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Quick Links
A list of helpful and important links to help inform you about things important to NAMI and the fight for effective mental health care.
- NAMI Affiliates in Virginia
- Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DHBDS)
Provider Search
- Licensed Provider Search - DBHDS
- Assisted Living Facility Search - DSS
Public Mental Health/Substance Abuse Providers in Virginia
- Virginia Association of Community Services Boards or www.vacsb.org or check here http://www.vacsb.org/directory.html for location nearest you
- Virginia Association of Free Clinics
- Virginia Community Healthcare Association
Housing
- NAMI Housing Toolkit
- Virginia Supportive Housing
- Resources for Affordable Housing
- Housing Resource Center
Children
- NAMI Child and Adolescent Action Center
- Virginia Department of Education - Division of Special Education and Student Services
- Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
- Comprehensive Services Act
Health Care/Insurance
- Fight for Your Healthcare - appealing a claims denial from your insurance company
- A Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Virginia (published by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute; January 2007)
- http://www.Healthcare.gov - find insurance options, compare quality, obtain information.
- Virginia's Pre-existing Insurance Plan http://www.healthcare.gov/law/provisions/preexisting/index.html
- Accessing health care coverage for those under 18 http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/
- A toolkit to assist people living with mental illness and their families in making sure their group health plan is in compliance with the new law. The toolkit provides resources on how to file a complaint and report noncompliance to appropriate regulatory authorities. Date: September 2010
- Virginia Bureau of Insurance
- Virginia Association of Free Clinics
- Virginia Community Health Centers
- Mental Health Parity - NAMI National Website
Other
- Virginia Association of Community Services Boards
- Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy
- Virginia Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Coalition
- Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia
- Mental Health America of Virginia
- Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL)
National Resources
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Teens and Mental Health
- Clinical Trials
Multicultural Resources & Unique Populations and Communities
- Latino Mental Health Services
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association
- Depression in African-American Women
- Mental Health Information for African-Americans
- GLBT and Mental Health
Online Mental Health Communities
Note: You will be redirected from the NAMI Virginia / NAMI website once you click on any of the above links. NAMI Virginia and NAMI do not have control over what is presented in the above resources.
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