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Community Resources
SUPPORT
GROUPS - SURVIVORS
OF SUICIDE meets the 1st Thursday of every month from
7:00-8:30 pm. Call MHA at
434.977.4673 for information and location. - EMOTIONS
ANONYMOUS
meets every Monday at 8:00 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church,
717
Rugby Road, Charlottesville, Virginia. Nonsmoking environment. Contact: Tom 434.589.9235. - ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
group meets every second Friday 3:00-4:00 pm. Call the MHA office
at
434.977.4673 for information. - Call
the MHA office at 434.977.4673 for information about other support groups in the
area.
TRAINING
RESOURCES -
Mental Health Information for high school student groups
- Training
and development with church groups who are first responders to mental health issues
- Training
for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other elder care services
- Information
and training for employers wishing to create healthy work environments
- Mental
health information for community groups
INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL
Call MHA at 434.977.4673 - for
general information about mental health and mental illness
- if
you need help and don’t know where to turn
LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA -
Advocate for legislative changes in Medicaid income eligibility standards to at
least 100% of poverty income guidelines.
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Advocate for continued access to state-of-the-art medications through a continued
carve-out of psychotropic medications in the Medicaid Preferred Drug List.
- Support
adequate funding for system transformation that would include a high-quality,
appropriate system of public care which is recovery-based and peer-directed, and
which maximizes mental health resources available in the community (see Olmstead
recommendations).
- Support
elimination of the deficit for psychiatric medications from the state pharmacy.
- Support
the development and funding of pre-booking jail diversion programs in localities
throughout the state.
- Support
any initiatives designed to eliminate relinquishment of custody as a condition
of funding for care for children and adolescents.
- Support
any initiatives to increase the availability of appropriate housing and supports
for people with mental illnesses
FACTS
- Mental illness
will strike one in four Virginians each year.
- Mental
illness is the most prevalent health problem in America today.
- Two
out of every three people get better who seek professional help.
- Over
one million adults in Virginia suffer from one or more mental illnesses.
- Over
63,000 Virginians are disabled due to a diagnosed mental illness.
- 13,000
Virginians with mental illnesses are homeless.
- 67%
of Virginians without health insurance are employed.
- The
rate of teen suicide has increased by 300% in the past 10 years.
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