Affiliate Services
Mental Health America has 350 affiliates in its nationwide network. Affiliates provide education, advocacy and grassroots connections for many services and programs, while bringing together mental health consumers, parents, advocates and service providers for collaboration and action.
Mental Health America affiliates are called Mental Health Associations (MHAs). MHAs implement Mental Health America's national initiatives on both the state and local levels, and develop individual programs geared toward the specific mental health needs of their communities. Some services local MHAs provide include:
- Support groups (for mental health consumers and families of consumers).
- Public education campaigns.
- Advocacy campaigns.
- Support of consumer and primary-prevention initiatives.
- Rehabilitation.
- Socialization.
- Housing services.
Many MHAs also provide family-advocate services to parents and children with serious emotional disturbances, mentoring relationships for adults recovering from mental illnesses, and professional education to those working in the mental health field. Affiliates also strive to influence public policy at the local, state, and national levels to assure fair and effective treatment and services to the millions of Americans who have mental disorders.
As their national association, Mental Health America provides training and technical assistance to affiliates on issues such as managed care, mental health insurance parity advocacy, depression and anxiety disorders education, and children's mental health issues. The national office also offers local and state MHAs vital assistance in board development, fundraising plans and program implementation.
For more information about the Mental Health America affiliate network, please call, fax or e-mail Mental Health America at:
Phone: 703/684-7722
Fax: 703/684-5968
E-mail: affiliateinfo@mentalhealthamerica.net
Affiliate Directory
Click here to locate an Mental Health America affiliate in your area.
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