Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies

CASA: http://www.casacolumbia.org/

FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY: http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/main/index.php

NATIONAL CLEARING HOUSE FOR ALCOHOL & DRUG INFORMATION

NATIONAL HOUSING LAW PROJECT

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE & ALCOHOLISM

OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER

TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT EXCHANGE

NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY

NC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

NC DIVISION OF MH/DD/SA SERVICES

NC DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

NC DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH

NC DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES

NORTH CAROLINA LINKS

Governor’s Institute on Alcohol & Substance Abuse: http://www.nc-atod.org/

Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention: http://preventionpartners.samhsa.gov/partner_listing_state.asp?State=NC#state

NAMI: http://www.naminc.org/consumer.htm

Mental Health Services Locator: http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/kdata.aspx?state=NC

REGIONAL

Smoky Mountain http://www.smokymountaincenter.org/default.asp

Western Highlands http://www.westernhighlands.org/

New River Behavioral Health Care: http://www.newriver.org/

Foothills Area MHDDSA Program: http://www.foothills-bhc.org/

http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/lmedirectory.htm

Providers:

Check with LME for contact information

http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/lmedirectory.htm

http://www.ncdmh.net/endorsedprovider/ViewEndorsedProviderListPublic.idc

Criminal Justice

NC Drug Treatment Court: http://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/CPrograms/DTC/Mental/Default.asp

DJJDP: http://www.ncdjjdp.org/

Blogs:

Thom Forbes: www.elephantonmain.com

Support Links :

Alcoholics Anonymous

ALANON and ALATEEN

Addiction Treatment Forum

Dual Recovery Anonymous

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

www.nadcp.org/whatis- Information on Drug Courts

www.quitnet.com- Support for smokers trying to quit

American Society of Addiction Medicine

www.sobercity.com

soberrecovery.com- A number of resources for a wide variety of disorders. Also contains alternatives to 12 step methods

www.addictionresourceguide.com/resources.html- Contains a number of useful resources and information concerning addiction

www.addictionresourceguide.com/profresources1.html- Contains a number of useful resources and information concerning addiction - for professionals

A Sampling of Media and Other Responses to Reform

The Mental Health Reform process has created a lot of uncertainty as to which services are available, who will approve them, who will provide them, who can receive them, who will pay for them etc…Uncertainity has produced misunderstanding and fear.

Media all across the state have produced stories trying to put a “face” on reform. Some newspapers have written so extensively that they deserve to be recognized and commended and their articles need to be read and re-read to get a more full appreciation of the complexity of the issues involving reform.

Two such sources here in western North Carolina are the Asheville Citizen-Times (www.citizen-times.com) and the Hendersonville Times-News (www.hendersonvillenews.com). Both papers have targeted Mental Health Reform as a key topic, both in their news coverage and on their editorial pages.

A compilation of stories about Mental Health Reform written by the Times-News can be found on the left side of the main page, in the green section, titled “Mental Health: A Question of Care.”

Asheville Citizen-Times

The Banner, UNC-Asheville newspaper

Black Mountain News

The Mountain Times, Boone

Watauga Democrat, Boone

The Smoky Mountain Times, Bryson City

The Franklin Press

Macon County News & Shopping Guide, Franklin

The Daily Dispatch, Henderson

Times-News, Hendersonville

The Highlander, Highlands

The McDowell News, Marion