Recovery Resources

Allegheny County
Coalition for Recovery

RECOVERY RESOURCES

The Allegheny County Coalition for Recovery is one of many organizations. that promote recovery principles and support the work of people in recovery.

The links below are offered with the hope that interested persons can get information they need to be successful in their own recovery or to support the recovery of others.

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Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web http://akmhcweb.org/recovery/system.htm	“The Mental Health System: Recovery Should Be the Goal”. Definition of recovery and information about Andrea Hercha Schmook, another leader in the field of recovery. Includes links.
Alcoholics Anonymous http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org	12-Step Self-help for persons who want to stop drinking.
Bazelon Center of Mental Health Law http://www.bazelon.org	Provides legal advocacy for the “civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability”.
Building Better Tomorrows booklet Readable On-Line Version Printer Friendly Version	People can and do recover from mental illness! Click on the link below to see our new booklet, Building Better Tomorrows. This booklet provides lots of valuable information about how to get into the drivers seat of your own recovery. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Building Community Resilience for Children and Families	This guidebook provides information about building community resilience, helping communities improve their capacity to respond effectively to natural or man-made disasters or acts of terrorism.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://www.dbsalliance.org
Disability Rights Network http://www.drnpa.org	Federally funded non-profit agency responsible for providing protection and advocacy services to persons with disabilities.
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Health Bridges http://www.healthbridges.info/	Health Information for persons who are deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing in Western PA To learn more about their own health and ways to access physical and behavioral healthcare in our community. In addition, it is our desire to encourage effective communication between healthcare providers and patients by educating both about individual perspectives, rights, and obligations in the healthcare setting
HOPE: Harvesting Our Personal Efforts http://www.mhrecovery.com/	Project funded by Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Hamilton County Mental Board, to provide recovery based information about mental illness for consumers, families, professionals, and the community. Example of state-level recovery based mental health information and education model.
Information on CONTAC http://www.contac.org/	Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center
Intentional Care Learning Community http://www.intentionalcare.org/abt_ic.htm	Education, evaluation and performance measurement tools for bridging the gap between the principles of recovery and service provider understanding of how to implement those principles in their day to day work with persons who have mental illness and/or addiction disease.
The Institute for Recovery and Community Integration http://www.mhrecovery.org/index.php	The Institute for Recovery and Community Integration works to introduce and advance communities' understanding of recovery and community integration as the catalyst for transforming individual lives, communities, and all levels of behavioral health systems in a culturally competent manner.
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Keystones for Collaboration and Leadership: Issues and Recommendations for Transforming Community Psychiatry	A report on the discussions held in March, 2006 with a broad array of consumers, providers and family members.
LifeRing Secular Recovery http://www.unhooked.com	Dedicated to secular recovery from alcoholism. Includes a newsletter, an art gallery, a list of meetings, and links to related sources.
Mary Ellen Copeland http://www.maryellencopeland.com/read10.htm	Lists books, articles, etc.
MHA of Los Angeles, California http://www.mhavillage.org/	An example of a recovery based treatment model (Los Angeles, California).
Mind Freedom http://www.mindfreedom.org	Defines rights of persons within the psychiatric service system. Resources include information on political activities and campaigns and an extensive book and video catalog.
NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania http://www.namiswpa.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) http://www.nami.org	National advocate organization for families of persons with mental illness.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) http://www.namiscc.org	Santa Cruz County: Articles and links related to mental health recovery.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence http://www.recoverycentral.org	Provides a self-test and information on treatment programs available through the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Kansas City.
National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov	Federally funded agency whose stated mission is “to understand mind, brain and behavior, and to reduce the burden of mental illness through research”.
National Mental Health Consumer’s Self Help Clearinghouse http://www.mhselfhelp.org/	Consumer technical assistance guide to use of the internet for access to self-help.
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PTSD Recovery: Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Recovery	A brochure from the National Alliance on Mental Illness on post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment and recovery from PTSD. It is intended to help individuals experiencing serious difficulties following significant traumatic events such as combat, rape and natural disaster. It is also intended to help with their families, significant others and caregivers to understand the nature of PTSD and the recovery process.
Pennsylvania Department of Health	An all in one handbook for the services that are available to Pennsylvania residents.
Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers Association http://www.pmhca.org	PMHCA is a statewide membership organization representative of the individual and collective expression of people who have recovered or are recovering from mental illness.
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Recovery Resources On-Line http://www.soberrecovery.com/index.html	Resources for recovery from alcoholism, addiction, substance abuse, abuse and trauma, dual diagnosis and other behavioral health problems.
SAMHSA/CMHS Evaluation Technical Assistance Center http://tecathsri.org	A compendium of instruments for measuring recovery presents information about how each instrument was developed, its psychometric properties, and its use to date. The compendium may help States and mental health system stakeholders to determine the best ways to measure the effects of system and program efforts on recovery. People can have the compendium emailed to them directly from the Evaluation Center through the website at tecathsri.org. "Search" for "Recovery Compendium" and it will take you to the page where you can add the document to your electronic cart (i.e., they will email it to you for free).
Schizophrenics Anonymous http://www.sanonymous.org	Mutual aid group for persons with schizophrenia. Includes a profile of recovery designed to help members rise above their illness.
Schizophrenia Information, Support, and Education http://www.schizophrenia.com
Suicide Prevention Resources	Links to a variety of resources about suicide prevention.
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