National Mental Health Association: Your local Mental Health Association can put you in touch with community mental health services and self-help support groups. To contact the Mental Health Association where you live call:

The National Mental Health Association Information Center: 800/969-NMHA (6642)

The National Mental Health Association offers printed information on a wide variety of mental health disorders and subjects relating to mental health. They also provide a national directory of Mental Health Associations across the country.

To find a qualified therapist please contact:

The Academy of Cognitive Therapy
www.academyofct.org
Telephone: 610-664-1273

Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
www.aabt.org
Telephone: 212-647-1890

National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
www.nacbt.org
Telephone: 1-800-853-1135

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