ADAMHS Board for Montgomery County

Resources - Mental Health

Finding the necessary treatment and support is essential in helping people move forward in their journeys toward recovery. The following links provide information about where to get assistance and support if you or someone you care about has a mental illness.

Local Resources

Homelessness and Housing Resources
The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) Directory of Services lists more than 900 nonprofit housing agencies and services that help prevent homelessness in Ohio. Organized alphabetically by county, this quick reference guide provides user-friendly information to help people avoid homelessness and find affordable housing.

Mental Health America (formerly Mental Health Association) - Educational Information
Mental Health America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives.

National Alliance on Mental Illness - Montgomery County
NAMI provides education, advocacy and support for people with mental illnesses and their families. Scroll down to find direct links to the Ohio chapter and the national site.

Ohio Behavioral Health Boards Online Directory and Printable Directory
Ohio's behavioral health boards oversee mental health and/or addiction services at the local level.

State Resources

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) - Ohio Chapter
CSD is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing broad-based services, ensuring public accessibility and increasing public awareness of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This organization helps deaf and hard of hearing mental health consumers through education, advocacy and support. Ohio's local chapter assists in the education of the community about deafness and the needs of the deaf community and also provides needed educational services to consumers on a broad range of subjects that directly impact their recovery.

Toll free Voice/TTY: 877-781-6670
Videophone: rcooper.csd.tv and 614-429-1358
Local voice/tty: 614-261-4000

Consumer and Family Partnership Team
The Ohio Department of Mental Health’s Consumer and Family Partnership Team (CFPT) was designed to increase and strengthen consumer and family representation on ODMH committees and workgroups.

Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - Ohio
DBSA chapters offer more than 1,000 peer-run support groups. The selection of services differs by chapter, depending upon the needs of each chapter's participants. Most support groups are run by volunteers and provide self-help through facilitated meetings. The toll-free number for DBSA-Ohio is (866) 854-9154.

National Alliance on Mental Illness-Ohio Chapter
NAMI provides education, advocacy and support for people with mental illnesses and their families.

Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence (MACC)
The mission MACC is to enhance the quality of care in Ohio's behavioral health system and to incorporate cultural competence into systems and organizations that provide care to Ohio's most vulnerable and at-risk populations. It is MACC's vision that all people in Ohio's behavioral health system, as well as other care systems, experience and practice cultural competence that leads to optimal outcomes, providing a model for change.

Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities
This statewide organization represent the interests of all of Ohio's county alcohol, drug addiction and mental health boards at the state level.

Ohio Association of Child Caring Agencies (OACCA)
OACCA is a statewide association of agencies that provide a wide array of services to children and families across Ohio, including foster care and mental health services.

Ohio Community Support Planning Council (OCSPC)
OCSPC is a federally mandated body that monitors, reviews and evaluates Ohio's block grant application. It also advocates for consumer and family oriented, integrated community-based systems supporting the highest quality of life. For further information, contact Liz Gitter at (877) 275-6364.

Ohio Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers
This private, nonprofit corporation is a trade association representing provider organizations throughout Ohio that offer behavioral health care services to their communities.

Ohio Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
The Ohio Federation for Children's Mental Health is a statewide parent-run organization that focuses on the needs of children and youth with mental health issues and their families.

Ohio Legal Rights Service
The Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) is an independent state agency that protects and advocates, in partnership with people with disabilities, for their human, civil and legal rights.

National Resources

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD)
CSD is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing broad-based services, ensuring public accessibility and increasing public awareness of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Through global leadership and a continuum of quality communication services and human service programs, CSD provides the tools conducive to a positive and fully integrated life.

Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
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 supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI provides education, advocacy and support for people with mental illnesses and their families.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIMH is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain and behavior.

Mental Health America (formerly the Mental Health Association)
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives.

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (800) 789-2647), a Web site, and more than 600 publications.

At-Risk Youth Interactive Training Available For High School Educators

Free online interactive training is now available to high school teachers and staff in Montgomery County. The Kognito At-Risk Interactive Online Gatekeeper Training assists school personnel in recognizing and responding to the mental health needs of their students. ....More

Recognizing Mental Health Disorders in Youth

The National Council for Behavioral Health is offering an evidence-based training program to help citizens identify mental health problems in young people, intervene in mental health crises, and connect youth with care. The program, Youth Mental Health First Aid, focused on youth 12 to 25 years, is being rolled out across the country after a year-long pilot. The adult Mental Health First Aid program has been delivered to more than 80,000 Americans through a network of 2,500+ instructors. The youth version provides an ideal forum to engage communities in discussing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, the prevalence of mental health disorders, the effectiveness of treatment and how to engage troubled young people in services. click here for More

Researchers Outline Effective Strategies to Prevent Teen Depression and Suicide

Untreated depression is one of the leading causes of teen suicide, and signs of depression can also be a warning that a teen is contemplating suicide. In an article published this week in the quarterly journal The Prevention Researcher, University of Cincinnati researchers are describing how positive connections can help offset these tragedies. For more information, Click here

Even Moderate Drinking in Pregnancy Can Affect a Child's IQ

Relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child's IQ, according to a new study led by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Oxford using data from over 4,000 mothers and their children in the Children of the 90s study (ALSPAC) and published November 14 in PLOS ONE. , click here.