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MULTICULTURAL
RESOURCES
Health Power for Minorities:
Providing user-friendly, culturally relevant health information
for disease prevention, early detection and control
DISCRIMINATION
AND ADVOCACY
The
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York-Advocacy
NYS Advocates
for the Disabled
NYC
Commission on Human Rights Bias Hotline
US
EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
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to top EMERGENCY
SERVICES
Center for Urban Community Services
Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO
Office of Quality Monitoring)
Friends and Relatives of the Institutionalized
Aged
New
York Lawyers for Public Interest
Legal
Referral Service of NY Bar Association ($25 fee)
LifeNet 24 hr Hotline
Urban Justice Center
PUBLICATIONS
New
York City Voices -- Newspaper founded in 1995 by the late Ken Steele
to educate and inspire consumers and family members to achieve the highest levels
of recovery.
Mental
Health News
Salud
Mental -- Spanish-language
newspaper published by Mental Health News Founder Ira Minot to better serve the
Latino communities of New York City. Available
housing
Resources
for housing
Day
treatment programs
Intensive
psychiatric rehabilitation programs
Clubhouses
How
to get housing or a case manager
NAMI
New York City Resources
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NEW YORK STATE RESOURCES
Office
of Mental Health
Office
of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
NYS
Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
VESID
(Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
Department of Health
Division of Housing and
Community Renewal
State
Commission on Lobbying
New
York State Senate
New
York State Assembly
Department
of Family Assistance (was Department of Social Services)
Department
of State
NYS
Society for Clinical Social Work American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Citizens Committee for Children
Child and Adolescents Bipolar Foundation
Center
for Mental Health Services
National
Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
Families
Together in NYS, Inc.
Federation of Families
for Children's Mental Health
Guide
to Special Education in New York State
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NYU Child Study Center
Resources
for children with special needs
Sibling
Support Project web site
WORLD
VIEWS
World
Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
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RESEARCH
Neuropsychology
Research Unit, Monash University (Australia)
Neuroguide.com
- Neurosciences on the Internet
Science
& Pseudoscience Review in Mental Health
Social
Psychology Network
"Translating
Behavioral Research into Action"
Clinical
Trials Could someone
you know benefit from links such as these but has no computer access? Try the
ConnectNet database, searchable by ZIP
code, provides information about free Internet access at libraries and other community
technology centers. The database listings are linked to mapping software that
delivers detailed maps showing the locations of free access points in a given
area. ConnectNet, and its Spanish language counterpart Conectado, also operates
a toll-free telephone number, (866) 583-1234. | 
