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American Institute on Domestic Violence Information and resources for Domestic Violence.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Medicaid is health insurance that helps many people who can't afford medical care pay for some or all of their medical bills. Medicaid is a state administered program and each state sets its own guidelines regarding eligibility and services. Read more about your state Medicaid program. Application for Texas Medicaid Assistance
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 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.
Enlightened Behavioral Health Systems, LLC Provides a continuum of behavioral and mental health care services with a focus on relapse prevention and improvement of quality of life.
La Paz Community Health Center Provides a Therapeutic Day Program to assist individuals and families with behavioral, emotional problems, and chemical dependency. The program is run by a group of behavioral health professionals led by a psychiatrist. (210) 558-8744.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Providing Over 25 Years of Activism Since 1978 ~ The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives.
National Institutes of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that we harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans. NIMH conducts research on mental disorders and the underlying basic science of brain and behavior; supports research on these topics at universities and hospitals around the United States; collects, analyzes, and disseminates information on the causes, occurrence, and treatment of mental illnesses; supports the training of more than 1,000 scientists to carry out basic and clinical research; and communicates information to scientists, the public, the news media, and primary care and mental health professionals about mental illnesses, the brain, behavior, mental health, and opportunities and advances in research in these areas.
National Mental Health Association The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County Since its first campaign in 1939, when San Antonio business leaders banded to raise funds for those in need in our community, United Way has become synonymous with caring and helping children and families. Thanks to your donation, it remains the largest and most respected private health and human service organization in Bexar County, supporting 120 high-quality programs at 70 agencies.
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