Guides: Psychiatry Research Guide: National Centers and Organizations

Organizations and Centers

American Academy of Pediatrics - Mental Health Initiatives
Clinical guidelines and patient education provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental illness, including substance use disorders.
CDC - Mental Health
Mental health page from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention providing data and patient education information.
Department of Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
The Department of Psychiatry of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital provides comprehensive programs in clinical care, education, research and community outreach.
Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
Provides high quality mental health care and service to the community in an academic model that integrates teaching and research activities.
Georgetown University School of Medicine Psychiatry Department
The teaching program of the Department of Psychiatry has been carefully designed to present the student with the biological, psychological, interpersonal, and social concepts of the discipline.
MentalHealth.gov
MentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information. MentalHealth.gov aims to educate and guide the general public, health and emergency preparedness professionals, policy makers, government and business leaders, school systems and local communities.
MGUH Department of Psychiatry
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to education programs, public policy and mental health awareness programs.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders.
National Insitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA advances science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.

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