Where to Find Help in Tennessee

This page contains a listing of MH/DD and MR resources. This list is by no means comprehensive or complete. If you know of a resource that may belong on one or more of these lists and can not find it here, contact the TDMHDD Office of Public Information or call 615-532-6610, fax 615-741-4557.

Use the alpha links below to simplify your search.

Check the category list below for the same links organized by service need:

TENNESSEE MAP FOR REGIONAL / COUNTY RESOURCES

Click on map above to see larger map with links by region and county.

ALPHA LISTING

About.com: Mental Health
mentalhealth.about.com

ADA Home Page
(Americans with Disabilities Act)
usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Administration on Developmental Disabilities
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/

ADD Resources
Articles and Information for Children with ADHD, thier parents and professionals
www.addresources.org/

Aging Parents and Elder Care.Com
http://www.aging-parents-and-elder-care.com/

Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org

American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
www.aamr.org

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Brief: Literacy and Health Care Literacy

Main AARP Page

American Association of Suicidology
www.suicidology.org

American Counseling Association
www.counseling.org

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org

American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org

American Psychological Association
www.apa.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
www.asha.org

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.adaa.org

Arc of Tennessee
www.thearctn.org

The Arc of the United States
www.thearc.org

ARC Link 
http://www.thearclink.org/

ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
http://www.archrespite.org/coalitions.htm

Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
www.aabt.org

Association of University Centers on Disability
www.aucd.org

Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org

Behavior OnLine
www.behavior.net

Brain Injury Association 
www.biausa.org

Center for an Accessible Society
www.accessiblesociety.org

Center for Anxiety & Stress Treatment
stressrelease.com

Center for the Study of Autism
www.autism.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

Centerstone Community Mental Health Center
www.centerstone.org

C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)
www.chadd.org

Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities Resources
www.waisman.wisc.edu/www/mrsites.html

Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse
www.mhselfhelp.org

Counselor's Corner
www.members.aol.com/lacillo/

CounselorLink
www.counselorlink.com

Council for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org

The CyberCouch
www.cybercouch.com

David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages
www.trauma-pages.com

Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov

disABILITY Information Resources
www.makoa.org

Disability Law & Advocacy, Inc.
www.dlacTN.org

Division TEACCH
Treatment and Education of Autistic and
Related Communication Handicapped Children
www.unc.edu/depts/teacch

Doctor John Grohol's Psych Central
www.psychcentral.com

Dual Diagnosis Recovery Network
www.dualdiagnosis.org

   Epilepsy Foundation - National Office
www.efa.org

Easter Seals - National Office
www.easter-seals.org

Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org

Family Pathfinder
an Internet community for people seeking disability resources
kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/pathfinder/index.html
1-800-640-4636

Family Village
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx

Federation of Families of for Children's Mental Health
www.ffcmh.org

1st Person
www.1stpm.org

Freedom From Fear
www.freedomfromfear.org

Gamblers Anonymous
www.gamblersanonymous.org

Go On And Live!
www.GoOnAndLive.com

Health on the Net
www.hon.ch

Help Starts Here
(National Association of Social Workers)
www.helpstartshere.org/Home.html

Housing Within Reach
www.housingwithinreach.org

The Icarus Project
www.theicarusproject.net

In Transition
www.armchair.com/aware/transit.html

Independent Living Institute
www.independentliving.org

Interpreter Services list from MHA
www.ichope.com/index.cgi?token=10531915233&page=plhelp-international.html

Institute for Mental Health Initiatives
www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/imhi

International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org

Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
www.jcaho.org

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
www.ldanatl.org

Lichtenstein Creative Media - The Infinite Mind Series
www.LCmedia.com

MadNation
www.madnation.cc

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
www.modimes.org

Mental Health: A Report from the Surgeon General
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html

Mental Health Association of East Tennessee
http://www.korrnet.org/mha/mentlink.htm
Year-round Depression Screening

Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
http://www.ichope.com

Mental Health InfoSource
www.mhsource.com

Mental Health Net – PsychNews International
http://www.mentalhealth.net

 Mental Health Search
www.mentalhealth.about.com

Mental Wellness
www.mentalwellness.com

Medscape:  Online Resources for Better Patient Care
www.medscape.com

University of Michigan Child and Adolescent 
Pyschiatric Hospital
www.med.umich.edu/psych/child/index.htm

NAMI Tennessee
http://namitn.nami.org/namitn
NAMI-Tennessee Affiliates Monthly Meeting Schedules
East Tennessee Meeting Schedules
Middle Tennessee Meeting Schedules
West Tennessee Meeting Schedules

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org

National Association for the Deaf
www.nad.org

National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
www.thenadd.org

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
www.naddc.org

National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems
www.napas.org

National Association of Social Workers
www.socialworkers.org

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
www.nasmhpd.org

National Association for Young Children
www.naeyc.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org

National Clearinghouse on Family Support and 
Children's Mental Health
www.rtc.pdx.edu

National Council on Disability
www.ncd.gov

National Down Syndrome Congress
www.ndsccenter.org/

National Down Syndrome Society
www.ndss.org

National Information Center for Children and 
Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
www.nichcy.org

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

http://www.mipt.org/Mental-Health.asp
www.mipt.org/Mental-Health.asp

National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org

National Organization on Disability
www.nod.org

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
www.naric.com/

The National Resource Center on Homelessness and 
Mental Illness
www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
email: nrc@prainc.com

Netsmart Technologies
www.ntst.com

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
www.ocfoundation.org

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Info on The Family Doctor.Org
familydoctor.org/133.xml

Partners at Counselling Resource
counsellingresource.com

President’s Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/programs/ptfead/main.htm

Proyecto de Asistencia Technologica de Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico Technology Asisstance Program)
www.pratp.org

PSYbersquare
www.psybersquare.com

Psychology.net
www.psychology.net

Regional Intervention Program
www.ripnetwork.org/

SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
www.sabeusa.org

Self Psychology Page
www.selfpsychology.com

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov

Spina Bifida Association of America
www.sbaa.org

TASH (formerly the 
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)
www.tash.org

Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations
www.tamho.org

Tennessee Disability Coalition
www.tndisability.org

Tennessee Disability Information and Referral Office
www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/services/

Tennessee Interdisciplinary Health Policy Program
UT-Memphis Information Site
www.utmem.edu/CENTER/cgi/start.cgi/tihppa.htm

Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
Now Disability Law & Advocacy, Inc.
www.dlacTN.org

Tennessee Voices for Children
www.TNVoices.org

Through the Looking Glass
www.lookingglass.org/index.php

Tourette Syndrome Association Inc.
www.tsa-usa.org

Traumatic Brain Injury Program in Tennessee
www2.state.tn.us/health/TBI/
1-800-882-0611

United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
   www.ucpa.org

US Department of Health & Human Services
www.dhhs.gov

Untangling the Web
www.icdi.wvu.edu/others.htm

Veterans' Resource Guide
www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/vcs/guide

WellPlace
www.wellplace.com

WorkplaceBlues.com
www.workplaceblues.com/mental_health/

World Counseling Network
www.counselingnetwork.com

The Wounded Healer Journal
www.twhj.com

Zero to Three.org
www.zerotothree.org