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Getting Help in Mass.
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Here are some telephone numbers from a booklet titled the "Consumer Information Guide".
Finding peer support,mental health advocacy and
rehabilitation services.
The Partnership manages mental health and
substance abuse services for many people who have
MassHealth(Medicade)insurance.For information about the Partnership call
1-800-495-0086.
Peer Support groups for consumers and family
members can be located by calling the following numbers:
M-POWER
Massachusetts People/Patients Organized for
Wellness,Empowerment and Rights
Boston contact: Andrew or Rita (617)
929-4111 Fax (617) 929-4128
Worchester contact: Deni' Cohodas
(508) 368-3448 Fax (617) 929-4128
Lowell contact: Ann Stillman (617)
929-4111 Fax (617) 929-4128
M-Power Headquarters and Boston Chapter Office address: 197 Ashmont Street Dorchester, MA 02124-3801 We now have a NEW TOLL FREE PHONE NUMBER: (877) 769-7693
A consumer/survivor/ex-patient advocacy and
leadership development organization.
NEC
National Empowerment Center
1-800-POWER-2-U
Consumer run mental health education,
information and advocacy
NAMI-MASS
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
Massachusetts
1-800-370-9085
Family to Family Groups,education,information
and advocacy.
WMEC
Western Mass.Empowerment Center
(413)533-1133
Advocacy,information and education by and for
consumers.
Jonathan Cole Consumer Resource Center
Rehabilitation Building,McLean
Hospital,Belmont,Mass
(617)855-3298
Literature,guides,self-help books and gifts
PAL
Parents/professionals Advocacy League
1-800-537-0446
Statewide support groups are run by and for
parents of children diagnosed with mental illness.
MDDA
Manic Depression and DepressionAssociation
Rehabilitation Building,McLean
Hospital,Belmont,Mass
(617)855-2795
Monthly meetings,education,information and
friendship
Recovery Inc.,of New England
(617)969-0475
A self-help mental health group.State wide
meeting directory.Self-help groups conducted by and for consumers.
NEPDA
New England Personality Disorders Association
Bowditch Building at McLean Hospital,Belmont
Mass.
(617)855-2429
Groups for family support, information and
education
CAUSE
Consumers &Alliances United for Supported
Education
(617)770-4000, ext.297
Assists people with psychiatric disabilities who
are attending institutions of higher education.
Emotions Anonymous
(781)729-7011
Dealing with emotional problems in 12-step
format.Call for state wide listings of meetings.
Mental Illness Education Project
Brookline Village,Ma.
(617)562-1111
Training tapes,literature and presentations.
Parents Anonymous
1-800-882-1250
Group therapy approach to learning parenting
skills.
Parental Stress Line
1-800-623-8188
Counseling,information and referral
INDEX
1-800-642-0249
Referrals for all disabilities,including mental
health and substance abuse
Information Center for People with Disabilities
1-800-462-5015
Referral and problem solving on disability and
health related issues.
Mass. Correctional Legal Services
1-800-882-1413
For people involved with the criminal justice
system.
Mass.Department of Mental Health
Office of Client and Ex-Patient Relations
(617)727-5600 ext.405 and 1-800-221-0053
Mass.Rehabilitation Commission
1-800-245-6543
Disability Determination Services
1-800-551-5532
Independent Living Centers
1-800-223-2559
Social Security Administration
1-800-772-1213
For help with SSI and DSSI.
Health Care For All
1-800-272-4232
Accessing health care services for the
uninsured.
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
1-800-342-9092
Legal services, concerning mental health laws,
for consumers.
Disability Law Center
1-800-872-9992
Legal services for people with any type of
disability
Friends of the Psychiatrically Disabled
(617)471-9990 ext.3
Dr.McCory,Education, training and information
Boston University Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation
(617)353-3549
Education,training and vocational rehabilitation
National Mental Health Self-Help Clearinghouse
1-800-553-4539
I also have many Emergency Services numbers
through out Massachusetts.
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