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NIMH Professional Coalition for Research Progress

NIMH convenes representatives of these national professional organizations once a year.

Organization NameWeb Site
Academy for Eating Disordershttp://www.aedweb.org
Academy of Behavioral Medicine Researchhttp://www.academyofbmr.org/
Academy of Psychological Clinical Sciencehttp://psych.arizona.edu/apcs/
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicinehttp://www.apm.org/
AcademyHealthhttp://www.academyhealth.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatryhttp://www.aacap.org/
American Academy of Sleep Medicinehttp://www.aasmnet.org/
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatryhttp://www.aagponline.org
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapyhttp://www.aamft.org
American Association of Chairs of Department of Psychiatryhttp://www.aacdp.org/
American Association of Pastoral Counselorshttp://www.aapc.org/
American College of Neuropsychopharmacologyhttp://www.acnp.org
American Counseling Associationhttp://www.counseling.org
American Mental Health Counselors Associationhttp://www.amhca.org
American Orthopsychiatric Associationhttp://www.amerortho.org/
American Psychiatric Associationhttp://www.psych.org
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Educationhttp://www.psych.org/MainMenu/Research/APIRE.aspx
American Psychiatric Nurses Associationhttp://www.apna.org
American Psychoanalytic Associationhttp://www.apsa.org/
American Psychological Associationhttp://www.apa.org
American Psychosomatic Societyhttp://www.psychosomatic.org/
American Society of Hispanic Psychiatryhttp://americansocietyhispanicpsychiatry.com/
American Sociological Associationhttp://www.asanet.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of Americahttp://www.adaa.org
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcarehttp://www.aabh.org/
Association for Behavioral Health and Wellnesshttp://www.abhw.org/
Association for Psychological Sciencehttp://www.psychologicalscience.org/
Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapieshttp://www.aabt.org/
Association of Black Psychologistshttp://www.abpsi.org/
Black Psychiatrists of Americahttp://www.blackpsych.org
Clinical Social Work Federationhttp://www.cswf.org
College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacistshttp://www.cpnp.org
Consortium of Social Science Associationshttp://www.cossa.org/
Council on Social Work Educationhttp://www.cswe.org
Dana Alliance for Brain Initiativeshttp://www.dana.org/about/dabi
Dana Foundationhttp://www.dana.org/
Employee Assistance Professionals Associationhttp://www.eapassn.org
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologyhttp://www.faseb.org/
Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Scienceshttp://www.thefederationonline.org/
International Society for Traumatic Stress Researchhttp://www.issts.org
Latino Behavioral Health Institutehttp://www.lbhi.org
National Association of Hispanic Nurseshttp://www.thehispanicnurses.org/
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systemshttp://www.naphs.org
National Association of School Psychologistshttp://www.nasponline.org/
National Association of Social Workershttp://www.socialworkers.org
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directorshttp://www.nasmhpd.org
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc.http://www.nri-inc.org
National Black Nurses Associationhttp://www.nbna.org
National Business Group on Healthhttp://www.businessgrouphealth.org/
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcarehttp://www.thenationalcouncil.org
National Hispanic Medical Associationhttp://www.nhmamd.org/
National Latina/o Psychological Associationhttp://w3.arizona.edu/~nlpa
National Medical Associationhttp://www.nmanet.org/
Sleep Research Societyhttp://www.sleepresearchsociety.org
Social Work Policy Institute of the National Association of Social Workers Foundationhttp://www.naswfoundation.org
Society for Neurosciencehttp://apu.sfn.org/
Society for Research in Child Developmenthttp://www.srcd.org
Society for Social Work and Researchhttp://www.sswr.org
Society of Behavioral Medicinehttp://www.sbm.org/

 

NIMH Alliance for Research Progress
The Alliance is a group of patient and family advocates representing national voluntary organizations meeting twice a year with NIMH Director and staff.

Organization NameWeb Site
Active Minds, Inc.http://www.activeminds.org
American Association of Suicidologyhttp://www.suicidology.org/
American Foundation for Suicide Preventionhttp://www.afsp.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of Americahttp://www.adaa.org
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forumhttp://www.apiahf.org
Autism Science Foundationhttp://www.autismsciencefoundation.org
Autism Society of Americahttp://www.autism-society.org
Autism Speakshttp://www.autismspeaks.org
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Lawhttp://www.bazelon.org
Black Women's Health Imperativehttp://www.BlackWomensHealth.org
Brain & Behavior Research Foundationhttp://bbrfoundation.org
Campaign for Mental Health Reformhttp://mhreform.org
The Balanced Mind Foundationhttp://www.thebalancedmind.org/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderhttp://www.chadd.org and www.help4adhd.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliancehttp://www.dbsalliance.org
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Associationhttp://www.drada.org
Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Actionhttp://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org
FRAXA Research Foundation, Inc.http://www.fraxa.org
Families for Depression Awarenesshttp://www.familyaware.org
Freedom From Fearhttp://www.freedomfromfear.org
International Mental Health Research Organizationhttp://www.imhro.org/
International OCD Foundationhttp://www.ocfoundation.org
Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundationhttp://www.bpchildresearch.org
Latino Behavioral Health Institutehttp://www.lbhi.org/
Mental Health Americahttp://www.nmha.org
National Alliance for Hispanic Healthhttp://www.hispanichealth.org
National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associationswww.nambha.org
National Alliance on Mental Illnesshttp://www.nami.org
National Alliance to End Homelessnesshttp://www.endhomelessness.org
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Associationhttp://www.naapimha.org
National Association for Rural Mental Healthhttp://www.narmh.org
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disordershttp://www.anad.org
National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalitionhttp://www.nbgmac.org/
National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individualshttp://nasmhpd.org/NCMHDI.cfm
National Congress of American Indianshttp://www.ncai.org/
National Council of LaRazahttp://www.nclr.org
National Eating Disorders Associationhttp://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorderhttp://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com
National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Healthhttp://www.ffcmh.org
National Sleep Foundationhttp://www.sleepfoundation.org
Postpartum Support Internationalhttp://www.postpartum.net
Research! Americahttp://www.researchamerica.org
Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundationhttp://www.questforthetest.org
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of Americahttp://www.sardaa.org
Society for Neurosciencehttp://apu.sfn.org/
Society for Women's Health Researchhttp://www.womenshealthresearch.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrationhttp://www.samhsa.gov
Suicide Prevention Action Network USAhttp://www.spanusa.org/
The AIDS Institutehttp://www.theaidsinstitute.org/home.asp
The Jed Foundationhttp://jedfoundation.org
The Stanley Medical Research Institutehttp://www.stanleyresearch.org/dnn/
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.http://tsa-usa.org
Treatment and Research Advancements for Personality Disorders Associationhttp://www.tara4bpd.org
Trichotillomania Learning Centerhttp://www.trich.org

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