State groups and resources
(National below)
Washington State Mental Health Division

www1.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth/
National groups and resources

Center for Mental Health Services

Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center

website:  
www.mentalhealth.org
Depression and Bi-Polar Support Alliance (DBSA)

"The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation’s leading patient-directed organization
focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an
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
supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and
discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably."

website:  
www.dbsalliance.org
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

"The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse is a consumer-run national technical
assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement. We help connect individuals to self-help and
advocacy resources, and we offer expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health
consumers."

website:  
www.mhselfhelp.org
NAMI:  National Alliance on Mental Illness

website:  www.nami.org