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Alamo Service Connection - Network Of Care This comprehensive, Internet-based resource is for the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as their caregivers and service providers.The mission of the Alamo Service Connection is to provide easy, friendly, helpful access to services for older adults, people with disabilities and their families in Bexar County.
NAMI San Antonio, TX From its inception in 1979, NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. NAMI's support and public education efforts are focused on educating America about mental illness, offering resources to those in need, and insisting that mental illness become a high national priority. Mental illness is a serious medical illness that affects one in four families. No one is to blame. Treatment works, but only half of people living with mental illness receive treatment. NAMI has engaged in a variety of activities to create awareness about mental illness and promote the promise of recovery.
Mental Health & Mental Retardation Centers The Texas Council of Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Centers, Inc. is an organization through which community MHMR centers can work together as a public system serving Texans with mental illness, mental retardation, and chemical dependency.
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Amazing technological advances occur daily in understanding the cellular causes of neuropsychiatric conditions and in seeing the brain at work. NARSAD-funded scientists now are using the latest innovations from the human genome project to understand the relationship between genes, the environment and mental illness. They are peering inside the mind and putting together a picture of how people with mental illness think, feel and perceive the world. It is only a matter of time before scientists will be able to conquer these disorders.
Mental Health Matters Get Mental Help's main purpose is to provide a structured source of information about mental health issues. To this end, Mental Health Matters offers detailed technical briefs on a variety of disorders, issues, symptoms, treatment modes, and medications. With this information, we hope to educate consumers and guide them towards intelligent decisions in their pursuit of Mental Health.

The Center For Health Care Services The Center for Health Care Services improves the lives of people with mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse challenges. -Transformed lives, Transformed communities.
PROSUMERS PROSUMER - A person who is proactive in his or her recovery and who provides or gives back to the community. [Mental Health Education and Recovery Advocacy] Excellent Community MH Resource!
La Paz La Paz is a Community Mental Health Center which provides Partial Hospitalization and Outpatient counseling services to individuals with psychiatric behavioral, emotional, and chemical dependency issues. We provide an alternative to expensive and restrictive hospitalization. Our treatment modalities encourage clients to live in their home while offering a supportive, therapeutic place to restore productive functioning.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA was founded in 1985.
United Way of San Antonio, TX United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County is the largest and most respected, private health and human care service organization in Bexar County. We focus our resources by funding 110 strong, well-managed programs at 60 agencies. United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County also works to improve early care and education for our children, strengthen families to become more financially stable and develop individual capacity for success. Visit our website!