Mental Health

This section provides information about mental health rights and recovery resources for children and adults receiving or seeking mental health services in Ohio.

Information from Ohio Legal Rights Service (LRS)

• Abuse and Neglect: Awareness and Reporting for Individuals Labeled as Mentally Ill
• Children's Rights: The Rights of Children and Their Families Who Need or are Receiving Community Services
• Civil Commitment: Information about the Process for People Alleged to be Mentally Ill
• Ohio's Involuntary Civil Commitment Process (PDF file)
• Rights in Ohio's Public Mental Health System
• Signs of Advocacy in the Mental Health System: An Advocacy Guide for People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• Trauma Informed Treatment in Behavioral Health Settings
• Veterans with Disabilities: Mental Health Resources
• When a Person Wants to Be Released from a Psychiatric Hospital
• When You Don't Want to Take Medication in the Hospital
• Your Mental Health Rights: How They Protect and Support Your Recovery

LRS PAIMI Advisory Council

The LRS is Ohio's federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI). This federal mandate requires the establishment of an Advisory Council. In Ohio, this is the LRS PAIMI Advisory Council. The LRS PAIMI Advisory Council is made up of members who advise LRS on priorities and policies that affect people who are mentally ill. To learn more about the LRS PAIMI Advisory Council, see the LRS PAIMI Advisory Council section.

Information from other organizations

Ohio

• Campaign for the Mind of America - Ohio
• Mental Health Advocacy Coalition
• Mental Health Parity Toolkit
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Ohio
• Network of Care
• Ohio Association for Infant Mental Health
• Ohio Coalition for Healthy Communities
• Ohio Department of Mental Health
• Ohio Federation for Children's Mental Health
• Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
• Ohio's Mental Illness Developmental Disabilities Coordinating Center of Excellence
• Resiliency Ohio
• Youth MOVE Ohio

National resources for adults

For mental health resources for veterans with disabilities, see Veterans with Disabilities - Mental Health.

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Center for Evidence-Based Practices
• Directory of Consumer-Driven Services
• Disability.gov - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders
• Homelessness Resource Center
• In the Driver's Seat: A Guide to Self-Directed Mental Health Care (PDF file)
• Mental Health America
• Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
• Mental Health Research Findings (PDF file)
• Mental Health Recovery & WRAP
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
• National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
• National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearing House
• National Mental Health Information Center
• Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
• SAMHSA's Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health (ADS Center)
• Screening for Mental Health
• Strength of Us
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
• Mental Illness - What a Difference a Friend Makes

National resources for children and youth

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Children's Mental Health: Facts for Policymakers
• Entering the World of Work: What Youth with Mental Health Needs Should Know About Accommodations
• Family Guide to Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs
• Mental Health Parity Watch
• National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
• National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children
• National Mental Health Information Center - Child, Adolescent & Family
• No One's Priority: The Plight of Children with Serious Mental Disorders in Medicaid Systems
• ParentPals.com - Emotionally Disturbed Resources
• Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health
• Resiliency and Recovery E-Learning Center
• Systems of Care
• Research & Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Children's Mental Health
• Your Life Your Future Wraparound Guide (PDF file)
• Youth Guide to Treatment and Treatment Planning: A Better Life (PDF file)

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