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ValueOptions is one of the nations' largest managed behavioral health care companies serving over 22 million people through publicly funded, federal, and commercial contracts

1,000 members in 6 groups for relatives of people with schizophrenia and interested professionals.

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The non-profit Verband lesbischer Psychologinnen und schwuler Psychologen [VLSP] was established in 1993.

Objectives:

• Promotion of advanced technical training, such as through the Annual Convention
• Advocacy for public policy
• Assurance of a suitable professional working conditions
• Liaison with related professional organizations

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The Victims Referral and Assistance Service [VRAS] is the central point to help victims of crime, and others affected by crime in Victoria, Australia.

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VLES is a private, non-profit charitable organization established in 1975. The Society offers intensive residential treatment and educational services for people interested in lifestyle changes.

All services are based on the assumption that we, as human beings, have the capacity to make choices. As a consequence we can take personal responsibility for effecting lifestyle changes. Freedom, from the VLES point of view, is about making choices in order to give life the direction we want it to have, despite the limitations or hardships we may encounter. Health is about establishing a life direction that is good for us. VLES defines health as "Doing the best you can with what you have." At VLES we believe that people who are interested in making lifestyle changes will benefit from close examination of how they live and the alternatives available to them. VLES will run workshops at various locations on request.

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The Victorian Association of Psychotherapists [VAP] comprises members from a variety of relevant professions who have acquired further specialized training and experience in applying psychodynamic principles in psychotherapy.

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The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture was established in 1987 to meet the needs of people in Victoria tortured or traumatised in their countries of origin, in other countries, or whilst fleeing those country's. It is non-denominational, politically neutral and non-aligned, and non-profit.

The Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, based in Melbourne, Australia, is a consumer/survivor-run advocacy organisation for people with mental health problems. Its membership includes both consumer/survivor groups and individuals who have experienced difficulties with their mental and/or emotional health.

The Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit has been established by the Victorian Health Department with the broad aim of contributing to the improvement of psychiatric services available to people of non-English speaking background.

The VTPU is recognised within Australia as one of the leading research units investigating immigration, ethnicity and mental illness. Much of its work involves primary data gathering through surveys and interviews, although it also undertakes secondary analysis of national and state data sets. Extensively published in peer-reviewed academic journals and extensively cited, the unit also publishes its own books. The unit also serves in an advisory capacity for those undertaking research in the field of transcultural mental health.

VTPU staff currently lecture to nurses, medical students and psychiatric trainees. In addition, the VTPU runs a post-graduate diploma in Transcultural Mental Health through the University of Melbourne. The VTPU contributes to the in-service education of state psychiatric inpatient units, community mental health centres, non-Government organisations and ethno-specific community groups and agencies.

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The College of Nursing is a tangible expression of Villanova University's mission, tradition, and commitment to human service. As a major school of nursing under Catholic auspices, it carries responsibility for the education of nurses within the framework of Christian beliefs and values and the heritage of the Order of St. Augustine.

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The "Viltis" society unites over 3200 families in 41 regional branches.

Formed in 1989, its aims have been:

• To defend human rights of persons with mental disability
• To unite Lithuanian families of people with mental disability, their carers and supporters, helping them to get integrated into the society
• To promote and support social, medical and environmental prevention and early detection of mental disability and to ensure proper treatment, education, social rehabilitation and integration for the mentally disabled people
• To lobby governmental structures and institutions and seek participation in the decision making on all levels of power, to ensure proper opportunities for personal development, education, employment, care, living and recreation for the mentally disabled
• To enable and encourage people with mental disability to participate in decisions affecting any area of their lives
• To raise public awareness about people with mental disability
• To educate member families about different aspects of disability
• To seek and maintain co-operation with disability-related organisations and institutions both in Lithuania and abroad.
• To co-operate with educational institutions training specialists for work with mentally disabled people

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The Violence Institute of New Jersey was established in April 1997 to serve as a multi-pronged organizational resource to assist New Jersey in addressing the unacceptably high rates of violence statewide. The Institute helps to coordinate over 45 violence-related initiatives at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey [UMDNJ], including clinical, service, and basic and applied research projects. In addition the Institute pursues its own research, service, educational, and advocacy projects.

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The Virginia Alliance for the Mentally Ill [VAMI] is a statewide self-help, support and advocacy organization for the families and friends of individuals with serious mental illnesses. VAMI is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people touched by serious and persistent mental illnesses. VAMI is the state office for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) , which is a nationwide family-based movement that is responsible for facilitating major changes in the mental health system over the past decade. VAMI has 26 affiliates across the state consisting of volunteer families, consumers and friends providing support, education and advocacy at local levels. The Alliance is known for advocating on behalf of the most severely disabled among the mentally ill.

The Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors [VAADAC], an affiliate of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, works for the promotion and advancement of the profession of Alcoholism and Drug Counseling through a Professional Code of Ethics, and the adoption of standards of competence which will insure the highest quality of counseling treatment to help persons who have problems related to the use of substances

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The Virginia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy [VAMFT] is the state division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

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The Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies is funded by the State of Virginia. It

• Provides training and mentoring opporutniies for prychiatry residents and fellows
• Conducts state-of-the-art research on children with disabilities and their families
• Publishes research findings through international journals and books
• Sponsors the annual international Virginia Beach Conference on Children and Adolescents with Emotional, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders
• Sponsors a professional continuing education series including workshops and forums
• Provides training and technical assistance to agencies and communities across the state to develop innovative, individualized programs through consultation and group training
• Conducts program evaluations of public and private agencies assists investigators from various agencies in planning and conducting original research
• Conducts the latest drug therapy research in the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit

Virginia’s public mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services system is comprised of 40 community services boards and 16 state facilities.

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Established in 1956, the Virginia Psychological Association [VPA] is an individual professional membership organization dedicated to the advancement of psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting human welfare. It is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association [APA].

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A multi-facility, not-for-profit corporation specializing in mental health care.

The Visiting Nurses Associations of America [VNAA] was established in 1983 as the official, national association of freestanding, not-for-profit, community based visiting nurse agencies. There are 200 member Visiting Nurse Agencies [VNAs] at 513 locations in 50 states.

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The Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie [VVGT] is a member of the European Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy [EABCT] and is affiliated with the American Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy [AABT].

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The Vlaamse Vereniging van Klinisch Psychologen [VVKP] is a component of the Belgian Psychology Federation.

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