VISI Web Links and Resources
Vermont Designated Agencies by County
- Mental Health - healthvermont.gov/mh/programs/county.aspx
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse - healthvermont.gov/adap/treatment/treatment_county.aspx
Non-Affiliated Links
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Vermont -
www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Vermont - SAMHSA Co-Ocurring Center for Excellence -
www.coce.samhsa.gov/ - Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment -
www.niatx.net - Co-Occurring Collaborative of Southern Maine -
www.ccsme.org - The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed -
www.thenadd.org/ - National Mental Health Information Center -
mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits/cooccurring/
VISI Resources
- Implementation of IDDT in Vermont Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs Report
- Co-Occurring Resource Guide for Consumers
- VISI Co-Occurring Brochure
VISI Newsletters
Articles of Interest
- "Self Determination Among Mental Health Consumers/Survivors: Using Lessons from the Past to Guide the Future" (Journal of Disability Policy Studies)
- "Recovery as Policy in Mental Health Services: Strategies Emerging from the States" (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal)
- "A Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Self-Help Mutual Aid Groups" (American Self-Help Clearinghouse Self-Help Group Sourcebook (7th edition), Edited by Barbara J. White and Edward J. Madara, 2002)
- "Crisis and Connection" (Shery Mead and David Hilton)
- "A Model of Consumer-Provider Partnership: Vet-to-Vet" (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal)
- "Restorying Psychiatric Disability: Learning from First Person Recovery Narratives" (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal)
- "Peer Support/Peer Provided Services: Underlying Processes, Benefits, and Critical Ingredients" (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal)