Mental Health Organizations/Agencies:
NAMI-NYS, our state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
1-800-950-3228; TEMPORARY NUMBER: 1-518-248-7634
NAMI New York State
99 Pine Street, Suite 105
Albany, NY 12207
NAMI-NYS Facebook
Twitter: @NAMINEWYORK
NAMI-NYS Instagram
NAMI NYS has created a new instagram account that features NAMI NYS's and their affiliates' free support, education and advocacy updates, events and resources. It also features self-care tips and hopeful quotes.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), our national organization
1-800-950-6264
4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203
http://www.nami.org
NAMI Facebook
NAMI Twitter: @NAMICommunicate
NAMI Twitter: @NAMIAdvocacy
NAMI Policy Twitter: @namipolicywonk
Ron Honberg, NAMI National Director of Policy and Legal Affairs
Instagram:www.instagram.com/NAMICommunicate
NAMI Videos on YouTube
NAMI Blogs are resources for people who are interested in mental health. Our national organization features the latest research, stories of recovery, ways to end stigma and strategies for living well.
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NAMI-sponsored or NAMI websites offering social media interactions:
- ok2talk.org
Teens and young adults who live with mental illness can feel hopeless and alone. Many don’t know what’s wrong with them but feel like it’s their fault. Those who understand what is happening fear they can’t be helped. Because of the stigma attached to mental illness, it’s often hard for those suffering and their families and friends to talk about what they’re going through. But help is available, and it works.
The goal of OK2TALK is to create a community for teens and young adults struggling with mental health problems and encourage them to talk about what they’re experiencing by sharing their personal stories of recovery, tragedy, struggle or hope. Anyone can add their voice by sharing creative content such as poetry, inspirational quotes, photos, videos, song lyrics and messages of support in a safe, moderated space. OK2TALK hopes this is the first step towards getting help and feeling better.
*NAMI is one of the founding partners of OK2TALK.
- You Are Not Alone (YANA)
another NAMI website that is for folks who would like to read others stories or tell their story to help inspire hope and break down stigma
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Mental Health Association in Orange County, Inc.
845-342-2400 (Extensions are now four digits beginning with 1)
http://www.mhaorangeny.com
MHA FaceBook
Mental Health America is MHA's national organization
1-800-969-6642
http://www.nmha.org
Mental Health America FaceBook
Twitter: @MentalHealthAm
Access: Supports for Living (previously known as Occupations, Inc.)
this agency's new name as of January 1, 2015
provides many services to Orange County residents
- coordinated care
- behavioral health, including quick response team, counseling
- intellectual and developmental disabilities
- living and working in the community, including housing and employment
1-888-750-2266
http://accesssupports.org/
ASFL FaceBook
Twitter: @AccessSupports
Independent Living, Inc.
441 E. Main Street
Middletown, NY
845-342-1162
5 Washington Terrace
Newburgh, NY
845-565-1162
14 Pelton Street, East Wing
Monticello, NY 12701
845-794-3322
Excerpts from their website
Independent Living, Inc. is a consumer-directed, cross-disability advocacy and service organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals with disabilities living in Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster Counties.
Independent Living offers mental health services at Newburgh, Middletown and Monticello, NY locations aimed at helping people with psychiatric disabilities, including those at continuing risk of homelessness, to overcome stigma, connect with needed supports, build constructive relationships with peers, advocate on their own behalf, define and pursue their personal journeys to wellness, and make the transition from system dependence to independence.
Mental health service programs include:
Case Management
Transition (“Bridger”) and Diversion Services
Forensic Connections Program
Self-Directed Care
Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.
845-615-9019
Its mission is to enrich and empower the lives of individuals with severe psychiatric disabilities and substance use disorders by providing services and opportunities for meaningful emotional, social, vocational and educational growth.
http://rehab.org/about
Orange County Government Website
845-291-4000
https://www.orangecountygov.com/
Click on Departments tab, then Mental Health
Department of Mental Health
Darcie Miller, Commissioner of Social Services and Mental Health (845)291-2601
Orange County NY System of Care
"pathway to care" for children and youth with serious
mental health needs and their families
Angela Turk 845-291-2610
FaceBook OCSOC
Assisted Outpatient Treatment (Kendra's Law)
The contact person in Orange County for issues relating to Assisted Outpatient Treatment is Meghan Keener, AOT Coordinator at the Department of Mental Health. She can be reached at 845-291-2617.
New York State Office of Mental Health
promotes the mental health and well-being of all New Yorkers
1-800-597-8481
http://www.omh.ny.gov/
FaceBook NYSOMH
Twitter: @NYSomh
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation
1-877-726-4727
http://www.samhsa.gov/
FaceBook samhsa
Twitter: @samhsagov
(NYAPRS) New York Association of Psychiatric Services, Inc.
194 Washington Avenue - Suite 400, Albany, NY 12210
P: 518-436-0008 F: 518-436-0044
Excerpts from website: NYAPRS is a statewide coalition of people who use and/or provide recovery oriented community based mental health services. We value difference and promote cultural competence in all aspects of our work.
NYAPRS is dedicated to improving services and social conditions for people with psychiatric disabilities or diagnoses, and those with trauma-related conditions by promoting their recovery, rehabilitation and rights so that all people can participate freely in the opportunities of society.
Our aim has been to bring together and serve the needs of the broad spectrum of community based mental health recovery, rehabilitation and peer support services in New York. Accordingly, we have reached out to consumers/survivors and professionals associated with the state's Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) programs, supported employment and education, affirmative business services and other peer-driven rehabilitation and recovery support services. Our goal has been to help connect and unite these diverse groups, building on their shared dedication to quality recovery services.
National Institute of Mental Health
is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to mental health research
1-866-615-6464
http://nimh.nih.gov
FaceBook NIMHgov
Twitter: @NIMHgov
