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From the Peabody Award-winning Lichtenstein Creative
Media:
State of Mind: America
2004
with host Dr. Fred Goodwin, recorded live at Radio City
Music Hall in New York City airing on public radio's The Infinite
Mind.
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HERE FOR A COPY OF THE STATE OF MIND: AMERICA 2004 PROGRAM GUIDE
STATE
OF MIND: AMERICA 2004 MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS
Lichtenstein
Creative Media in partnership
with the following mental health organizations to foster local
discussion of the issues raised in State of Mind: America
2004. They are also excellent resources for all concerns
regarding mental health in your community, your state, or the
nation as a whole.
National Mental Health
Association
The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest
nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health
and mental illness, through advocacy, education, research and
service. 2001 North Beauregard Street, 12th Floor, Alexandria,
VA 22311 Phone 703-684-7722 (toll-free: 1-800-969-NMHA) Fax
703-684-5968 www.nmha.org
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAMI is a national organization with more than 220,000 members,
dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious mental
illnesses. Colonial Place Three, 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite
300, Arlington, VA 22201 HelpLine: 1-800-950-NAMI [6264] www.nami.org
Depression
and Bipolar Support Alliance
DBSA (formerly the National Depressive and Manic Depressive
Association) has as its mission to educate the public regarding
the nature of these mental illnesses; to foster self-help; to
work to eliminate stigma and discrimination. 730 North Franklin
Street, Suite 501, Chicago, Illinois 60610.
Toll free: (800) 826-3632 www.dbsalliance.org
The
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality
and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and
cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
SAMHSA serves as the umbrella for the Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Tel: 800-487-4890 www.SAMHSA.gov
Center
for Mental Health Services
The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is charged
with leading the national system that delivers mental health
services. The goal of this system is to provide the treatment
and support services needed by adults with mental disorders
and children with serious emotional problems. CMHS is responsible
for facilitating the transformation change called for in the
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Report Achieving
the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH)
Part of the federal government, the NIMH’s mission is
to diminish the burden of mental illness through research, working
to achieve better understanding, treatment, and prevention of
mental illness. NIMH Public Inquiries, 6001 Executive Boulevard,
Room 8184, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 Phone 301-443-4513
www.nimh.nih.gov
The
Carter Center's Mental Health Program
The program, founded in 1991 by Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, focuses
on mental health policy issues with four strategic goals: to
reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental
illnesses; to achieve equity for mental health care comparable
to other health care; to advance promotion, prevention, and
early intervention services for children and their families;
and to increase public awareness worldwide about mental health
and mental illness and to stimulate local actions to address
those issues. 1762 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322. Tel : 404-727-7611
www.cartercenter.org
National
Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
NARSAD is the largest donor-supported organization in the world
devoted exclusively to supporting scientific research on brain
and behavior disorders. 60 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 404
Great Neck, NY 11021 Tel: 516-829-0091 www.narsad.org
National Mental Health Awareness
Campaign
Online resource center for questions about mental health and
mental illness with help phone numbers and links to organizations
around the country. www.nostigma.org
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The Infinite Mind is a non-profit production
of Lichtenstein Creative Media, in association with the New
York Foundation for the Arts and WNYC/FM.
Underwriting for The Infinite Mind's
State of Mind: America 2004 has been provided by the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Center for Mental
Health Services; and in the form of an unrestricted educational
grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
Additional funding was provided by the National
Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., Distance Learning Network, M-3 Information, and listeners
like you.
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