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International. 175 groups. Founded 1985. Organized and run by people with a schizophrenia-related disorder. Offers support, fellowship and information. Focuses on recovery, using a 6-step program, along with medication and professional help. Weekly meetings and newsletters. Provides assistance in starting and maintaining groups.
Voice: Call Joanne 248-477-1983
Verified: 10/16/2008
(BILINGUAL) Resource. Founded 1986. Provides information and recovery-oriented services for mental health consumers. Assistance in self and system advocacy, on-site consultations, training and educational events. Assistance in starting groups. Also provides technical assistance to consumer-run groups. Maintains a database of consumer support and advocacy groups.
Write:
National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut St., Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4103
Voice: 1-800-553-4539
Fax: 215-636-6312
TDD: 215-751-9655
Website: http://www.mhselfhelp.org
E-mail: info@mhselfhelp.org
Verified: 10/14/2008
Resource. Center for mental health consumers and consumer-run organizations nationwide that promotes self-help, recovery and empowerment. Provides technical assistance for organizing and maintaining self-help groups. Conducts leadership training. listserv, electronic library and online peer support.
Write:
CONTACT
P.O. Box 11000
Charleston, WV 25339
Voice: 1-888-825-8324 or 304-342-4881
Fax: 304-345-7303
Website: http://www.contac.org
E-mail: usacontac@contac.org
Verified: 10/15/2008
Online. Mutual support for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) provided through message boards. Started by a person with BPD in England, who has developed the online organization as a non-profit.
Website: http://www.bpdworld.net
Verified: 10/9/2008
National. 160 groups. Founded 2007. Provides weekly recovery support groups for consumers living with mental illness where members learn from each others' experiences, share coping strategies and offer each other encouragement and understanding. Helps anyone interested in starting a group.
Voice: 1-800-950-6264
Website: http://www.nami.org (click on 'Find Support' then 'Consumer Support')
Verified: 10/14/2008
Online. Provides mutual support for persons with dissociative identity disorder (DID, formerly known as multiple personality disorder) and other dissociative disorders. Members share ideas and pool information on resources through the Forum's message boards.
Website: http://forums.psychcentral.com (under the 'Mental Health' heading click on 'Dissociative Disorders')
Verified: 8/15/2008
Online. 468 members. Founded 2002. Support for people who hear, or who have heard voices. Opportunity to share concerns, ideas and coping strategies for living with voices with others in similar situations. Message board and e-mail discussion group.
Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voice-hearers
Verified: 8/20/2008
The above information was "verified" as correct on the date at the end of each entry. Since American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse's database is extensive but staffing is limited and information for these organizations can change, it is not possible to keep every entry in American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse database completely current and accurate. Please check with the organizations listed for the most current information.
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