services.

• Family Satisfaction Survey
• Concerns Management Process Survey
• Client and Family Feedback For

Clinical and Recovery-focused Accommodation Service (CaRFAS). - Together - For Mental Health

Clinical and Recovery-focused Accommodation Service (CaRFAS) provides transitions from inpatient mental health setting to the community CaRFAS is designed for use in a 24-hour CQC registered accommodation setting for adults aged 18 to 65 years who experience severe mental distress. It is aimed at individuals who have multiple and complex needs who may be coming out of hospital after a long stay, moving directly from a secure unit or are looking to avoid the need for inpatient admission in the first place. The six core elements of CaRFAS are:

• A person centred approach: support people to identify their own needs and goals so that we can tailor support to suit them, and work alongside them to develop robust support plans to help them achieve their goals. This person centred approach is designed to equip people to plan and direct their own support more independently in future. We give people increasing responsibility for directing their own support to prepare them for moving on to more independent living.
• A psychologically informed way of working: all staff are trained and supervised to work with individuals in a psychologically-informed way. This means using reflective practice, where staff focus on identifying what is and isn’t effective and incorporating this experience into future approaches. Individuals are supported by staff to understand unhelpful behaviours that may have become deeply entrenched as a way of coping with distress, and to manage them before they escalate or are acted out in destructive ways.
• A blend of clinical and recovery-focused interventions: a combination of recovery-focused and clinical interventions. Our clinical and recovery team supports individuals to manage their mental health symptoms, build and practise coping skills and put this knowledge into practice. We help people to develop coping strategies learned in previous placements, and apply them to day-to-day situations in order to promote independent living.
• Sharing recovery experiences through genuine and meaningful peer support
• Building strong partnerships to ensure a safe transition: working in close collaboration with statutory mental health and forensic services to develop and implement risk management strategies in order to ensure a safe transition for those entering the service from more secure settings.
• Preparation for moving on to more independent living

Clinical Outreach Services - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health supports a continuum of clinical outreach services throughout the province, with a focus on underserved northern and / or rural communities. There are three integrated components of this clinical outreach service including fly-in and drive-in psychiatry services; telemental health and; clinical capacity building for primary care providers. They have worked with our regional partners to integrate these services. There objectives are to increase access to mental health care, contribute to improved health system integration, provide best quality and continuity of care for patients and build local collaboration and capacity Other CAMH outreach services include: 

• Telemental health
• Integrated Collaborative Care
• E-consults
• ECHO Ontario Mental Health. 

Clinical Residential Treatment Programs - American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

Residential psychiatric facilities offer a home-like atmosphere and strong sense of community that help residents build self-esteem, develop relationships, and improve life skills. In clinical residential treatment programs, clinicians can view the full picture of a resident’s functioning and use that perspective and insight to fine-tune psychiatric therapy. They provide intensive, professional mental health treatment provided daily on-premises, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, vocational/educational counseling and support and treatment for co-occurring addictions.

Clinical-Based Services - Mental Health Foundation of Kalkata

Clinic-based services at MHF one can avail of comprehensive clinic-based services such as psychiatric diagnosis, evaluations and treatments, psychological evaluations for diagnosis, and counseling, psycho-educational and developmental assessments, psychotherapy, special education evaluations for diagnosis and treatment for academic and adaptive behaviours and paediatric physiotherapy

Co-Captain - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

CO-CAPTAIN is a pioneering initiative dedicated to addressing the critical intersection between mental health challenges and cancer care disparities. The project mission is to provide evidence-based, person-centred navigation that aims to reduce cancer morbidity and bridge gaps in primary prevention access for individuals facing mental health issues.

Collaborative Pathway Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Collaborative Pathway Fund brings early psychosis recovery services to families of ordinary means and sharing the model with the world. The Advocates Inc. Collaborative Pathway Fund will enable the Collaborative Pathway team to serve families of ordinary means by supplementing their health insurance with philanthropic support. Fund donations will also support the necessary research to show the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this clinical model so that it can be adopted by communities across the nation and the world.

Commissioning Together - Together - For Mental Health

Commissioning Together  is supportive, practical and person-centred. No matter how severe their mental health issues, we help people take their own steps towards better and more fulfilling lives through training, activities, volunteering and Peer Support networks. Our service users also shape the wider development of Together through our Service User Involvement Directorate. By commissioning Together, you will be accessing an organisation that is experienced, knowledgeable and focused on the wellbeing of its service users.

Community - Mental Health Commission of NSW

The community is at the heart of the Commission’s vision for a reformed mental health system. While there will always be an essential role for hospitals when people are experiencing a crisis, research evidence clearly shows people recover better when they are supported with appropriate and adequate services in their own homes and communities. The Commission works to foster projects and relationships that promote a community focus in mental health support, including between different tiers of government.

Community - Social Group - EDSPACE

Community and Outreach - Manas Foundation

Manas provides psychosocial interventions by plugging in mental health in existing systems, such as care and protection homes, schools, colleges and corporate without creating new structures. This helps us not to be seen as an external agent in the community but as part of the system. Currently, Manas Foundation has set up Mental Health Units in: 

• Nirmal Chhaya Complex for Women and Children
• Lajpat Nagar Boys Home. 

Community Awareness Training - Mental Health Association of Central Australia (MHACA)

Community Awareness is aimed at fostering mental wellness, preventing suicide, tackling stigma and demystifying mental health in the community, creating a positive community and environment for everyone. Mental health promotion activities undertaken by MHACA aim to create supportive social environments by:

• Raising awareness
• Addressing stigma
• Increasing mental health literacy
• Promoting mentally healthy behaviours, and
• Providing opportunities for people to come together to support each other and share ideas about what works for maintaining good mental health

The undertake a range of activities which fit under the banner of mental health promotion. They include:

• Awareness Campaigns: several national and international key dates which aim to draw attention and raise awareness about mental health and mental illness. These include Mental Health month (October) Schizophrenia Awareness Day, RUOK Day, and World Suicide Prevention Day.
• MHACA participates in many of these campaigns and in partnership with other local agencies run activities and events on these and other significant days in the community and health calendar.
• Events

Community Based Approaches - The Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing (JA MH-WB)

Community Based Approaches is a working group across Europe to ensure high-quality longer-term care for people with severe mental disorders, which helped to advance mental health care in many countries. These include improvements in the living conditions in psychiatric hospitals, the development of community services, the integration of mental health care within primary care, the development of psychosocial, the protection of the human rights of people with mental disorders and the increasing participation of users and families in the improvement of policies and services. The ultimate goal of this work package is to develop recommendations for action at EU-level and in Member States that may lead to a more effective implementation of the desired shifting to community-based mental health systems and services.

A literature review was made in order to review scientific evidence, best practices and available technical resources relevant for the implementation of community-based and socially-inclusive approaches to mental health in Europe. To identify the general trends of the transition to community-based mental health care in EU, an analysis of existing data on a selected set of indicators was made. To understand in more detail the process of transition to community-based care, three different methods were used in the 9 countries that participated in this Workpackage (Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK), which somehow represent the main different kinds of transition process registered in EU:

• New and more extensive data related to this process was collected in these countries, with the support of a Questionnaire specifically developed for this purpose (Transition from hospital based care into community based care Assessment Questionnaire)
• A SWOT analysis (to evaluate achievements, barriers and challenges in MS) was developed in six countries
• Good practices were identifies and described in each of the participating countries
• A set of recommendations were drafted, covering the main areas that are fundamental to improve the implementation of the transition to community-based care.
• Several actions aiming at supporting the engagement and commitment of Member States and other stakeholders in effective action to develop community-based and socially inclusive approaches to mental health in Europe were initiated and will be continued in the second part of the JA.

Community Mental Health Academy - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

Community Mental Health Academy offers a One- and Two year Care Giving Course, which focuses on the caring of psychiatric and intellectually disabled adults and dual disabled children. The purpose of this course is to develop the knowledge and skills of the students in the daily caring of people with these disabilities.

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Community Mental Health and Psychiatry Clinic - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

The Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP) clinic that provides primary health care to service users with a long-term psychiatric diagnosis. In line with psychiatric rehabilitation principals our residents are encouraged to visit the clinic when necessary just as people in the community do. 

Community Out-Reach Programmes - Sanjivini

Sanjivini has played a major role in building up societal acceptance towards counselling. It has done this through years of awareness building and outreach programmes. Sanjivini has also been concerned with the preventive aspects of mental health and its programmes have aimed at dispelling ignorance and negative attitudes towards emotional problems; giving information on how such problems can be identified, prevented and on when and where to seek help. With the aid of our literature, slide shows, plays and lectures we have been reaching out to various groups. These include social organizations, other NGOs, corporate houses, schools, colleges, hospitals, field workers, students, and various groups.  Some of the Community Outreach Programmes Sanjivini has done recently are for:

• Air Force Wives Association
• VIMHANS
• Mother’s International School
• Delhi Public School
• Crime Against Women’s Cell
• Delhi Universit
• Modern School
• Delhi Social Welfare Board
• Inner Wheel Club
• Manas
• NCERT
• Loyala College
• Air Force (Allahabad)
• Lady Shri Ram College
• TARSHI
• Aman Biradari & NAZ Foundation.

Community Responses to Violence Against Women & Children - Transcultural Pychsosocial Organisation - Cambodia (TPO)

Community Responses to Violence Against Women & Children is a pilot aimed to improve the mental well-being of survivors of gender-based violence through psychological support. In collaboration with our project partners, we are also contributing to improving the living conditions of the families of survivors of gender-based violence by facilitating appropriate support.

Through psycho-social education, we raise community awareness about mental health issues, psychosocial problems, and the causes and effects of violence. We identify and train Community Resource People in basic mental health care. Together with the Community Resource People, we form and run self-help groups for survivors of gender-based violence and community members with a drinking problem. For those who need extra help or individual attention, either within or outside the self-help group, TPO provides psychosocial counseling. We work on establishing effective referral mechanisms with other organizations so that support for female survivors of gender-based violence is maximized.. Finally, through closely collaborating with NGO partners, we will also ensure that the living conditions of the families of survivors of gender-based violence are enhanced by providing appropriate support, for instance encouraging the establishment of saving groups as a means of income generating support.

Community Services - Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust

A range of specialist services designed to provide care and support to people in homes and community settings (such as clinics), causing as little disruption as possible to everyday family and working life. the major community services AWP provides include:

• Acute hospital liaison
• Adult recovery services
• Complex intervention team
• Early intervention in psychosis
• Intensive services
• Learning disabilities
• Primary care liaison service
• Street triage service

Community Support - Together - For Mental Health

Community Support is a range of community based support to help people with things like maintaining a tenancy, finding and accessing specialist support in their community, building and strengthening social networks and finding employment. Your Way, provides goal-focused, flexible support with an emphasis on ensuring that those using the service are in control of their support. A three-year evaluation of our Your Way services undertaken by the Mental Health Foundation found a significant link between Your Way support and improved wellbeing. We have a number of Your Way services across England. 

• Our Warwickshire Floating Housing Related Support for Disabilities supports people with a range of disability needs who would benefit from short-term housing related support.
• Floating support service in Norfolk provides county-wide support to adults with mental health needs – including individuals with severe mental health problems and complex needs – to access and maintain accommodation.
• Southwark Wellbeing Hub provides information and support for anyone in Southwark experiencing problems with their mental wellbeing. We take time to understand what people need and help them navigate local services, groups and activities so that they can find the right support.
• St Helens community support service provides housing-related support to people experiencing severe mental distress.
• West Hampshire housing and support service offers supported accommodation and community-based support to adults living with mental health issues in the West Hampshire area.

Community Support Program - Durham Mental Health Services

Durham Mental Health Services offers a community-based support program which assists individuals with mental health problems to live successfully in the community. Support is individualized to client needs. The program provides:

• Support and Advocacy – including assistance with daily living and meeting basic needs (e.g., housing, financial), life skills development, supportive counseling and crisis intervention, assistance navigating the mental health system, referrals and coordination of support.
• Information and Education – including crisis prevention and management, symptom and medication management, mental health information and education.

Community Support project - CARe Europe

Community Support project is a project to develop new knowledge for professionals about effective components of community support programmes. The focus was to increase empowerment and self-support of persons with psychiatric and other disabilities. The specific aims of the project were to develop new knowledge about effective components of community support programmes and professional intervention, to transfer this knowledge to professionals of social and mental health services in the three countries, and to teachers from the different universities and professional members of CARe Europe, to transfer this knowledge into teaching materials which can be used in bachelor and master programmes at the universities in the different countries and to increase mobility of lecturers, trainers, students and professors across Europe.

Community Wellbeing Services - Inspire Mental Health

Inspire Mental Health manages 15 Community Wellbeing Services, providing support to over 1,300 members.

Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Disorders - The Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (ACTION)

Comorbidity of mental and physical disorders is a project aiming to improve the treatment of comorbid mental and physical illnesses. AIMHP has organized a number of symposia and workshops dealing with comorbidity of mental and physical disorders, usually in conjunction with major scientific international meetings.

Complementary Therapies - EDSPACE

Complex Mental Health - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

The Complex Mental Illness Service focuses on clients with serious and persistent mental illness, including schizophrenia and mood disorders. The program includes inpatient, acute/crisis, rehabilitation, outpatient, partial hospital and forensic services.

• Community Treatment Order (CTO) Coordination
• Downtown Central Clinics
• Downtown East Clinics
• Downtown West Clinics
• Early Psychosis Unit
• ENCORE
• Focus on Youth Psychosis Prevention (FYPP) Clinic
• General Psychiatric Unit (GPU)
• Inpatient Care Schizophrenia
• Integrated Rehab Unit (1-4)
• Medication Assessment Program for Schizophrenia (MAPS)
• Mental Health and Metabolism Clinic
• Partial Hospital Program
• Acute Care Unit B
• School Program – TDSB High School (TDSS Classroom)
• Shared Care Outreach
• Adult Neurodevelopmental Services

Comprehensive Case Management (CCM) program - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Caminar's Comprehensive Case Management (CCM) program provides an enhanced case management service to Solano County residents who are mentally ill.  Unlike traditional case management programs, CCM has an embedded Registered Nurse to help address the numerous medical and medication issues that so many of our clients struggle with, and thus making the service enhanced. The CCM program provides service to 120 clients and in addition to the RN, the program is staffed with a dedicated Program Director, 4 Case Managers, and a dedicated program Admin Assistant.  Services are rendered throughout the entire county and referrals must be approved by Solano County Mental Health.

Connect - American Mental Wellness Association (AMWA)

Connect trains professionals and community members to prevent and respond effectively to suicide across the lifespan. The public health, socio-ecological model emphasizes collaboration between service providers. Best practice protocols are provided for each service provider discipline. The training can be customized to meet the needs of a community or organization.

CONNECT Community Paramedic Program - Staunton Farm Foundation

CONNECT Community Paramedic Program is a free opioid workshop for first responders that will include a lunch as well as continuing education credits for those in attendance.

Consumer Leadership in Mental Health and Addictions (CALMHA) - Kites

CALMHA’s key objective is an organisation that aims to increase opportunities for consumers/tāngata whaiora to influence decisions which affect the lives of themselves and others who use Mental Health and Addiction services.

• CALMHA Forum
• The CALMHA Leadership Programme
• Consumer Leadership Position Paper
• Consumer Leadership and Workforce Development Project

Consumer Survivor Initiatives - Durham Mental Health Services

DURHAM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES believes that individuals with lived experience of mental illness can vitally contribute to the recovery process for people who are experiencing mental health problems. The client/peer support relationship can promote resilience and help buffer stressors or adversity. Clients benefit from the empathy and encouragement that a person who has lived their struggles can offer. It is support “by peers for peers” – a positive, inspiring, and equal relationship that promotes health, self-acceptance, and progress towards recovery. DHMS Consumer Survivor Initiatives can offer:

• Assistance setting recovery goals
• Life-skills training and coaching
• Psycho-educational programming
• Social networking and support
• Linkage to services
• Education
• System coordination
• Peer Support program development

Our Peer Support Specialists also work in the community to raise awareness of mental illness and stigma, provide education, and coordinate Peer Support programming with other organizations. In this capacity, DMHS is the lead agency in the Consumer Survivor Initiative Network for the Central East LHIN. DMHS is a proud sponsor of the consumer advocacy group V.A.S.E. – Voices Against Stigma Everywhere. 

Conversations at The Royal - The Royal Mental Health Care

Conversations at The Royal is a free public education series that offers thought-provoking insight into mental health issues that are important to our community. The lectures are held almost every month and are delivered by mental health researchers, clinicians and clients at The Royal.

Coordination of Development of the WPA Educational Programme on Depressive Disorders - The Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (ACTION)

Coordination of development of the WPA Educational programme on depressive disorders is the production of the WPA educational programme on the recognition and treatment of depressive disorders, Professor Sartorius was invited to co-chair the development of an updated vesion of the program, this time coordinated by AIMHP.  

Correctional Health Services - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

Correctional Health Services is a broad network of well-established external partnerships with regional health authorities, advocacy organizations and other health care agencies across BC, and is well-positioned to provide this care. This responsibility for BCMHSUS will help to improve the quality and continuity of health care services for clients as they move between correctional centres and the community.

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) - American Mental Wellness Association (AMWA)

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a course that explains why means restriction is an important part of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. It will teach you how to ask suicidal patients/clients about their access to lethal means, and work with them and their families to reduce their access.

Counselling and Support - Cape Mental Health

Integrated Social work services are offered throughout the Cape Town area. These services include awareness raising and prevention, early intervention, statutory services (as determined by the Mental Health Care act of 2002) and reintegration services to individuals, groups and at community level.

• Individual counselling services:improve knowledge and understanding and assist with access to services, resources and opportunities; equip families with the skills necessary to cope with a family member who has a mental disability; develop skills to cope with the stresses of daily life; improve insight and promote responsible self-reliant behaviour; help families cope with challenging behaviour more effectively; and disability Grant Administration for people with mental disabilities.
• Group work services: life skills training with people with mental disabilities to enable them to accept themselves, relate to others positively and solve problems independently; carers support groups to equip parents and carers with knowledge and skills to respond appropriately to the challenges of their children and people with mental disabilities; short-term groups focusing either on sexuality and lifeskills, substance abuse and other social skills needed
• Community Work services: wellness Events to enhance mental health of the community, clients & caregivers; information tables, exhibitions and mental health presentations to educate the public about mental health and the services of Cape Mental Health; rural Outreach – Capacity building of relevant role-players in the mental health field with respect to mental health issues in rural communities; capacity building of SAPS officials with respect to mental health issues; schools Programme to empower educators and learners to identify and deal with mental health problems and access services where necessary

Most of these services are offered free or at a nominal cost, and we depend on concerned individuals and businesses for the funds we need to continue. 
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Counselling and Therapies - EDSPACE

Crisis Centres - Suryani Institute for Mental Health

The institute, through a number of ongoing research programs and continuous monitoring in collaboration with the local police, has identified chronic mental illness as the main cause of this rise, followed by interpersonal problems, and chronic physical illness. In addition, poor economic conditions have significantly contributed to this increase. Inadequate mental health systemic support and insufficient hospital-based interventions leave a large number of individuals with serious mental health problems untreated. Outreach services have not been nationally promoted as a means of improving access and mental health outcomes. Furthermore, there is only a handful of psychiatrists that service the 4 million population of Bali. In order to help reduce the number of people committing suicide in Bali and provide a first line of support and immediate intervention, our institute has created two crisis centers, known as Layanan Hidup Bahagia (Happy Living Services) in two regencies on the island (Karangasem and Buleleng). So far, the centers have successfully helped hundreds of individuals (free of charge). 

Crisis Intervention - Sanjivini

Sanjivini runs two centers, for anyone wanting to talk about a problem. At both our units, men and women of varying ages and backgrounds, walk in, telephone, or write, feeling stressed, confused, distressed, helpless and hopeless; full of guilt, shame or fear due to their problems. Some are lonely, but unable to talk to a family member. Yet, the need to share their feelings and talk to someone who would understand and help them find a solution that brings them to Sanjivini. Here, volunteers listen, befriend and provide support and reassurance, and most importantly, empowerment.

Volunteers at Sanjivini are special in that they are warm, sensitive and genuinely concerned about the person they are trying to help. This concern is communicated to the distressed person and creates a comfortable atmosphere encouraging the person to give vent to his pent-up feelings and emotions. By being alert and sensitive to these feelings and emotions, the volunteer shows acceptance and understanding. Having given vent to his feelings, the person becomes calmer, and is able to look at his problem more objectively. Having regained objectivity, the client, with facilitation from his counsellor, explores the various options available to him and decides for himself which option to choose in order to resolve his problem. Once the client has found his own solution, with a little facilitation, his inherent strength is revived and reinforced. This process of self-help strengthens the person’s ability to face his current crisis and empowers him to confront and overcome difficulties in the future with hope, and greater faith and belief in himself. There is no fixed time frame for a person to become capable of coping with his life situation independent of Sanjivini. This process varies greatly on the self-awareness of the client and his personal motivation.

Crisis Now: Dedicated to Transforming Mental Health Crisis Systems - The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)

Crisis Now: Dedicated to Transforming Mental Health Crisis Systems is a website dedicated to providing the framework needed to optimize mental health crisis services within communities. It provides a roadmap to a safe, effective and value-focused mental health crisis system. NASMHPD is proud to be the lead organization in the creation of the CrisisNow.com(link is external) website. With the tools and information presented on this website, any community can make improvements to their crisis system and see meaningful results. 

Crisis Response - Durham Mental Health Services

Durham Mental Health Services offers a range of crisis supports to assist individuals who are experiencing a personal or situational crisis. 

• Crisis Services: telephone support is available toll free, 24 hours per day, to support the individual in crisis and/or their supports.  A community visit by our mobile crisis team can be arranged to support the individual in their preferred environment.  Follow-up support, including linkage and referral to other community supports, are also available.
• Crisis Beds: short-term stays in our Crisis Beds are available for individuals who are experiencing a crisis and are in need of individualized support in a safe, supportive setting away from their present situation.
• Mental Health Safe Beds: short-term residential crisis beds for individuals living with mental health problems, who are in contact with the justice system.  The program offers a safe alternative (where appropriate) to incarceration or hospitalization.

CSR Advance Practice - Psychosocial Rehabilitation/Réadaptation Psychosociale Canada (PSR RPS Canada)

The PSR Advanced Practice (PSR AP) supports clinicians and managers responsible for providing PSR services.  The PSR AP provides support to the field by transferring evidence-based knowledge, providing expert clinical consultation, developing and presenting training and education events for the field, developing website/resources, and project management including provision of secretariat support for the PSR Provincial Advisory Committee and the community of PSR practice.

Cultural and Linguistic Competence Coordinators' Network For State, and Territorial Behavioral Health Services (State CLC Coordinators' Network) - The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)

Cultural and Linguistic Competence Coordinators' Network For State, and Territorial Behavioral Health Services (State CLC Coordinators' Network was created to establish a network among state and territorial behavioral health system cultural and linguistic competence coordinators to promote growth in management skills, enrich cultural knowledge, and provide an avenue for peer support. Additionally, this network will facilitate stronger links to state tribal liaisons and state child, youth and family directors within state and territorial systems. The network may include such activities as topical conference calls with guest presenters, peer-to-peer conference calls, list serv for problem-solving and resource and information exchange. Other activities may be possible as the group evolves.

Members of the network will include managers of cultural and linguistic competence or multicultural services, tribal liaisons, and other key personnel who are addressing racial/ethnic/cultural disparities in state or territorial behavioral health systems.  Similarly any person with related functions at the state or territorial l level who addresses the behavioral health needs of children and youth within or external to the mental health department. (This addition is included in recognition that in some states the responsibility for mental health services for children and youth is located in a structure other than the mental health department.)

The National TA Center for Children's Mental Health and the National Center for Cultural Competence of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development and NASMHPD provide mechanisms for support and technical assistance for cultural and linguistic competence coordinators. This is consistent with the Systems of Care approach to service delivery and with NASMHPD's Position Statement on Culturally Competent and Linguistically Appropriate Mental Health Services (June 6, 2000). Although specific job titles vary, the short name for this group will be The State CLC Coordinators' Network.

D.I.F.D - Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health

D.I.F.D. is a youth-driven initiative focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health. Created by friends and family of Daron Richardson who lost her life to suicide at the young age of 14, D.I.F.D. is inspired by hope for a future where young people will reach out for help without fear or shame. D.I.F.D. supports programs and initiatives aimed at transforming youth mental health.

D.I.F.D - The Royal Mental Health Care

D.I.F.D. is a youth-driven initiative focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health. Created by friends and family of Daron Richardson who lost her life to suicide at the young age of 14, D.I.F.D. is inspired by hope for a future where young people will reach out for help without fear or shame. D.I.F.D. supports programs and initiatives aimed at transforming youth mental health.

Data and Analysis - Mental Health Commission of NSW

The Commission monitors and reports on the implementation of Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health in NSW 2014-2024, and also to review and evaluate services and programs provided to people who have a mental illness. In addition the Commission is expected to undertake and commission research, innovation and policy development. In order to properly fulfil these functions, the Commission is working to increase the amount and quality of data from which it is able to draw in the course of its work. It is doing this through strategic projects with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, universities, the NSW Government and others to develop and analyse new data-sets or to link existing ones - with the potential to produce important new insights that can guide service development and planning.

At the same time, the Commission has created a suite of interactive presentations and snapshots which make mental NSW health-related data more accessible to consumers, academics and the whole community, supporting research and advocacy to improve mental health outcomes. By allowing users to dynamically create visual representations of data relationships, according to their particular interests, the Commission hopes to make a positive contribution to evidence-based policy development and public discussion.

Day to Day Living in the Community Program )D2DL) - Mental Health Association of Central Australia (MHACA)

D2DL is a community based program which aims to improve the quality of life for individuals with mental illness by offering structured and socially based activities. D2DL also provides an opportunity for participants to develop personally and professionally as Peers. D2DL operates a weekly service which is available to people who live with mental illness or mental distress. Each month D2DL produces a calendar of structured group activities which take place at the MHACA premises and other venues around town. Activities run daily from Tuesday to Friday most weeks. The calendar is developed in consultation with the participant group to ensure our programs meet the needs of those in this community. The aims of the D2DL program are to

• Support people with severe and persistent mental illness who experience social isolation
• Increase the ability of people with mental illness or mental distress to participate in social, recreational and educational activities
• Assist people with mental illness or mental distress to improve their quality of life and live successfully at an optimal level of independence in the community by facilitating participants to develop new skills and/or re-learn old skills, develop social networks, participate in community activities, develop confidence and accomplish personal goals

De La Haye - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

De La Haye (Bellville) is an ordinary residential home in the community where we offer independent living with supervision and support for high functioning psychiatric patients. It is generally referred to as a New Generation Home.

De-Issue Centre - Mental Health Foundation of Hong Kong

Depression Research Cente - The Royal Mental Health Care

The Depression Research Centre is a world class research institute and one of the largest providers of mental health care in Canada that is bringing together world-renowned clinicians, leading-edge science and state-of-the-art technology to provide more accurate diagnosis and faster and more efficient treatment for people with depression. Studies at the Centre have already shown double the remission rates in six weeks for patients with treatment-resistant depression. For both researchers, the Depression Research Centre offers an exciting opportunity for a unique collaboration that integrates pharmacology and braining imaging to treat patients very intensely. 

Depression, Suicide and E-Health - The Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing (JA MH-WB)

The Workpackage on Depression, Suicide, including E-Health are to build on outcomes of 2008 European Pact for Mental Health, and the new WHO Mental Health Strategy. Proposed recommendations for action include:

• Taking action against depression and to prevent suicide in different target groups (adolescent, young adults, middle age and older people), implementing evidence-based interventions including e-mental health and improving sustainability of good practices
• Disseminating best practices, putting evidence-based tools to action in different communities
• Mediating the impact of economic crises on depression and suicide, focusing on most vulnerable groups
• Promoting trans-national approaches to e-support for minority groups present in more European countries
• Optimizing cooperation between professionals and civil society organizations
• Integrating e-health interventions into the package of health services and clinical practice of health professionals
• Taking further the outcomes of past and ongoing European projects (e.g. SEYLE, WESTAY, SUPREME, IMHPA, EMIP, EAAD, MONSUE, OSPI-Europe, EUREGENAS, MHPHands, PROSPECT, PREDI-NU, PROYOUTH)
• Scaling up involvement of local and international networks, strengthening their cooperation and promoting their sustainability
• Encouraging and supporting key stakeholders for knowledge transfer, education and dissemination of best practices
• Promoting monitoring, quality control and sustainability of evidence-based actions agaist depression and suicide

The expected output of the working group on Depression, Suicide, including E-Health is:

• Report with Situation analysis and Recommendations for action against depression and suicide including use of e-health.
• An analysis of current situation and with recommendations on activities, including the use of E-health,
• To be developed by MS and EU agencies that may contribute to the implementation of policies against depression and suicide in Europe.
• The recommendations will be adapted to the varying levels of resources available in countries.

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease - American Psychosomatic Society

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Special Interest Group aims for an increasing number of researchers to present their work on early life factors affecting developmental and health outcomes. APS members are in a unique position to contribute to this area of research both by virtue of their overall guiding interest in health outcomes and in their diverse set of skills and interests related to the role of early adversity in health and disease outcomes.

Diagnostic Assessments - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

A Diagnostic Assessment is a complete assessment that includes clinical considerations of the client's general physical, developmental, family, social, psychiatric, and psychological history and current condition. The Diagnostic Assessment will also note strengths, vulnerabilities, and needed mental health services.  A provisional mental health diagnosis will be noted.

Directory of Peer Respites - Mind Freedom International

The Peer Respite Directory provides public access to resources about peer respites in the United States. A peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support to help people find new understanding and ways to move forward. It operates 24 hours per day in a homelike environment. 

Disability Action Plan - Balance Aotearoa

The Disability Action Plan is a comprehensive plan to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand is fully responding to its obligations under the Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities. The four most important issues that Balance New Zealand advocate for are:

• The need for a comprehensive review of the Mental Health Act
• Ending the practice of seclusion in mental health services
• The need to address the physical health needs of those treated 
• The need to address both overt and covert systemic stigma and abuse 

Disability Justice - Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

Trust beneficiaries are at increased risk for involvement with the criminal justice system, both as victims and defendants, due to their disabilities as well as deficiencies in the community treatment and support systems. Hundreds of beneficiaries each year are incarcerated for their safety because adequate service alternatives do not exist. Thousands more are arrested for offenses resulting from behaviors associated with symptoms of their mental disorders. The disability justice focus area is aimed at reducing the involvement and recidivism of Trust beneficiaries in the criminal justice system. The Trust’s board of trustees has directed significant funding and staff resources towards criminal justice reform efforts in Alaska to address this and other justice related issues affecting beneficiaries, including reducing the involvement and recidivism of Trust beneficiaries in the criminal justice system as well as preventing the victimization of beneficiaries. The Trust uses the Sequential Intercept Model as the foundation for making funding allocations and policy decisions. The overall goals are:

• Developing criminal justice and community behavioral health partnerships;
• Civerting trust beneficiaries from the criminal justice system; and,
• Maintaining public safety by improving the health of beneficiaries and Alaska communities.
• Below are the SIM intercepts where strategies and Trust supported activities are employed to achieve the goals above:
• Systems and Policy Development
• Increased Capacity, Training and Competencies
• Community Prevention
• Community Intervention/Diversion
• Booking and Screening Practices
• In-facility Practices
• Re-entry
• Community Aftercare

Disaster Mental Health Planning and Response Resources - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

Disaster Mental Health Planning and Response Resources continue to expand our Internet resources to provide the citizens of New York State with the most up to date resources based on Evidence Based and Best Practices in the field of Disaster Mental Health.

• New York Disaster Mental Health Responder Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter for the Disaster Mental Health Responder Community produced by OMH's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Response, DOH's Office of Health Emergency Preparedness and the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz.
• All Hazard Resources/Pan Flu Resources is a general link to a large variety of psycho-education literature and to numerous agencies and web sites that contain disaster mental health information.
• Psychological First Aid (PFA) serves as one of the basic counseling tools that can be used by the general public in the aftermath an emergency or disaster.
• Psychological First Aid On-Line Training Course 

Disaster Risk Management - The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)

Discovery Partners: Facilitating and Enabling the Persons Whole Life Discovery Journey - International Mental Health Collaborating Network (IMHCN)

Discovery Partners: Facilitating and Enabling the Persons Whole Life Discovery Journey is a partnership with individuals who have used mental health services for long periods of time and want to make significant improvements to their mental health and their lives. They provide the essential time and space required for people to embark on their discovery journey. The Discovery Partnership achieves this by focussing on peoples unique assets and circumstances and breaking the cycle of hopelessness, dependency and maintenance.

Divisions and Councils - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

NASMHPD is an organization representing the interests of the nation's state mental health agencies. NASMHPD members - the commissioners and directors of the 55 state and territorial mental health agencies - also appoint their directors of programs to serve on divisions, councils, and workgroups. There are five standing divisions for special populations (Children, Youth & Families; Financing and Medicaid; Forensic; Older Persons; and Legal) and a Medical Directors Council. The purpose of these entities is to provide technical assistance and expert consultation to the Commissioners/Directors on issues specific to those populations. Each of the divisions and the Medical Directors Council has a Commissioner Division Advisor.

Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund aims to change the process by which people with mental illness enter jails and prisons and by creating alternatives to incarcerating people with mental illness. The fund has brought together a panel of recognized experts who have “hands on” experience both in mental health and our justice system. 

Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund aims to change the process by which people with mental illness enter jails and prisons and by creating alternatives to incarcerating people with mental illness The Dorothea Dix Think Tank was created by Dr. Dean Brooks to decriminalize mental illness. Dr.  Brooks, former superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital best known for his role in the film, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, assembled a panel of experts in mental health and the law to discuss and recommend solutions for what has become a national scandal. The fund has brought together a panel of recognized experts who have “hands on” experience both in mental health and our justice system.

Drop In Rehabilitation Centre - Iswar Sankalpa

The Drop in Rehabilitation Centre is a day centre for providing Psychosocial interventions. The DIC focuses on providing overall resettlement and habilitation opportunities for Iswar Sankalpa’s homeless psychosocially disabled clients, in an effort to help mainstream them as productive members back into society. This is achieved through facilitated participation of the clients in select occupational and vocational activities, as well as supervised pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, all of which ultimately aim in restoring the client’s self-confidence, self-reliance and independent living.

Drop-In Centres - Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Drop-In Centre provide a safe and fun environment for all adults with a mental illness. The Drop-In Center is open five days a week and provides a place for consumers to come and spend time with peers in planned activities, groups, and informal social time. Drop-In hours are scheduled each weekday. For a schedule of specific times and activities. Various events for consumers are planned on a monthly basis. Some of these include bingo tournaments, pizza days, movies and popcorn, as well as other activities planned by participants. 

Drug and Alcohol Services - Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust

Drug and alcohol services provided by AWP include:

• Community teams
• Detox and stabilisation
• Criminal justice services
• Addiction and alcohol
• Drug and alcohol videos

Drug Subsidisation Program - Mental Health Foundation of Hong Kong

The Drug Subsidisation Program was put together in response to the prevalence of depression.  They maintain a list of advanced medications for treating mood disorders with relatively fewer side-effects that are not publicly financed under Hospital Authority’s Drug Formulary.  Underprivileged patients have since been able to benefit from those advanced medication that are not available under public healthcare.”

E-Youth - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

E-YOUTH (Empowering youth Individuals with fewer opportunities towards citizenship) is an Erasmus+ Project which aims to develop a cross-sectoral (health, social services, social environment, families, community mainstream services, NGOs…) and community-based intervention methodology for youth individuals with a disability based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and also trying to focus on upskilling & reskilling and enhancing the competences of young workers or young professionals in the sector.

Early Intervention in Psychosis - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

The NASMHPD Early Intervention in Psychosis is a virtual resource center. The Early Intervention in Psychosis virtual resource center is designed to provide reliable information for practitioners, policymakers, individuals, families, and communities in order to foster more widespread adoption and utilization of early intervention programming for persons at risk for (or experiencing a first episode of) psychosis.  The site includes information from a national RWJF-funded demonstration to identify and prevent the onset of psychotic illness – the Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis Program (EDIPPP) ­– as well as other early intervention initiatives. 

Educational Institutes - Manas Foundation

Elroi - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

Elroi (outside Stellenbosch) is a 25 bed facility for intellectually disabled adults. Residents should be able to do self-care tasks and household chores.

Emergency Department - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH's 24/7 Psychiatric Emergency Department provides 24 hour/7 days per week emergency assessment and treatment for adults with mental health and substance use issues.It:

• Provides extended observation, assessment and treatment services to adults assessed in the Emergency Service or those who are awaiting an inpatient bed.
• Works collaboratively with other hospital emergency and community mental health services to achieve client-centred care.

Emergency Response and Capacity Building Rosters - Consortium of University For Global Health (CUGH)

Emerging Proud Press - Emerging Proud

Emerging Proud now has a not-for-profit Publishing Company that publishes only inspirational Pocket Books

Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression, Anxiety and Trauma: A Unified View - The Royal Mental Health Care

Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression, Anxiety and Trauma: A Unified View is a workshop at The Royal and the Psychology Residency 2018-2019 Annual Conference that will discuss the role of functional and dysfunctional emotions, and emotional awareness. Videotaped examples of evidence based, methods for evoking and dealing with emotions in self-criticism and trauma or emotional injuries from the past will be presented. Participants will be introduced to the skills of moment by moment attunement to affect, focusing on bodily felt feelings, and the use of two chair methods of dialoguing with parts of self. Learning Objectives; after the workshop participants will be able to:

• Identify different types of emotional expression;
• Explain how to intervene differentially with emotion;
• Access adaptive emotions to produce change;
• Explain principles of emotional change using supporting research;
• Identify emotion processing components in the resolution of self-critical splits.

Empathic Therapy Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education & Living supports research, education, publications and conferences that foster caring, respectful human relationships. It then draws upon scientific integrity, personal responsibility, honesty, and respect for the individual. We value the integrity and inviolability of each person’s brain, mind, and spirit, and embrace the ideal of “First, do no harm!” Based on science and empathy, the best approaches are wholly voluntary and entirely free of psychiatric diagnoses and drugs. As pioneers in the emerging field of empathic therapy, we encourage all human services that are rooted in mutual respect and equality between those who seek help and those who wish to provide it.

Employment and Career Assistance - Association for Mental Health and Wellness

The Association for Mental Health & Wellness have helped hundreds of people to return to work and school in order to jump-start or resume their careers. Through a range of a range of services offered to help people in recovery, we assist particiapants to overcome the impact of illness and disability that may have previously obstructed their career path. Their staff assists participants to use the strengths and skills that gained from life experiences to address these barriers so they can pursue a job with pride and confidence.

• Center-based Services: centers allow participants to brush-up on skills through work-ordered units and activities while using rehabilitation tools to chart their course to employment. Our centers offer computer-based technologies for assessment, skill-building, and resource acquisition.
• Job Development/Job Finding: securing a job that matches your preferences and workplace needs is challenging but critical for long term success. Our agency connects with small and large businesses in the community to identify employers with opportunities and a positive workplace culture. Working with our Business Advisory Council, we are able to help our participants to find fulfilling work.
• Flexible Coaching & Support: MHAW offers on and off-site support and coaching. Whether at the workplace, a breakfast or lunch spot, at our offices or by phone, we can design your support contacts to meet the employee’s needs and schedule.
• Entitlements Planning & Management: the complicated maze of SSI, SSD, and Public Assistance rules can sometimes make returning to work treacherous. Our employment staff will help participants to understand and manage the impact of earnings on their financial situation.
• Cognitive Remediation: the cognitive remediation program is a State-wide leader in integrating the use of computer-based strategies to improve memory, concentration, organization and other functions that have been impaired by illness, and medication.
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations: should employees choose to disclose their disability to their employer, we can help to consider and negotiate reasonable workplace accommodations – most of which pose no cost to employers – that can make employees more productive, valuable, and satisfied.
• Peer Support & Celebration: MHAW have regular dinner meetings at local restaurants for the purpose of support, getting ideas from others in recovery about achieving success, and for celebrating those successes.
• Supported Education & Career Development: MHAW's Centers have relationships with local schools, colleges, and universities and can provide you with information, connections, and the coaching necessary to overcome long-standing challenges. This includes learning issues, decision-making skills, anxiety reduction, financial planning, time management, and more.

Employment Assistance Program - Cape Mental Health

The Employee Assistance Programme works with Companies to strengthen staff's ability to cope with the challenges of modern life, enhances work-place well-being, promotes a work/life balance, and improves productivity. Partnering your EAP strategy with Cape Mental Health makes the following services easily accessible – at affordable rates:

• A skilled team of registered professionals
• Communication in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa
• Telephonic and on-site/off-site availability
• Individual & family sessions on an appointment basis
• Trauma intervention at short notice
• Confidential assessments & counselling
• Treatment planning and referrals
• Health information & wellness education
• Short-term problem solving / facilitating change
• Follow-up & support
• Managerial/staff training to assist employees that are having life challenges
• The back-up of a registered, well-resourced organisation

This programme addresses family problems such as marital conflict, divorce, abuse, illness or death; relationship problems; financial difficulties; alcohol/drug dependence or a gambling addiction; crises in the home; psychological issues such as depression and anxiety; health problems; and other personal concerns which may adversely affect employee ability and job performance. Although EAP should not be seen as a refuge for disciplinary hearings, employers are expected to provide assistance to employees before they proceed with disciplinary procedures. Cape Mental Health runs awareness, education, counselling and training programmes aimed at helping people enjoy good mental health. Most of these programmes and services are offered free of charge.

Employment Development Initiative (EDI) - The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)

Employment Development Initiative (EDI) works in close collaboration with Single State Authorities to plan and implement activities to foster increased employment opportunities for people with mental health and/or substance use disorders, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) created the Employment Development Initiative (EDI). This initiative provides, on a competitive basis, modest funding awards in the form of fixed-price subcontracts between the Contractor, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), and the States, Territories and District of Columbia. In addition, each awardee will receive two consultant technical assistance visits coordinated and paid through the Contractor's portion of the project. Applications were judged on the following criteria:

• Demonstrating ongoing significant collaborative efforts with SSAs;
• Identifying and adopting best/evidenced-based practices in order to maintain and/or enhance supported employment programs which will increase employment opportunities for people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders;
• Maintaining program integrity through multi-agency collaboration and by engaging performance management tools;
• Identifying appropriate performance measures and anticipating and reporting on plan outcomes;
• Involving consumers and families in the development and implementation of the initiative.

Employment Development Initiative (EDI) - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Employment Development Initiative (EDI) provides modest funding awards in the form of fixed-price subcontracts between the Contractor, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), and the States, Territories and District of Columbia. In addition, each awardee will receive two consultant technical assistance visits coordinated and paid through the Contractor's portion of the project. Applications were judged on the following criteria:

• Demonstrating ongoing significant collaborative efforts with SSAs;
• Identifying and adopting best/evidenced-based practices in order to maintain and/or enhance supported employment programs which will increase employment opportunities for people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders;
• Maintaining program integrity through multi-agency collaboration and by engaging performance management tools;
• Identifying appropriate performance measures and anticipating and reporting on plan outcomes;
• Involving consumers and families in the development and implementation of the initiative.

ENGAGE - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

NGAGE brands the desire, commitment and vision of the Commissioners' Cross-systems Committee to support services that build upon families' strengths and abilities to raise their children. The Commissioners embrace the concept that family engagement, support and youth voice play essential roles in developing the social and emotional learning, health and well-being of children. ENGAGE also symbolizes opportunities to cultivate and sustain cooperative, cross-systems relations among state agencies, develop meaningful connections with young people and their families, and deliver needed supports through collaborative service designs. The Commissioners embrace the concept that family engagement, support and youth voice play essential roles in developing the social and emotional learning, health and well-being of children.

Enhancing Executive Functions in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Mental Health Foundation of Hong Kong

The Program “Enhancing Executive Functions in Adolescents with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) aims to improve executive functioning skills of adolescents with ADHD.  It employs an innovative computer-assisted cognitive training programme that helps adolescents with ADHD to improve their academic performance, social functioning and time management.

EU-PROMENS - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

EU-PROMENS is a capacity-building programme on mental health financed by the EU4Health programme and will be implemented by the project consortium (GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Trimbos Institute, and Mental Health Europe) between January 2024 and December 2026. It will enhance and improve the capacity of health professionals across Europe in the field of mental health. The programme implements flagship 15 ‘Initiative For More And Better Trained Professionals in the EU’ of the Commission’s Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health. It targets different groups of professionals, including:

Health professionals working in mental health sector

Teachers and educators working in the educational setting

Social workers working in various community settings

Professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres

European Mental Health Week - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

The European Mental Health Week is a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. Set up and run by Europe’s largest independent mental health NGO Mental Health Europe, the seventh edition of the European Mental Health Week will take place from 19 to 25 of May 2025. More information about 2025 will be available here soon but in the meantime you can revisit the past editions on this page, and contact Mental Health Europe with any questions.

This week-long online action is a chance for everyone to exchange about all aspects of mental health, share personal stories of coping with difficulties in times of crisis and in general, and highlight the need for action.

Evaluation and Assessment - Sanjivini

To ensure that the recovery programme is comprehensive, each case is systematically discussed, assessed and evaluated at each step with the entire working team. Whenever necessary, the therapist communicates with the client’s treating psychiatrist and seeks his recommendations. Each observation and discussion is carefully documented.

Evening Hosts - National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPMHA)

Families - Odyssey

• Be SMART Support Groups for Friends and Wh?nau: In Auckland and Whangarei we offer free, weekly support groups for people whose lives are impacted by the addictive behaviours of someone close to them.
• Te Pu?wai Aroha: a fun and free 4-day programme during the school holidays. It is for children and teens (8 to 17 years old) whose parents or caregivers experience mental health or addiction challenges.

Families - Hearts and Mind

Hearts & Minds is here to support you and your families, because we believe that resourced, supported, and informed families are central to community wellness. Hearts & Minds is here to support families of every kind. If you and your family are in need  of support, Hearts & Minds can help you along the way with some services.  If you've just immigrated to New Zealand, or if you are already in Nz from a while, but you still need some issues...we can provide support and information about living and in New Zealand. Settle in a new country is a challenge! Let us help you to find the right solution to your needs. Learn more about all the services available for Newcomers in Auckland Notrh Region. Our life skills seminars, courses, training and workshops are developed to respond to the needs and requests of different groups and communities, with the ultimate goal of helping equip people with the skills to make better, more positive life choices. 

Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund helps families for whom the cost of class registration is a barrier to accessing this life-changing recovery education and support. Families Healing Together is an online leader in the delivery of a new kind of mental health education, providing interactive, self-paced classes and a supportive community focused on recovery. Families Healing Together grew from the joint efforts of three organizations convinced of the healing power of community. The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, Family Outreach and Response, and PracticeRecovery and are dedicated to helping families recover from mental health challenges.

Families Healing Together is a dynamic, supportive online community of families healing together – exploring, sharing, listening, feeling, letting go, reclaiming hope, setting boundaries, and ultimately demonstrating the power of community to heal hearts and minds. Families Healing Together is an innovative program in its early years organized to meet this crucial need. It has immense growth potential. The organization currently offers online family recovery education that has supported families across the United States and in 9 countries on 4 continents. Initial evaluation of the course for outcomes and user satisfaction is very encouraging.

Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

The Families Healing Together is a dynamic, supportive online community of families healing together – exploring, sharing, listening, feeling, letting go, reclaiming hope, setting boundaries, and ultimately demonstrating the power of community to heal hearts and minds. Families Healing Together is an online leader in the delivery of a new kind of mental health education, providing interactive, self-paced classes and a supportive community focused on recovery.

Family & Children Services Of Silicon Valley (FCS) - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Family and Children’s Services of Silicon Valley (FCS) is a strategic partnership that brings together two Bay Area behavioral health organizations with a shared commitment. They provide a path to recovery we can strengthen communities and empower individuals to live independently, self-sufficiently, and with pride. FCS provides a wide variety of services for children, teens, and adults.  They also recognize that each individual comes to them with unique needs and experiences and partner together to achieve individual goals and to empower clients to transform their lives.

To learn more about FCS's programs and how to access services, please visit FCServices.org or call 408.292.9353 or .

Family and Friends Support - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH provides a variety of programs and services for families of people with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Unless indicated otherwise, these services are open to families beyond CAMH. These include:

• Support Groups for Families:  a number of support and education groups for families at our various sites, tailored to the nature of the loved one’s illness.
• Family Centre: Family Resource Centre within the Office of Family Engagement to find information about mental health and addiction, important links to the hospital and the community, borrow books, use a computer, relax and let children play in a safe space. 
• Events of interest to Families: CAMH’s Calendar of Events includes events of special interest to families and friends. CAMH’s Education Program provides opportunities for families to learn more about mental illness and addictions.
• Education Program: CAMH’s Education Program provides opportunities for families to learn more about mental illness and addictions, such as the Mental Health 101 online education series.
• Information and booklets for clients, families and friends

Family Council - The Royal Mental Health Care

Family Council are family members supporting inpatients and outpatients at The Royal. They advocate for systemic improvements to the care and overall experience of both clients and families at The Royal. For example, we work to improve discharge planning and transitions to community living, issues that affect both clients and, frequently, their families as well. They are also responsible for the Welcome Families & Friends displays on the units and in outpatient waiting areas where you can find information and resources for families. THey act as a resource for staff, families and the community, and work collaboratively with the Client Advisory Council. They speak for families on committees and focus groups, both within and outside of The Royal. 

Family Support Groups - Association for Mental Health and Wellness

Family support groups are recognized by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence-based practice that offers hope, guidance, advocacy, and camaraderie for parents and caregivers of adults receiving services from mental health, substance use, and related service systems. Family support is a great means for families to gain awareness and guidance for supporting their loved one, such as:

• Understanding of the core concepts and experience of recovery
• Instruction about treatment, rehabilitation, peer support, and self-care regimens that serve to safely sustain family members– and prevent relapse –in recovery at home and in the community.
• Development and enhancement of the family’s specific problem-solving skills and coping mechanisms.
• Connection to key community and learning resources

The goal of family support is to help the family adapt to the impact of mental illness on the entire family, to acquire new coping skills, and to regain a new and positive family life.

Family Support Program - Durham Mental Health Services

Family Support is a program which offers support to the family members and loved ones of a person living with mental health problems.  Our goal is to reduce stress on families by providing:

• Information and Education: coping and stress management strategies, crisis management skills, relapse prevention,s igns and symptoms of mental illness, medications and community resources
• Support and Advocacy: one-to-one support to assist with the practical and emotional aspects of caring for someone with a mental illness
• Information sharing and peer support through regularly scheduled group meetings
• Assistance navigating the mental health system
• Referrals and coordination of support

Family Therapy - Sanjivini

Family Therapy forms an important part of the programme. Most of the families of a mentally ill person suffer from guilt, shame, despair, fear, isolation and confusion. Most of them have either incorrect or inadequate information about the illness, its causes, treatment, its limitation and the prognosis. This gap is bridged by family sessions, which are held several times in a month. During the course of the programme, families are also trained in skills which prepare them to handle their sick relative in the long run, like providing appropriate care, effective communication, monitoring medication, identifying relapses etc.

Farm-Based and Work-Based Residential Programs - American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

Residential treatment communities, residents participate in daily work, which plays a key role in their growth and recovery. Meaningful, necessary work provides tangible results by teaching new skills, building self-esteem, and fostering supportive connections among teammates. These provide a range of therapeutic work opportunities, which may include clerical work, agricultural work, building maintenance and repair, and retail sales,an opportunity to learn skills that can be marketable and a variety of clinical treatment approaches, with some programs offering a rich array of psychiatric therapy services.

Farming Partnerships Program - The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)

Farming Partnerships project aims at increasing mainstreaming of PWDS in government programmes such NAADs. Expected results are :

• Increased participation of disabled men and women in National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and other farming programs at district level.
• Disabled men women and youth adopting modern farming and value addition practices

Festival of Trees - Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

Fighting for the Crisis Line - Bristol Independent Mental Health Network (BIMHN)

Fighting for the Crisis Line is the Bristol’s Crisis Line, a 24-hour telephone service that offers support and, if appropriate, immediate care pathways to those experience a mental health crisis, was to close. This was later revised to a ‘service re-design’, where the line remained open, but could only be made use of by people who have been referred to the line by professionals, or for people as part of their previously identified support.

Fighting Stigma Related to Mental Disorders and Its Consequences - The Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (ACTION)

Fighting stigma related to mental disorders and its consequences is a global programme against stigma and discrimination related to schizophrenia.  The programme has also been the origin of the creation of a special scientific section of the WPA on stigma. That section working hand in hand with AIMHP has organized several international conferences dealing with stigma of mental illness and stimulated activities related to the fight against stigmatization because of mental illness. The AIMHP has: 

• Participated in the development of several volumes related to stigma
• Spoken about the programme and about the lessons learned in the programme at numerous international and national conferences and congresses.
• Initiated the process of development of a worldwide consortium of program  
• Been involved in the development of guidelines about action to reduce stigma of psychiatry and psychiatrists
• Reviewed the literature and made a series of recommendations to national psychiatric societies, to mental health personnel and to the media.

Find a Mental Health Program - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

Find a Mental Health Program is a Mental Health Program Directory with a variety of program directory search options:

• Basic Search allows you to click on any county to view all the programs in that county.
• Full Directory allows you to view programs by adding filters on county, program category and/or subcategory.
• Advanced Search allows you to search programs by multiple criteria including population served, special population, hours of operation, whether program is recipient run, location (e.g., city or zip code), provider or program name, and/or additional services provided.

First Nations Mental Health - Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue acknowledges the Land on which our head office is based has deep connections to peoples and cultures across the Eastern Kulin Nation. As such we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this area, the Wurundjeri Peoples, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. As an organisation with national reach, we extend our respect to all Elders and First Nations Peoples across Australia.

• Reconciliation Action Plan
• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
• Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Wellmob
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfo Network
• Counselling Online

FolkTime Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Folktime Fund will secure the future of FolkTime’s peer support programs for generations to come through the planned giving of its founders and other friends of FolkTime. FolkTime’s NE Portland Program provides peer support in a social setting to provide a safe space for recovery. Members of the NE Portland program receive support from peer support specialists as well as other members. They also explore other community support networks and provide avenues for discussing important topics regarding recovery that are often stigmatized in the community at large.

The NE Portland Social Center provides a safe place for people with mental health diagnoses to come together in a relaxed atmosphere to play games, paint, garden, bowl, sing and eat together. Members host art shows and concerts in the community. FolkTime also offers a food pantry for members in coordination with Trader Joe’s and the Oregon Food Bank. All of our programming is free to members. FolkTime is unique in the Portland area. No other mental health recovery social program is open to all adults regardless of provider, residence or income.

Food Pantries - Association for Mental Health and Wellness

Food pantries provide packages of food to hundreds of families and individuals. The pantries are managed and run by our members and volunteer Veterans who gain valuable work experience. They help meet the great need that exists for access to nutritional foods and household items.

Forensic Division - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

The State Mental Health Forensic Directors hereby organize in support of the interests and purposes of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors in the development and operation of forensic programs and facilities. Administration of mental health forensic systems requires understanding and integration of at least four distinguishable fields:

• Behavioral Science;
• Corrections;
• Legislation and Law, and
• Administration

Forensic service systems are the result of planning, development, and operation in diverse endeavors including:

• Mental Health evaluation and treatment services to courts and custody facilities;
• Operation of secure hospitals;
• Provision of technical consultation to staff in developing methods of effective recognition and management of areas such as civil commitment, patient's rights and guardianship;
• Development of training of mental health, legal, correctional and administrative professionals; and
• Consultation in the development of sound legislation and administrative rules.

It is the purpose, therefore, of the State Mental Health Forensic Directors, Division of National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, to gather those individuals directly responsible for the administration of state forensic systems in order to:

• Provide a mechanism for collection, study, discussion, resolution and dissemination of problems, ideas, models, information, and approaches to the planning, development, and operation of state forensic systems, programs and facilities;
• Promote and participate in training and in development of appropriate standards; and
• Improve the quality, effectiveness, and pursuit of excellence in forensic administration.

Forensic Mental Health - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

The Office of Mental Health's Forensic Mental Health Services is for persons with mental illness who come in contact with the criminal justice system. Focused interagency coordination, training and intervention on the State and local level is required to maintain community safety, while preventing inappropriate and unnecessary incarceration. Forensic mental health services in New York State are overseen by the Division of Forensic Services within the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH). OMH has many partners who assist with serving the forensic population including:

• The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
• The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS)
• The Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives within DCJS
• The Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors 
• County jails
• Mental health departments and
• Other local service providers.

Forensic Mental Health Practitioner (FMHP) Service - Together - For Mental Health

Together’s Forensic Mental Health Practitioner (FMHP) Service works within the National Probation Service(NPS) to provide assessment and therapeutic intervention where people have a primary mental health need and may also be experiencing a number of other vulnerabilities including personality disorder, learning disability and substance or alcohol misuse. Our practitioners also support service users with risk concerns including self-harm and suicide.

An important part of our practitioners’ role is to promote better understanding of the relationship between mental health problems and other vulnerabilities, and offending behaviour and risk. They work with Offender Managers through case consultation using a problem solving framework to support them to think in a psychologically informed way about the service user and their emotional and behavioural presentation. This supports Offender Managers to tailor their approach and respond to the diversity and need of the individuals they work with. This approach is in line with the core features of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Operational Model in delivering a Human Service Approach, where the primary focus is on the impact of the relationship developed between the Offender Manager and the service user. In addition, our practitioners help Offender Managers to develop links and navigate pathways to relevant mental health and social care services. We also work directly with these services to improve access routes and understanding of services within the NPS. Their team responds flexibly to the diverse needs of service users. For example, we have created a designated women and gangs specialist role, which deals with referrals from the Serious Group Offending Cohort, from Offender Managers across the NPS, and from our own practitioners in other NPS sites.

Forensic mental health services - Support In Mind Scotland

Forensic mental health services assess and treat people who are called ‘mentally disordered offenders’ under the Mental Health Act and who are detained in secure health facilities. The actions they are taking inlcude:

• Produced a major research study “Exploring the Experiences of family members of people in forensic mental health services” (‘forensic carers’) See report and discussion paper by clicking here
• Facilitating the National Forensic Carers Network
• Working to implement an action plan to improve information and support for forensic carers

Caring Connections

We have now set up 'Caring Connections' - our new national service for carers (family/friends) of people being treated within forensic mental health services throughout Scotland.

Forensic Mental Health Carers are people of any age who provide unpaid support for a relative or friend who is within forensic mental health services, including people in low, medium and high security hospitals throughout Scotland as well as in community settings with the support of Forensic Community Mental Health Teams,

The three medium secure units are in Edinburgh, Perth and Glasgow, and the high secure unit is the State Hospital at Carstairs.  There are other low secure units throughout Scotland.

The service is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Our National Forensic Carer co-ordinator Lorraine Keith explained: "We will provide support and appropriate information to carers throughout the key stages of their journey through the Forensic Mental Health Services. 

"By doing this the carer may feel better supported and informed of their own rights and more able to support their relative/friend who is receiving care and treatment.  Supporting families and friends in this way may go some way to maintaining or rebuilding relationships.

"Our recent research, ‘Exploring Family Carer Involvement in Forensic Mental Health Services’ (available by clicking here) found that forensic carers need support right from the first admission of their relative/friend to forensic services through to eventual discharge in some cases.

"Forensic carers are often not seen as carers by others – even statutory providers – therefore increasing their sense of isolation and emotional distress not to mention the stigma that is often associated with forensic services."

Lorraine is keen to hear from anyone who may be interested in this service, whether a carer or service provider.

Please contact Lorraine Keith on 07951066234 or lorraine@supportinmindscotland.org.uk for more information or to let me have your thoughts on this service.

Forensic Psychiatric Hospital - British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS)

Forensic Psychiatric Hospital is a secure, 190-bed facility that treats and rehabilitates individuals who have come in conflict with the law and are deemed unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The goal of the program is to restore fitness to attend court proceedings and/or reintegrate patients gradually and safely into the community. The hospital also serves individuals who have been transferred temporarily from correctional facilities to be assessed or receive treatment for a mental illness under the Mental Health Act. The facility consists of 9 clinical units (5 secure, 3 closed and 1 open unit). Located in a peaceful, park-like setting, the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital supports patients with high quality, specialized clinical services, as well as a comprehensive range of vocational and rehabilitative programs.

Forensic Psycholegal Clinic - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

This is a new full-spectrum forensic psychiatry third-party referral clinic offered at CAMH within the Work Stress and Health program.  It is a multidisciplinary clinic, drawing on the expertise of forensic psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. The types of forensic psychiatry assessments that will be carried out include violence Risk Assessments (general, sexual, domestic, stalking, threat and workplace), psychopathy Assessments, malingering Assessments, criminal Responsibility Assessments, pre-sentence/Disposition Assessments, dangerous Offender and Long-term Offender Assessments, capacity Assessments (Professional Misconduct, Carry Firearm, etc.) and civil Assessments (Fitness for Duty, Disability Evaluations, etc.). The Psycholegal Clinic is only able to accept third party psycholegal assessment requests. ms. 

Forum Calls - The National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED)

Fountain House - Cape Mental Health

Fountain House is a community based rehabilitation centre that plays a vital role in the lives of people living with psychiatric disabilities. It creates opportunities for them to begin the journey of recovery, find meaning in life and actively contribute to the social and economic wellbeing of each other and their families. The aim is to enable persons living with psychiatric disabilities to ultimately become reintegrated into society and the workplace. This is achieved through participation and training in four work units at the centre: administration, catering, a paper making workshop, and the employment/communications unit. Persons attending Fountain House benefit from:

• A work-ordered day programme, where they receive "on-the-job" training in a variety of skills through their involvement in the activities of the work units at the centre
• Exposure to employment and/or income generating opportunities, such as the Transitional Employment Programme (TEP), supported employment opportunities, independent work placements, learnerships and further education and training;
• Training in computer and internet skills, assistance with CV creation, development of interview skills, career guidance, education about employment rights and micro business training including business plan preparation
• Greater insight into their psychiatric disabilities
• Poverty alleviation initiatives including balanced, nutritional meals at a low cost and opportunities to buy clothing at a reduced rate;
• Social and recreational programmes to enhance social competencies and social networks.  This is done through monthly social events, birthday parties, a varied afternoon programme and an annual holiday.

Frail Care Centre - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

The CMHP frail care centre provides care and services to our own long term patients who, due to deteriorating health, cannot function in any of our facilities.

Friends ARE Making a Difference - National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPMHA)

Friends Do Make A Difference - National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPMHA)

Friendship Circle (FC) - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Friendship Circle (FC)  directly assists individuals in their quest to develop the skills required to enhance their social lives through building and maintaining a circle of compatible friends.  Founded on the belief that compatibility should be based on the commonality and camaraderie that arises from sharing mutual abilities, interests, and concerns,  Friendship Circle is a social recreational program of Caminar designed to assist individuals with a developmental disability to acquire the skills necessary to enhance  their social life by developing and maintaining a circle of compatible friends.  In all cases, the emphasis of the program is on supporting the movement toward self-determination, responsibility, and independence with respect to meeting their own social needs.  This is a critical element and the one which sets this program apart from  other leisure/social programs.  Friendship Circle is founded on the belief that compatibility should not be based on a common diagnosis of developmental disability, but  rather on the commonality and comradely which arises from sharing mutual abilities, interest and concerns.  The ultimate goal is to teach the social skills necessary for  individuals to build meaningful and rewarding relationships with peers and other people in the community who share common interests.

Full Service Partnership (FSP) - CAMINAR For Mental Health

Full Service Partnership (FSP) for Adults and Older Adults is a Mental Health Service Act [MHSA] funded intensive case management program. FSP’s are intended to provide services to California’s most vulnerable mental ill consumers. Case loads are smaller than traditional case management programs so that the staff can have more direct service time to spend with these consumers. We started serving clients in October 2010. The program is staffed by 4 case managers, 2 RNs, 1 assistant case manager, 1 Admin Assistant, 1 Program Director and 16 hours a week of psychiatry. The program serves 44 clients.

Funder Programs - Karakan

Gateway - CAMINAR For Mental Health

The Caminar Solano County Gateway program provides 30-day transitional housing support services and case management to individuals who are making the transition to higher levels of independent living. The community-based program also assists individuals in setting realistic goals and working towards achieving them.

Gender Sensitisation Trainings - Manas Foundation

Manas has developed a unique, behavior-change training module to engage men in transforming public transport into safe spaces for women. Manas has applied the principles of psychology to combat violence against women through one-of-its-kind intervention with drivers of public transport vehicles. This has made a big headway in violence against women in public transport in the past year. Manas Foundation has set-up an Auto-Sahara Helpline to support the progress made during mandatory trainings. This helpline provides an opportunity for drivers to face challenges and difficulties in gender-specific situations. Manas also launched a Facebook page “Spot the Auto”, engaging public in supporting the behavior change of auto drivers.

Geriatric Mental Health Service (GMHS) - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

CAMH's Geriatric Mental Health Services (GMHS) is dedicated to the provision of specialized, interprofessional assessment, treatment, consultation and follow-up services to older persons with mental health concerns, with or without addiction issues. The service has both outpatient and inpatient departments.

• Inpatient Services: the focus of Inpatient Services is acute stabilization of symptoms and active treatment utilizing interprofessional approaches that integrate mental health and addictions with geriatric perspectives. There are two Geriatric Admission Units, GAU-A and GAU-B, located in the Intergenerational Wellness Centre with a total of 48 inpatient beds: GAU-A (2nd floor) is a 23-bed unit and GAU-B (3rd floor) has 25 beds. Both floors have a mix of acute and medium-stay clients. Client who require an admission to an inpatient bed are generally triaged through our Central Intake Service and then admitted to an available bed. 
• Geriatric Mental Health Outpatient Services (formerly PACE): the Outpatient clinics provide evidence-based assessment and psychogeriatric consultation for clients over age 60 experiencing impairments related to mood, psychotic and memory disorders.  Examples of these conditions include depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and dementia.  Other concerns related to grief or concurrent addiction issues can also be addressed.
• Community-based outreach teams also provide a range of services to seniors in long-term care homes and occasionally their home environment in the Greater Toronto and Peel areas.
• The clinics also provide consultation to community agencies; advocacy, education and support to the clients' family members; and community education.

Global Food and Friends - Hearts and Mind

Global Food & Friends is a friendship group for newcomers, migrants, refugees and Kiwis.  You can learn about Kiwi culture, find out how local services can help you to settle in New Zealand, try foods from around the world, meet others, make new friends and have fun. Learn from a wide range of speakers and activities.

Global Mental Health Task Force - The Global Alliance on Behavioral Health and Social Justice

The global mental health task seeks to draw attention to disparities found throughout the world in mental health services and the too frequent violation of the rights of individuals with mental health concerns.

Glossary - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Gnosis House Retreat Fund - Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health care

Gnosis House Retreat Fund will establish a residential house in San Francisco or other Bay Area community based on the R.D. Laing model offering sanctuary and community to those seeking to move through mental, emotional and spiritual distress with minimal or no use of medication. The Gnosis Retreat Center aspires to be a place of safety and community for those who want to take the necessary time to step back and come to an understanding of themselves and their pain and regain their passion for living. It will offer a network of fellow travelers who aspire to cultivate skillful means of helping people whose relations with themselves and others have become an occasion of wretchedness and despair. By living together in a perfectly ordinary household with no regimen to follow, we hope to foster a better understanding of how each of us, perhaps unwittingly, sometimes occasion the predicament we are in, by getting to know ourselves and others at the deepest level. Gnosis Retreat Center is not a “treatment” center, but those who choose to live there are encouraged to participate in individual psychotherapy, with whomever they wish, off premises.

Gnosis House Retreat Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Gnosis House Retreat Fund will establish a residential house in San Francisco or other Bay Area community based on the R.D. Laing model offering sanctuary and community to those seeking to move through mental, emotional and spiritual distress with minimal or no use of medication. The fund seeks to raise $500,000. The Gnosis Retreat Center aspires to be a place of safety and community for those who want to take the necessary time to step back and come to an understanding of themselves and their pain and regain their passion for living. It will offer a network of fellow travelers who aspire to cultivate skillful means of helping people whose relations with themselves and others have become an occasion of wretchedness and despair. By living together in a perfectly ordinary household with no regimen to follow, we hope to foster a better understanding of how each of us, perhaps unwittingly, sometimes occasion the predicament we are in, by getting to know ourselves and others at the deepest level. Gnosis Retreat Center is not a “treatment” center, but those who choose to live there are encouraged to participate in individual psychotherapy, with whomever they wish, off premises.

Gnosis Retreat Center will be comprised of three part-time directors, two live-in staff, volunteers and interns from local graduate schools. Ongoing training, seminars, lecture presentations and poetry readings will be organized for the local neighborhood. Time isn’t “filled” with rote activities, but devoted to reflecting upon while forming friendships with one another, the key agent for lasting change and recovery. Meditation, yoga, mindfulness exercises, and a healthy diet are provided in order to ease the state of panic and turmoil that our guests are typically struggling with.

Go Green Routes - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

The Go Green Routes project under Horizon 2020, led by the University of Limerick, will look at the positive effects of nature-based solutions on citizen’s physical health, but also mental health and well-being. Bringing together several cities, universities, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and fellow NGOs across Europe, the project’s goal is to position European citizens as world ambassadors of urban sustainability. Advancing mental health and well-being, the project’s components will focus on nature-based enterprise, sustainable physical activity and digital, cultural and knowledge innovation. A knowledge ecosystem with urban communities will raise awareness about links between human and environmental health.

Good Space - Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health

Good SPACE (GS) (formerly known as Farm-Link) is a Suicide Prevention Project that aims to prevent suicide through community and clinical education. The project, supported by Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) also helps link people to services appropriate to their needs. Good SPACE aims to increase AWARENESS about why people die by suicide, what leads a person into that space, and what we can all do to be in a good space. They provide practical suggestions to help individuals personally so they can have the COURAGE to make choices to keep themselves in a good space and the COURAGE to have a conversation about suicide with a person they are concerned about. They encourage EMPATHY to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, acknowledging suicide as a real human condition that can be dramatically reduced by care, concern and listening to the pain of another. Through AWARENESS, COURAGE and EMPATHY a person can be helped to choose life, to make better choices and to re-discover hope. We believe this (along with encouraging help-seeking) will contribute to the prevention of suicide.

Gotcha4Life Keynote Presentations & Workshops - Gotcha4Life

Gotcha4Life kickstarts the conversation around mental fitness in communities with inspiring and interactive talks and workshops that engage, educate, and empower individuals and communities to build mental fitness. Members of the Gotcha4Life team including our passionate Founder, media personality Gus Worland, Gotcha4Life trained presenters and ambassadors, talk openly about their lived experiences, and the power of building mental fitness.

Group Residential Communities - American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA)

The family-like atmosphere of group homes is a major therapeutic tool, providing increased quality of life and continued growth. Residential treatment in a group home helps people with psychiatric disorders repair self-esteem, build skills, develop relationships, and learn to manage their mental health symptoms. They provide a stable, long-term living arrangement, clinical treatment may be optional and occurs off-site and th length of stay varies and can be for an extended period.

Group Therapy - Sanjivini

This therapy works as the most powerful technique in the recovery process. After many years of isolation, for the first time, the clients come to the realization that their problem is not peculiar, thus creating a strong sense of belongingness. Behaviour Therapy techniques like Shaping and Modeling are extensively used to wipe out disruptive behavior and to replace it with more appropriate ones. As they progress, the clients are guided to consolidate the new perspectives and through techniques like Reinforcement and Role-plays, encouraged to transfer them to the family and to the outside world.

Groups and Self Help - EDSPACE

Harris House - Community Mental Health and Psychiatry (CMHP)

Harris House (in Strand) is a 45 bed facility for long-term psychiatric adults who can function well in the community, but with a level of care and support. These residents have formed closely knitted support for one another, with each resident having their own responsibility to ensure the smooth running of the facility. Harris House is in walking distance from the beach.