Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 930 Commonwealth Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, Mass. 02215 * (617) 353-3549, fax (617) 353-7700, Web site: http://www.bu.edu/SARPSYCH. Dr. William A. Anthony, executive director or Dr. E. Sally Rogers, director of research; Kathy Norman, director of information.

Focuses on rehabilitation of people with severe mental illness by doing research, training, and dissemination of information and providing services. Also produces a journal and publishes books.

The Evaluation Center, Human Services Research Institute, a nonprofit research and planning institute, 2336 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 02140 * (617) 876-0426, ext.: 327, fax (617) 492-7401, Web site: http://www.hsri.org. Lawrence Woocher, project manager.

Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services to provide technical assistance to publicly funded agencies and individuals who evaluate adult mental health systems. Can provide information on what research says about mental health systems.

Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. 21205 * (410) 955-3625, fax (410) 955-0470; Web site: http://www.hsr.jhsph.edu. Don Steinwachs, director.

Conducts research in severe mental illness, including schizophrenia; economics of mental health, patterns and predictors of use of mental health services, evaluation of mental health services in shelters, patterns of care for Medicaid mentally ill.

Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, 745 Fifth Ave., Suite 700, New York, N.Y. 10151 * (212) 223-4040, fax (212) 317-8721, Web site: http://www.dana.org, E-mail: pressinf@dana.org. Barbara Rich, communications, (212) 223-4040.

Sponsored by the Charles A. Dana Foundation, the alliance is a nonprofit organization of more than 170 neuroscientists dedicated to advancing education about personal and public benefits of brain research. Dana was a New York state lawmaker and an industrialist interested in health and education.

Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, Mass. 02178 * (800) BRAINBANK, (617) 855-2400, fax (617) 855-3199, Web site: http://www.brainbank.mclean.org. Dr. Francine Benes, director; Dr. Stephen Vincent, associate director.

Acquires brain tissue which is then distributed to researchers; also does research in schizophrenia and other disorders. This is the premier brain bank in the world and is in McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital at Harvard.

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression, 60 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck, N.Y. 11021 * (516) 829-0091, fax (516) 487-6930, Web site: http://www.mhsource.com/narsad.html. Constance E. Lieber, president, Anne Brown, director.

Raises and distributes money for scientific research into the causes, cures and treatments of these mental illnesses. Formed in 1986 by a coalition of other mental health organizations. Funding comes from families, organizations, foundations and corporations.

National GAINS Center, Policy Research, Inc., 262 Delaware Ave., Delmar, N.Y. 12054 * (800) 311-4246, fax (518) 439-7612, E-mail: GAINS@PRAINC.com

Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, this center focuses on developing programs to help prison inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems.

UICNational Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, 104 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 900, Chicago, Ill. 60603 * (312) 422-8180, fax (312) 422-0740, Web site: http://www.psych.uic.edu/~rtc. Judith Cook, executive director, ext. 19.

A federally funded center that conducts studies involving people with severe mental illnesses. Focuses on developing family relationships, returning to work or school, living independently, helping mothers with mental illness, examining youth after special education. Also helps patients with HIV and AIDS mental health problems and works in such areas as self-help and peer support, homelessness and mental illness, managed care and mental health services, and treatment of minorities who need mental health services.

Open Minds, 10 York St., Gettysburg, Pa. 17325 * (717) 334-1329, fax (717) 334-0538, E-mail: openminds@openminds. com, Web site: http://www.openminds.com. Monica Oss, president; Vickie Franchino, marketing director.

A research and consulting firm that tracks trends in behavioral health and human services areas. Founded in 1987, the firm provides publications, professional education services and research and consulting services.

Web site list of other mental health research institutes: http://pie.org/E212 24T3783