Resource Organizations

SANE StigmaWatch
SANE StigmaWatch, an initiative of the national mental health charity, SANE Australia, monitors the Australian media to ensure accurate and respectful representation of mental illnesses. It does this through monitoring, correcting, and logging media misrepresentation of mental illnesses. SANE Australia
P.O. Box 226
South Melbourne VIC 3205, Australia
E-mail: info@sane.org

Rethink's Anti-Stigma Campaign in Norwich
Alexandra Burner, Senior Campaigns Officer
E-mail: alex.burner@rethink.org
The Norwich anti-stigma campaign was developed and launched by Rethink,a national mental health membership charity in England. It was a month-long campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the stigma associated with mental illnesses and the discrimination that people with mental illnesses face in their daily lives. The campaign also aimed to increase awareness of Rethink.

Rethink's Anti-Stigma Campaign in Ireland
The Northern Ireland anti-stigma campaign was developed and launched by Rethink, a national mental health charity in England, with the goal of addressing public attitudes towards people living with mental illness. The campaign included the participation of several mental health consumers who, for the first time, told their stories via the campaigns public service announcements (PSAs) and print media products. Rethink's Anti-Stigma Campaign in Ireland
Alexandra Burner, Senior Campaigns Officer
E-mail: alex.burner@rethink.org

Mind (National Association of Mental Health)
15-19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
Phone: 020 8519 2122
E-mail: contact@mind.org.uk
Mind (National Association for Mental Health) provides information on a national level for England and Wales. Their activities promote the values of autonomy, equality, knowledge, and participation in the community for all people, especially those with mental illnesses. The group actively campaigns to improve the policy and attitudes of governing bodies in the United Kingdom, and has developed highly successful local-level initiatives for consumers of mental health.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health
1501 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-387-5000
E-mail: alliance@hispanichealth.org
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health is the premier organization focusing on Hispanic Health. Alliance members reach over 14 million Hispanic consumers throughout the U.S.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
Phone: 703-524-7600
E-mail: info@nami.org
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation?s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. It has an extensive network of local and state affiliates that support the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, education.

National Asian Women's Health Organization
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-773-2838
Fax: 415-773-2872
E-mail: info@nawho.org
NAWHO is a national non-profit health organization with a mission to achieve health equity for Asian women and families. Its goals are: 1.) To raise awareness about the health needs of Asian Americans through research and education; 2.) To support Asian Americans as decision-makers through leadership development and advocacy; and 3.) To strengthen systems serving Asian Americans through partnerships and capacity building.

Changing Minds, Advancing Mental Health for Hispanics
New Jersey Mental Health Institute
The Neuman Building
3575 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 102
Mercerville, NJ 08619
Phone: 609-838-5488
Changing Minds, Advancing Mental Health for Hispanics is a program of The New Jersey Mental Health Institute, Inc. (NJMHI). The goal of the program is to address the nationwide lack of quality mental health services for Hispanics. The program has engaged in research, training, and information dissemination with the goal of raising awareness, acceptance, and understanding of mental illness among the Hispanic population. The program also has sponsored activities to increase the knowledge of mental health agency administrators and direct care service providers on how to meet the needs of Hispanics in mental health programs.

California Black Women's Health Project
101 N. LaBrea - Suite 610
Inglewood, CA 90301
Phone: 310-412-1828
Fax: 310-412-0923
E-mail: wellwoman@cabwhp.org
Founded in 1994, the California Black Women's Health Project (CABWHP) focuses on empowering black women to take personal responsibility for their own health and to advocate for changes in policies that adversely affect black women's health status.

Open the Doors
Open the Doors is an international program that was developed by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) in 1996. Created to fight the stigma and discrimination experienced by people with schizophrenia, the program helps dispel myths and misunderstandings about the nature, causes, and treatment of the illness.