www.abpn.org
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org
Career in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago www.chapinhall.org
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
www.cabf.org
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trials Network
www.captn.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childpsychchicago
Children and Adults with AD/HD
www.chadd.org
Children's Brain Research Foundation
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
1240 S. Damen Avenue.
Chicago, Illinois 60608
phone: (312) 492-3700
fax: (312) 492-3760
e-mail: info@chicagocac.org
interdisciplinary response to child abuse victims and their families in a child-friendly environment
www.chicagocac.org
Cook County Department of Public Health
www.cookcountypublichealth.org/about/about.shtml
C.A.R.E.S.
Crisis and Referral Entry Services - gatekeeper to SASS agencies
(800) 345-9049
Department of Mental Health, DHS
www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA call center 800-882-9539
www.usdoj.gov/dea/index.htm
Facts for Families - AACAP
One-page information sheets on child and adolescent development, and issues concerning behavioral, mental, or developmental disorders.
aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/facts_for_families_keyword_alphabetical
Health Resources and Services Administration / E.P.S.D.T.
www.hrsa.gov/epsdt/default.htm
Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership
ICMHP is state funded to develop a comprehensive, integrated children's mental health system of care for Illinois.
www.ivpa.org
2004 collaboration between IL pediatricians and child psychiatrists
www.illinoisaap.org/COAFeb2004.pdf
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS Consent Team phone 312-814-2791,
fax 312-814-4128 or 312 814-7015
Psychotropic medication consent forms
www.state.il.us/DCFS/docs/CFS431A.pdf
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
License Renewal
www.idfpr.com/dpr/renewal/
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
forms for Rx prior approval and refill too soon requests
Telephone hotline 800-252-8942
Fax to hotline 217-524-7264 or 217-524-0404
www.hfs.illinois.gov/pharmacy/prior.html
To help primary care clinicians address mental health and substance use problems of children and youth IJR, established in 1909, was the first child guidance clinic and the second organized psychology training program in the nation. It was also one of the first sites for training child psychiatrists.
http://www.psych.uic.edu/DOCASSIST/
Illinois Mental Health Summit
The Summit tries to preserve and increase funding of mental health services.
www.mentalhealthsummit.uchicago.edu/
Illinois Psychiatric Society
Local branch of American Psychiatric Association
60th Institute on Psychiatric Services, 10/2/08-10/5/08, Chicago
www.psych.org/IPS
Institute for Juvenile Research
(www.psych.uic.edu/institutes/ijr.htm)
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.jaacap.com
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Greater Chicago www.namigc.org
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia And Depression
www.narsad.org
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
www.ocfoundation.org
Ounce of Prevention Fund strives to give children born into poverty a chance for success in school and in life, by investing in them during their earliest years.
Legislative affairs: Carey McCann cmccann@ounceofprevention.org, (312) 922-3863
Physicians' Med Guide - AACAP
www.physiciansmedguide.org
S.A.S.S. - C.A.R.E.S.
Screening, Assessment and Supportive Services
To request emergency on-site screening and intervention, call CARES at:
(800) 345-9049
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration www.samhsa.gov
"Say It Out Loud" is a public awareness campaign promoting good mental health in Illinois.
