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Website Links:
Thank you for visiting our site! Here are a few of the sites around the web that we recommend.
Caramore Community, Inc
A premier 24-hour employment and residential/community skills training facility exclusively for personas with severe mental challenges, located in Carrboro, NC. This statewide community transition program operates group homes and apartments and provides real work employment programs leading to responsible independence in all areas of life. Success rates exceed 90%.
Fountain House
Begun as a self-help group by 10 patients in a state mental hospital, Fountain House has become a center for research into rehabilitation for individuals with mental illness. Its programs include a nationally recognized clubhouse.
Information on Consumer Rights in Community Programs
NIAAA
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism offers information for people with addictions and their families. Links to information on understanding alcoholism, finding resources for help.
Internet Mental Health
Internet Mental Health contains sections on mental disorders, medications, and research. Several areas are devoted to information on schizophrenia.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
A volunteer association of family members of persons with mental illness, this organization offers advocacy, information and support for other family members. An excellent source of information on mental illness, status of research on mental illness and the status government legislation affecting mental illness.
National Mental Health Association
The NMHA is a non-profit organization working to improve mental health through advocacy, education, research, and service. Addresses for local chapters are included.
North Carolina Division of Mental Health
2006 Service Definitions; Draft Performance Agreement between DHHS and Local Management Entities.
North Carolina Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons w/ Disabilities
North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (DSDHH)
For procurement of sign language services
The Arc
Formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens, The Arc represents citizens with developmental disabilities and their families. This site offers information about various disorders; support and service resources.
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