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With nearly 14,000 members and 47 state affiliates representing more than 80,000 addiction counselors, the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors [NAADAC] is the largest network of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment professionals in the United States. NAADAC was founded in 1972 with a primary focus on alcohol and drug addiction counselors, but since has enlarged its purview to include tobacco and gambling addiction prevention and treatment counselors.

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Nacro is an independant, non-profit, voluntary, national organization working to prevent crime. Since 1966, Nacro has worked to give ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities the help they need to build a better future. Nacro offers a Mental Health Web resource.

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NAMI (formerly the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) is an international, nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of onsumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-ompulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.

Founded in 1979, NAMI has more than 210,000 members who seek equitable services for people with severe mental illnesses, which are known to be physical brain disorders. Working on the national, state, and local levels with its 1,200 affiliates in all 50 US states, NAMI provides education about severe brain disorders, supports increased funding for research, and advocates for adequate health insurance, housing, rehabilitation, and jobs for people with serious psychiatric illnesses.

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NAMI AZ was formerly called the Arizona Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

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NAMI California, formerly the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, is a non-profit organization of 76 affiliated groups with a total membership of over 16,500. Founded in 1977, it is a statewide advocacy group of families, friends, recovering persons with mental illness and professionals who are dedicated to improving the care, treatment, rehabilitation and status of people with mental illness and the pursuit of cures through research. NAMI California is affiliated with NAMI. [NAMI].

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NAMI Georgia is a chapter of NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Affiliate groups throughout Georgia are named:

• Albany
• Athens
• Atlanta/Auburn
• Augusta
• Brooks
• Carroll County
• Central Georgia
• Clayton County
• Coastal Georgia
• Cobb
• Columbus
• Dekalb
• Douglas
• Fannin County
• Fayette County
• Forsyth Dawson Lumpkin
• Georgia Latino
• Golden Isles
• Griffin
• Gwinnett
• Hall County
• Northside Atlanta
• Northwest Georgia
• Oconee
• Rockdale/Newton
• Rome
• Savannah Georgia
• South Cobb
• South Georgia
• Statesboro
• Toccoa
• West Georgia Support Group
• White County

The mission of NAMI Georgia is to improve the quality of life for persons and families who struggle with mental illnesses through support, education, advocacy and research.

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NAMI Kansas is a chapter of NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Services include local chapter support and educational groups, information research and dissemination, grassroots advocacy coordination of legislative issues impacting mental illness and its victims, developing educational programs including an annual conference and families as trainers, technical assistance and referral and toll-free number for statewide family & consumer outreach, and publication of a statewide family resources directory.

NAMI Kansas has local affiliates in:

• Americus
• Bird City
• Chanute
• Concordia
• Dodge City
• Great Bend
• Hays
• Kansas City
• Lawrence
• Leavenworth
• Manhattan
• Mcpherson
• Mission
• Newton
• Phillipsburg
• Rexford
• Salina
• Topeka
• Welda
• Wellington
• Wichita
• Wichita

NAMI Middlesex County (formerly Concerned Citizens for Chronic Psychiatric Adults [CCCPA]) is an affiliate society of NAMI New Jersey.

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NAMI Montana is a chapter of NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

NAMI Montana has local affiliates in:

• Billings
• Bozeman
• Fairfield
• Helena
• Kalispell
• Lewistown
• Libby
• Miles City
• Missoula
• Sidney
• Ulm

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NAMI New Jersey (formerly New Jersey Alliance for the Mentally Ill) is a non-profit statewide coalition of self-help support and advocacy groups, composed of families, friends and persons who are affected by mental illness. It is dedicated to improving the quality of life of individuals who suffer from a serious mental illness and their families. Its mission is accomplished through support, education, and advocacy activities, both statewide and on the local level. Affiliate self-help and grassroots advocacy groups located in each county offer emotional support, information and advice about treatment and community resources.

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NAMI - New York State, formerly known as the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State, is a grassroots organization comprised of families and friends of individuals with mental illness. Members work to improve the quality of life for all people with mental illness and to eradicate the stigma associated with mental illness. It is a chapter of NAMI, the national organization.

Local affiliates are located in:

• Amherst
• Amsterdam
• Auburn
• Binghamton
• Brewster
• Brooklyn (3)
• Corning
• Cortland
• Delmar
• Dix Hills
• East Hampton
• East Setauket
• Elmsford
• Flushing
• Geneva
• Ghent
• Glen Cove
• Hague
• Ithaca
• Jamestown
• Kingston
• Lake Success
• Lakewood
• Lewiston
• Monsey
• Moriches
• Nassau
• Nesconset
• New York City (3)
• Old Bethpage
• Orangeburg-Spring Valley
• Plattsburgh
• Potsdam
• Poughkeepsie
• Rochester
• Saratoga Springs
• Schenectady
• Sidney
• Staten Island
• Sugar Loaf
• Syracuse
• Utica
• Watertown
• Woodmere

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NAMI-NYC Metro was founded in 1979. It is a non-profit grassroots organization that provides support, education and advocacy for families and individuals of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds who live with mental illness.

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NAMI Oklahoma is a chapter of NAMI (formerly, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill).

NAMI Oklahoma has affiliates in:

• Ada
• Bartlesville
• Lawton
• McAlester
• Norman
• Oklahoma City
• Stillwater
• Tulsa
• Weatherford

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NAMI Puerto Rico is a chapter of NAMI (formerly the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill).

NAMI Puerto Rico agrupa a familiares, pacientes y profesionales de la salud mental. Son misión es proveer apoyo a las personas con severos desordenes mentales y a sus familiares y amigos mediante programas específicos de educación y otros servicios.

NAMI Puerto Rico has affiliates in:

• Barranquitas
• Caguas
• Camuy
• Camuy
• Cayey
• Coamo
• Fajardo
• Mayaguez
• Ponce
• San Juan
• Viejo San Juan
• Yabucoa

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The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [NAMI National] provides crucial information to persons affected by mental illness and their families and serves as their advocate on a state and national level. It originated in Wisconsin in 1980. Now, NAMI's Wisconsin affiliate, NAMI Wisconsin, has nearly 5000 members in 34 affiliates serving 40 counties throughout Wisconsin.

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Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 33,500 weekly meetings in over 116 countries worldwide.

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The Narcolepsy Network is a national, non-profit organization incorporated in 1986. Members are people who have narcolepsy or related sleep disorders, their families and friends, and professionals involved in treatment, research, and public education regarding narcolepsy.

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Narrative On Tour is a series of workshops at different locations across North America presented by Vicki Dickerson, Bill Lax, Stephen Madigan and Jeff Zimmerman.

The Narrative On Tour presenters are committed to providing an experience that is heartfelt, personal, and empowering for all participants. Their desire is to bring the revolutionary and exciting ideas of narrative therapy to working groups throughout North America and to provide contexts for discussion and community building in participants' own home towns. In this way interested persons will not have to travel to distant conference venues, but will be able to participate in training within their local communities, experiencing ideas and practices that can inspire and further support their clinical work. The presenters are committed to creating workshops to meet the participants' specific needs. They will show video-tapes, create exercises, and invite participants to join in ongoing discussions, "guaranteed" to privilege local knowledge and further preferred ways of being and preferred practices.

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Narrative Training Associates [NTA]) is a non-profit organization founded in 1995. The mission of NTA is to provide quality contract training to individuals, groups, agencies and organizations in narrative ideas and approaches, and to provide outreach to projects consistent with narrative therapy's commitment to social justice.

The National Association of Black Social Workers [NABSW] was established in 1968. NABSW promotes the welfare, survival, and liberation of the Black Community; and advocates for social change at the national, state, and local level. NABSW is comprised of over 100 membership chapters throughout the continental United States and the Caribbean and has affiliate groups in West Africa and South Africa.

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The Department of Telemedicine's main task is research and development. New telemedical solutions for the public health service are central. This involves the development of technology, the assurance that new services meet medical quality requirements, and the introduction of new solutions. Research is also conducted on the various effects of telemedical solutions. Another important job is the dissemination of knowledge about telemedicine. In addition, the Department of Telemedicine has a number of operating responsibilities within computer networks.

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The National Academy of Neuropsychology [NAN] is a scientific organization with a membership exceeding 3,000 that includes clinicians, scientist-practitioners and researchers in neuropsychology. The majority of Professional Members are clinical neuropsychologists.

The Academy is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in the understanding, assessment and remediation of brain dysfunction. In addition, the organization seeks to provide leadership in the continued development of neuropsychology as a discipline.

The official publication of NAN is Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

The National Academy of Psychotherapy is a division of the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. It has been established with the primary mission of promoting and preserving the practice of psychotherapy. In order to accomplish this, the Academy has built a membership acreoss discipline and theoretical foundations.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, honorary organization of over 1,700 scientists and engineers elected on the basis of outstanding contributions to knowledge.

The National Adult Day Services Association is a unit of the National Council on Aging. It can help locate a licensed or certified adult daycare center.

The National African American Drug Policy Coalition [NAADPC] was founded in 2004 to shift public resources into education, prevention, treatment and research programs for addicted people rather than criminalizing the behavior, Members include the National Bar Association; the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives; Howard University School of Law; the Association of Black Sociologists; the National Association of Black Psychologists; the National Association of Black Social Workers; the National Black Nurses Association; the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; the National Dental Association; and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

NAB works with private employers and through public/private partnerships to build a quality workforce for American business.

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The National Alliance for Caregiving [NAC] is a non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. NAC was created in 1996 to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop national programs and increase public awareness of family caregiving issues. Recognizing that family caregivers provide important societal and financial contributions toward maintaining the well-being of those they care for, the Alliance's mission is to be the objective national resource on family caregiving with the goal of improving the quality of life for families and care recipients.

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The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates [NAMA] is an organization composed of methadone maintenance patients and supporters of quality methadone maintenance treatment. It has thousands of supporters and chapters worldwide.

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National Alliance of Pupil Service Organizations [NAPSO] is a coalition of national professional organizations, comprising over one million members, that provide remedial, supportive, and preventive services to assist children to benefit more fully from their education.

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The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression [NARSAD] raises and distributes funds for scientific research into the Causes, Cures, Treatments, and Prevention of Brain Disorders, primarily the Schizophrenias, Depressions, and Bipolar Disorders. It was formed by National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Mental Health Association, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association and the Schizophrenia Research Foundation in 1986. NARSAD has awarded $82.13 million to fund 2,130 grants to 1048 scientists in 146 universities and medical research institutions.

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The National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates & Mitigation Specialists [NASAMS] is a membership association dedicated to the promotion of fair, humane, and equitable sentencing and confinement decisions for all people in America.

The Alliance is designed to advance the field of sentencing advocacy by fostering the professional development of its members and upholding the ethical standards of practice of the organization. NASAMS is a section of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association.