Having good mental health doesn't mean that you'll always be happy. When negative feelings like sadness, loneliness or feeling 'down' disrupt your life or go on for too long, there may be a bigger problem.

• Apache Behavioral Health Services(ABHS)

  The mission of ABHS is to improve the quality of life for individuals and families who are residing on the Fort Apache Reservation and enrolled members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Services are available to Tribal members regardless of their state or federally funded status.

• Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Behavioral Health Services

  Facilitating Behavioral Health Care throughout Arizona. News, Information, links, FAQs and more.

• Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS), Behavioral Health Office of Prevention Services

  The Office of Prevention provides tools, resources and technical support to promote the resiliency and prevention of behavioral health/substance abuse disorders in our communities. Our goal is to empower communities to make healthy choices.

• Arizona Alliance For The Mentally Ill (AAMI)

  AAMI is part of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.

• Cenpatico of Arizona

  Cenpatico Behavioral Health of Arizona (Cenpatico) holds the contract to manage the behavioral health care services for Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Yuma, La Paz, Gila and Pinal Counties. The contract covers people who are AHCCCS eligible with Title XIX and Title XXI benefits, as well as having a serious mental illness (SMI).

• Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA)

  CPSA is the Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) designated by the state of Arizona to coordinate and manage publicly-funded behavioral health services for children, adlits and their families in Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima and Santa Cruz counties.

• Colorado River Indian Tribe

  Link to their Behavioral Health Department's page.

• Magellan of Arizona

  This Web site provides behavioral health service recipients and their families, providers, advocates and community members with information and resources related to the Maricopa County Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) regarding issues such as mental health support, substance abuse, depression and co-occurring disorders. Magellan of Arizona also provides information to help direct recipients to provider network organizations (PNOs), behavioral health services and Comment [G1]: The hyperlink -> National Resources sholid move the user down the page to the national section. direct care clinics.

• Nazcare

  Serving people with serious mental illness throughout Northern Arizona through recovery centers in Prescott, Flagstaff, Bullhead City, Show Low and Snowflake

• Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA)

  A resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned with behavioral health. It provides information about behavioral health services, laws and related news, as well as communication tools and other features. Serving all of Northern Arizona in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache Counties.

• Older Adults: Behavioral Health Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment (91 KB PDF)

• Online Depression Screening

  Screening tests, such as the one on this web site, are not intended to provide a diagnosis for clinical depression. But they may help identify any depressive symptoms and determine whether a further evaluation by a medical or mental health professional is necessary. As with any other illness, you should see your doctor if you think you might have symptoms of depression.

• Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services, Inc (SEABHS)

  A not-for-profit Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency serving Southeastern Arizona with an array of services for you, your family and community since 1976. SEABHS provides accessible and affordable behavioral health services to individuals and families residing in Graham, Greenlee, Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties.

• Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) - Arizona

  SPAN USA is dedicated to preventing suicide through public education and awareness, community engagement and federal, state and local grassroots advocacy. By empowering those who have been touched by suicide, SPAN USA seeks to advance the implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

• The Arc of Arizona, Inc

  The Arc of Arizona advocates for the rights and full community participation of all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Together with our network of members and affiliated chapters, we improve systems of supports and services, connect families, inspire communication and influence public policy.

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• American Association of Suicidology (AAS)

  The goal of AAS is to understand and prevent suicide while promoting research, public awareness programs, public education and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide.

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

  The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention. With a suicide attempt estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and 32,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.

• Center For Psychiatric Rehabilitation - Boston University

  The Center is a research, training and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs and service systems.

• Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center - Dartmouth Medical School

  The PRC conducts research on services for individuals who have serious mental illness, and specializes in developing effective interventions under research conditions, then translating these interventions into actual mental health service practices.

• Depression And Bipolar Support Alliance

  DBSA is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand.

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

• National Alliance For The Mentally Ill (NAMI)

  NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.

• National Association Of The Dually Diagnosed (NADD)

  NADD is the leading North American expert in providing professionals, educators, policy makers and families with education, training and information on mental health issues relating to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

• National Empowerment Center

  Recovery is real and this website is filled with practical information that may help you recover if you have been labeled with a mental illness.

• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

  Here you’ll find the latest information on mental health and consumer/survivor issues. We include updates on important issues, linking you to news sources, funding opportunities and the most recent developments in the consumer movement. You’ll also find conference announcements and job postings from across the nation.

• U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA)

  USPRA is the only organization founded on a shared commitment to improve and promote the practice and outcomes of psychiatric rehabilitation.

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The AZ Links Options Counselor has a helpful section on Emotional Well-Being