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Helpful Links to Mental Health Sites
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Rx-List Internet Drug Index A first stop for finding informative reports about almost any drug. Lists over 4,000 drugs and common side effects.
Case Management Resource Guide is a searchable health directory covering over 40 categories of services with resources on organizations, diseases, pharmaceuticals, and services, including (partial list): home care, rehabilitation, long-term care, assisted living facilities, addiction & psychiatric services, and pharmaceuticals.
Mental Health Matters! This mental health information/resource directory includes alternative treatment, research, publications, law, support, self-help and more.
Patient's Guide to the Internet A step-by-step guide for patients and patient advocates explaining how to locate and research medical conditions and information on the Internet.
Survive When They're Depressed Information for the friends and families of persons with depression or manic depression. How to survive when they're depressed.
The American Psychological Association site containing articles on mental illness geared towards professional care givers.
The Canadian Mental Health Diagnosis & Drug Information site offers a variety of mental health information geared towards the consumer.
There are many health care related web sites and no mechanism exists to insure that all of them are accurate. The government health reference site lists sites that have been determined to contain valid health information.
MediZine is a commercially sponsored web guide to medicine and healthy life styles. It is generally oriented to all forms of medicine and contains a variety of health care information.
Information on HIPAA : The Health Insurance Portability and Assurance Act of 1996.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT.
The Governor's Office for Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) works to ensure the health and well-being of Maryland's children and youth by working with community leaders, parent groups, clergy, nonprofit organizations and businesses. Along with the Local Management Boards (LMB), changes are being made to the way services are designed and delivered to meet the needs of children and families.
The Maryland Electronic Capital is a state maintained home page for a wide variety of information sources for citizens of the State of Maryland.
Home page for the Federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Home page for the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Mental Health.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and non financial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
Programs and sources for the elderly can be found at http://www.intercom.net/npo/usaging/links.html
APS Healthcare (MAPS-MD) is a source for referrals to service, issues authorization for service, handles provider enrollment and issues payment for service. Their home page links to a variety of pages of interest to providers and consumers alike.
This link leads to a State of Maryland Electronic Capital site offering Maryland Tax Assistance to citizens of the state.
The official State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene web site http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/ provides information on the state agencies which oversee all care, license providers, establish rates and provide planning for care.
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mha/ is the specific site for the Mental Hygiene Administration
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), (recently renamed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or CMS ) is the federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs. HCFA/CMS provides health insurance for over 74 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health.
A wealth of Federal Statistics generated by over 70 agencies can be found through this gateway.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations inspects and monitors standards for all forms of healthcare facilities and certifies them for state and federal program participation.
Federal site with links to government agencies designed for nonprofit agencies.
Assistance with State of Maryland Income Tax @ http://www.mec.state.md.us/things/tax.html
Assistance with Federal Income Tax @ http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/
The Federal Consumer Information Center's site offers full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications are available, view them for FREE or you can purchase printed copies.
The official web site of the Social Security Administration offers information on Medicare and other benefits.
The Administration for Children and Families is an umbrella organization of the Department of Health and Human Services that administers Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance, the Family and Youth Services Bureau, and other agencies.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a cabinet level agency that administers the Veterans Administration, veterans home loans, and other veteran oriented programs.
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service helps veterans, reservists, and National Guard members in securing employment and the rights and benefits associated with such.
The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau was created to "promote the welfare of wage earning women". The Women's Bureau:
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) of the Department of Labor protects the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits for more than 150 million people.
A list of links related to the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government @ http://www.mec.state.md.us/federal/legislative.html
- HOMELESS RESOURCE MANUAL - http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/docs/hrm/hrm_toc.html links to resources in all Maryland Counties, includes general information page on programs and guidelines on obtaining housing.