Resources
Information about the services and other activities of Summit members is available by clicking on the links to their websites on the Summit members page. There are links at the bottom of this page to other resources including the minutes of DHS Regional advisory councils.
Additional information and resources are available at the following websites:
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Assertive Community Treatment Association
Campaign for Mental Health Reform
Center for Disease Control--Suicide Prevention resources
Center on Psychiatric Disability and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions
Choices in Recovery (resources related to schizophrenia)
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application (FY2011)
Criminal Justice Mental Health Consensus Project (of the National Center for State Courts)
Governor's Nursing Home Safety Task Force
Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association
Illinois Childrens' Healthcare Foundation
Illinois Mental Health Colaborative for Access and Choice
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (DHFS)
Illlinois Department of Human Services (DHS)
Illinois DocAssist (online and telephone assistance for primary care physicians needing advice about mental, emotional and behavioral problems of children and youth)
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Organization (GAC)
Illinois Mental Health Court Association
Illinois State Board of Elections (Find your state senator and representative)
Illinois state-funded mental health providers
International Academy of Law and Mental
International Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services (IAPSRS)
InterVoice (Website for people who hear voices)
Kendra's Law Final Report (June, 2009)
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association)
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
"MInds on Edge" Fred Friendly Seminar on mental illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Associaton of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils (NAMHPAC)
National Commission on Correctional Healthcare
National Committee for Quality Assurance
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)
National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Partnership for Chronic Diseases
Psychiatric Services, Journal of the American Psychiatric Association
Special Ed Advocacy Center (SEAC)
State Government (Illinois) Telephone Directory
Strengthening Families Illinois
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN)
Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health (1999)
Treatment Advocacy Center's Fifty State Survey of Commitment Standards
Videos about mental illness
Patrick Corrigan, Ph. D. (Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research)
Joseph Troiani, Ph. D. (Adler School/Will County Mental Health Department)
