Community Services

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Schools and Local Business

Community Outreach

Family and Patient Support Organizations

Schools and Local Business
Participation in Health Fairs
      Free Depression, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or
      Stress Screens Pamphlets and Fact Sheets to Help Identify When Professional Help is
      Needed Information on Assessment and Treatment Options

Presentations for the PTA, Counselors, and/or School Nurses
      Guest Lecturers
      Pamphlets and Fact Sheets to Help Identify When Professional Help is Needed
      Information on Assessment and Treatment Options

Note: For more information please contact Jo Ellen Allen at 409-747-9725

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Community Outreach
County Mental Health Services-Gulf Coast Mental Health and
      Mental Retardation(MHMR)
     Coordination of treatment and discharge planning for hospitalized clients
      Physician services-Our Faculty Doctors provide inpatient and outpatient services
       to MHMR clients suffering from persistent and severe mental illnesses.
      This service fosters continuity of care and quality outcomes.

Gulf Coast
Jamie Travis, Board Chair
Mike Winburn, Executive Director
P.O. Box 2490
Galveston, TX 77553
409/763-2373

Local Law Enforcement-Galveston and Brazoria Counties
Collaborative education/orientation of Mental Health Deputies and other law
enforcement officers.

To contact the Galveston/Brazoria Sheriff's office click below:
http://www.co.galveston.tx.us/Sheriff/
http://www.brazoriacounty.org/resources/Sheriff.html

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Family and Patient Support Organizations
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Gulf Coast (NAMI)
      NAMI is a coalition of families and friends building a strong foundation for persons with
      mental illness.
      NAMI offers support, education, and shared information at monthly meetings in the
      Galveston/Brazoria County area, through the national headquarters, and through the state
      organization NAMI Texas. If a member of your family or a friend is mentally ill, NAMI urges
      you to join its membership.

For information about NAMI click below:
www.nami.org

Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
      The mission of the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association is to educate
      patients, families, professionals, and the public concerning the nature of depressive and
      manic-depressive illnesses ad treatable medical diseases; to foster self-help for patients and
      families; to eliminate discrimination and stigma; to improve access to care; and to advocate
      for research toward elimination of these illnesses.

For more information about DMDA click below:
www.ndmda.org

Alcoholics Anonymous
      Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experiences,
      strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help
      others to recover from alcoholism.

For meetings in the Galveston area click below:
www.usrecovery.info/AA/Texas.htm

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Community Services

To contact the Galveston/Brazoria Sheriff's office click below: http://www.co.galveston.tx.us/Sheriff/ http://www.brazoriacounty.org/resources/Sheriff.html

To contact the Galveston/Brazoria Sheriff's office click below:
http://www.co.galveston.tx.us/Sheriff/
http://www.brazoriacounty.org/resources/Sheriff.html