Q. How do you pronounce NASMHPD?
A. NASMHPD, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors,
is pronounced "NASH-bid."
Q. How do I contact NASMHPD staff?
You can contact NASMHPD staff in a variety of ways.
- Phone: 703-739-9333
- Fax: 703-548-9517
- Postal Mail/Street Address:
66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 302
Alexandria, VA 22314
- There is also a full listing of staff names, titles, phone extensions,
and e-mail addresses on our
NASMHPD Staff Web page.
Q. Where is NASMHPD’s office located, and how can I get there?
A. The NASMHPD office is located in Virginia, just minutes south of Washington,
D.C. in historic Old Town Alexandria. Our
General Information Web page
includes NASMHPD’s address, contact info, and office hours, as well
as driving directions, parking information, public transportation options,
a map of the Alexandria area, and links to real-time travel-related updates
such as local weather and airport delays.
Q. What does NASMHPD do?
A. NASMHPD is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs
of the nation's public mental health system through policy development,
information dissemination, and technical assistance. Specifically, NASMHPD
represents the $29.5 billion public mental health service delivery system
serving 6.1 million people annually in all 50 states, 4 territories, and
the District of Columbia. We operate under a cooperative agreement with
the National Governors Association and we are the only national association
to represent state mental health commissioners/directors and their agencies.
For more information, visit our
About Us page.
Q. What is NASMHPD’s relationship with the NASMHPD Research Institute,
Inc. (NRI)?
A. In its early days, NASMHPD maintained a research division that was
reconstituted in 1987 as the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. (NRI), a
separate non-profit organization. The NRI provides the evaluation and
data analysis capacity to NASMHPD. The NRI's distinctive competencies
include performance measurement systems; data collection and analysis;
program assessment; evaluation design and methodology; policy analysis;
evidence based practices; information systems development and implementation;
human and technical network development and management; knowledge management;
and technical assistance on these and related topics. For more information
on NRI, visit their Web
site.
Q. Who are NASMHPD’s members?
A. NASMHPD’s primary members are the commissioners/directors of
the 55 state and territorial mental health departments in the United States.
Q. Where can I find more information on mental health words and terms
such as “Assertive Community Treatment,” “dual eligibles,”
and “telepsychiatry”?
A. Visit NASMHPD’s
Mental Health Glossary
for an alphabetical listing of definitions for these and dozens of other
words and phrases.
Q. Where can I go to find out more about mental health issues and advocacy
efforts, beyond what NASMHPD is doing?
A. NASMHPD’s
Mental Health Links page
offers site visitors a gateway
to dozens of mental health-related Web sites, including all pertinent
federal Web sites, each state mental health agency’s site, and many
more applicable Web sites from local, state and national organizations.
Q. Is there a way to view NASMHPD’s Web site without the graphics
and interactive menus?
A. Yes. The NASMHPD Web site features a “Bobby-approved”
version of its Web site. Each NASMHPD Web site page provides a “Text
Version” link to a Section 508-compliant Web page that is designed
to be more user-friendly for those who prefer to view Web pages without
graphics and repetitive navigation. The Text Version pages are also accessible
to those individuals who use screen readers and other visual assistance
devices. To utilize this Web site without graphics and repetitive navigation,
just click on the "Text Version" link at the left side of this
(or any NASMHPD) Web page.
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