| 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 |