Community Resources

In all of our treatment areas, with all of our clients - regardless of age, gender, culture - our goal is to help them develop effective coping skills that they can incorporate into their daily lives.

The Internet puts people in touch with volumes of information on behavior health care. Below are some links to sites that offer valuable information for individuals, families and professionals.

Links for the public:

• The American Psychological Association
• The National Institute of Mental Health
• The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• MEDLINEplus® will direct you to information to help answer health questions, and brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government, non-profit and other health-related organizations.

Rhode Island links:

• Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Rhode Island Parent Information Network
• Rhode Island Family Guide
• Providence Youth Opportunities Guide
• Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
• About Families, Inc.
• PROMAIL, ETC.
• NAMI Rhode Island
• Options for Working Families

Links for professionals:

• Mental Health Corporations of America
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
• National Mental Illness Screening Project
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Organizations, Inc.
• Rhode Island Department of Mental Health Retardation & Hospitals