• What are the symptoms of mental health illnesses, and what treatments are available? Recommended Source: National Institutes for Mental Health, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm

• What are my rights as a patient/client? Recommended Source: Mental Health Patient's Bill of Rights: Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services, http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/rights/rights.html (from the American Psychological Association)

• Where can I found other mental health and related resources in Montgomery County? Recommended Source: View a listing from the Montgomery County Mental Health Association at http://www.mhamc.org/html/resour01.cfm. Also, see more links below.

Other Mental Health Centers and Resources

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotlines, http://suicidehotlines.com/maryland.html

Montgomery County Mental Health Association (Rockville, Maryland), http://www.mhamc.org/html/index.cfm

Commission for Women Counseling and Career Center (Rockville, Maryland), http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mc/services/cfw/index.html

Maryland Mental Health Online, http://hometown.aol.com/behavioralscicon/md.html

Alcoholics Anonymous, http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/enghp.html

Al-Anon and Alateen, http://www.al-anon-alateen.org/

Cocaine Anonymous, http://www.ca.org/

National Institute of Mental Health, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, http://www.samhsa.gov/

Professional Associations/Ethics

American Counseling Association, http://www.counseling.org/

American Psychological Association, http://www.apa.org/

National Association of Social Workers, http://www.naswdc.org/

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp

American Psychiatric Nurses Association, http://www.apna.org/

American Group Psychotherapy Association, http://www.agpa.org/